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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Palmer (ranked 175 p4p, 23 weight class) and Masamichi Yamaji (ranked 438 p4p, 53 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Yamaji's choice of entrance music: Forgotten Places by Max Ablitzer. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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262 lbs
19 - 5 - 0 |
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37
262 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masamichi Yamaji!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamaji lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palmer takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Roy Palmer has been cut.
Yamaji looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
Palmer swings for the body but Yamaji moves out of range.
Yamaji has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yamaji there as he acknowledges the shot.
Masamichi Yamaji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yamaji tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Yamaji.
Palmer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Yamaji takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Palmer's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Palmer duly obliges.
It looks like Masamichi Yamaji has been cut.
Yamaji lands a leg kick that knocks Palmer off balance momentarily.
Palmer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Palmer jabs at Yamaji's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamaji misses the body punch
and Palmer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Palmer.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palmer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamaji backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
Yamaji blocks an uppercut.
Yamaji softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamaji presses Palmer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaji.
Yamaji blocks a body shot from Palmer.
Yamaji can't find room to land a body shot as Palmer controls the action.
Palmer lands an uppercut.
Yamaji scores with a shot to the side of Palmer's head.
Palmer blocks a body shot from Yamaji.
Yamaji trying to stall but Palmer improves his position.
Still in the clinch, Yamaji scores with a nice short uppercut.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamaji.
Yamaji prevents a body shot from Palmer.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaji tries a body shot but Palmer blocks it.
A short left from Yamaji.
A shot in the inside from Yamaji.
Yamaji misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer struggles to land a body shot inside as Yamaji controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yamaji.
Palmer prevents Yamaji from breaking the clinch.
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamaji tries to work over Palmer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Yamaji.
Yamaji working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Palmer lands a nice uppercut.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
Palmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yamaji has had enough of the clinch but Palmer keeps him there for the moment.
Palmer tries to work over Yamaji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palmer misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmer blocks an uppercut.
Palmer tries to throw a body punch but Yamaji avoids it by throwing Palmer back against the cage.
Palmer lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yamaji blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer tries to work over Yamaji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaji pushes Palmer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamaji lands a left hand.
Yamaji wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yamaji misses with some punches.
Yamaji is leaning against Palmer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Yamaji tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Palmer avoids it.
Palmer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Palmer tries to throw a body punch but Yamaji avoids it by throwing Palmer back against the cage.
Yamaji struggles to land a body shot inside as Palmer controls his hands.
Yamaji lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yamaji misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaji stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Yamaji goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yamaji scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yamaji has a couple of punches blocked by Palmer.
Palmer blocks a body shot from Yamaji.
Yamaji softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamaji has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Palmer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Yamaji can turn it around.
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamaji backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yamaji presses Palmer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Palmer is breathing heavily.
Palmer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamaji's elbow.
Palmer misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Yamaji.
Palmer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Yamaji lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaji.
Yamaji misses with a body punch.
Palmer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yamaji lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaji.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer blocks a body shot from Yamaji.
Yamaji breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yamaji looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yamaji pushes Palmer away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Masamichi Yamaji will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Palmer showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yamaji.
Yamaji scores with a shot to the body.
Palmer just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Yamaji is just out of range.
Palmer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yamaji is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Yamaji on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Yamaji bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Palmer's head.
Palmer throws a hook to the side of Yamaji's head but Yamaji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Palmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yamaji on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yamaji connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Palmer momentarily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Yamaji blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palmer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yamaji's elbow.
Yamaji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer is looking to wear down Yamaji with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Yamaji counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yamaji!
Palmer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Palmer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yamaji cracks Palmer with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Yamaji has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Palmer to stand back up!
Palmer is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yamaji thuds a left hand into Palmer's body.
Oh Palmer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Palmer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yamaji can pounce on him.
Palmer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yamaji.
Palmer drops his hands for a split second and Yamaji immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Palmer face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Yamaji follows up with a right hand that knocks Palmer into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Masamichi Yamaji!
A victorious Masamichi Yamaji thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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