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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gary White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zari Yasuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White comes to the cage accompanied by Kanye West - Stronger. Yasuda is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Volbeat- A Warrior's Call. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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155 lbs
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145 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zari Yasuda!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White moves out of range as Yasuda throws a body kick.
Yasuda scores with a spinning back kick!
Yasuda throws a front kick aimed at White's knee but White avoids it well.
White circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yasuda is looking to clinch but White is avoiding it.
Yasuda thuds his right hand into White's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
White sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yasuda buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yasuda misses with a low kick.
Yasuda throws a leg kick but White checks it.
Yasuda tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yasuda lands with a thumping leg kick.
White is looking to chop away at Yasuda's legs.
White tries a low kick but Yasuda avoids it.
Yasuda is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yasuda swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yasuda attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yasuda gets off balance looking for a body kick
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yasuda lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.
Yasuda connects with a jab.
Yasuda throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yasuda fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Yasuda moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
Yasuda lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yasuda throws a leg kick but White moved away.
Yasuda throws a leg kick
and White counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
Yasuda scoring well with a low kick there.
White tries to clinch up
and Yasuda counters with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yasuda was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
Yasuda connects with a solid leg kick.
Yasuda throws a big shot that misses.
White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda lands a body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for White.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Yasuda blocks with his arms.
White escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yasuda manages to avoid it.
Yasuda thumps White with a low kick.
White chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yasuda can pounce on him.
Yasuda looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yasuda throws a leg kick
and Yasuda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yasuda instigates a clinch.
White landing knees to the head.
Yasuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasuda misses with a punch on the inside.
White misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yasuda blocks it with crossed arms.
Yasuda throws a head punch that misses.
White blocks a body shot from Yasuda.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White pushes off an throws an elbow but Yasuda leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A hook to the body from Yasuda.
White lands an uppercut.
Yasuda tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yasuda.
Yasuda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
White missing with knees to the body.
White can't break the clinch.
White takes a shot to the head.
Yasuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yasuda blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
White trying to land knees to the body.
White throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yasuda blocks it with crossed arms.
Yasuda misses with a body punch.
Yasuda misses with a body punch.
Yasuda misses with the head strike.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
White is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yasuda is defending well for now.
White misses with some punches.
Yasuda managing to block the knees to the body from White.
White managing to block the knees to the body from Yasuda.
White blocking some punches.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Yasuda avoids the damage to the body.
White throws a punch but it's blocked by Yasuda.
Yasuda working some nice short punches in the clinch.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yasuda can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yasuda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
White tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
White blocks a body shot from Yasuda.
White tries to land a knee to the head but Yasuda blocks with his arms.
Yasuda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
White is breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yasuda.
Yasuda lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Yasuda lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yasuda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt White or not.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Yasuda.
A short uppercut from Yasuda.
White tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yasuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yasuda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yasuda lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Yasuda.
A right hand to the body from Yasuda.
Good body shot from Yasuda.
Yasuda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yasuda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of White backwards.
Yasuda misses with a punch to the body.
Yasuda lands a right hand.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yasuda digs a right hand into White's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on White's gas tank.
Yasuda lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yasuda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yasuda lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Yasuda.
Yasuda pushes White back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Yasuda.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasuda lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Yasuda.
Yasuda lands a nice shot to the body.
White throws an elbow that misses.
Yasuda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yasuda lands a shot to the body.
Yasuda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yasuda digs a right hand into White's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on White's gas tank.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
White throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yasuda lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt White or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yasuda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of White backwards.
Yasuda tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Yasuda back against the cage.
Yasuda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
White prevents a body shot from Yasuda.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Yasuda avoids the damage to the body.
Yasuda misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yasuda lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yasuda is working White over against the cage.
Yasuda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yasuda tries a body shot but White blocks it.
White tries to land knees in the clinch but Yasuda avoids the damage to the body.
Yasuda lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yasuda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yasuda misses with a body punch.
Yasuda misses with a punch to the body.
Yasuda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
Yasuda digs a right hand underneath White's ribcage. White let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yasuda struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Yasuda lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yasuda softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yasuda lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yasuda can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Yasuda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yasuda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yasuda lands with a short shot to the head.
Yasuda lands a left hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Yasuda can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Yasuda.
A shot in the inside from Yasuda.
Yasuda throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
White wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yasuda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yasuda lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
Yasuda struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Yasuda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Yasuda tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.
Yasuda managing to block the knees to the body from White.
Yasuda tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Yasuda blocks an elbow strike.
Yasuda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of White backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yasuda lands with a right to the head.
Yasuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Yasuda scores with a nice short uppercut.
White using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yasuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
White tries a knee to the head but Yasuda blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zari Yasuda dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Yasuda closes the distance and clinches.
Yasuda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
White on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yasuda blocks an elbow strike.
Yasuda avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
White misses with an elbow strike.
White looking to throw knees to the head but Yasuda is blocking nicely.
White with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice elbow from Yasuda.
A body shot lands from Yasuda.
Yasuda has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short left from Yasuda.
Yasuda works on White's body with a couple of short punches.
Yasuda lands a left hand.
Yasuda struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Yasuda on the inside.
White is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yasuda lands a hook that snaps the head of White backwards.
Oh White is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yasuda lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Yasuda.
Still in the clinch, Yasuda scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Yasuda as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Yasuda.
Yasuda lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yasuda pushes White against the cage. Yasuda is working some dirty boxing. Yasuda pushes off with a quick right hook! White goes down! White tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Yasuda moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zari Yasuda!
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hype
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