Post by The Sandmen on Dec 18, 2017 9:53:04 GMT -5
Shinya Aoki looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ferocious staredown by Kid while Herb Dean recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Kid Yamamoto tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Shinya Aoki swings and Kid has to retreat
Kid Yamamoto moves forward looking for some grappling action
Kid has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Aoki gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Aoki blocks Kid Yamamoto's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Kid
Aoki tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Shinya Aoki fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Kid
Kid measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki tries to free his leg...
Kid rolls on the ground and moves to side mount! Awesome maneuver!
Kid Yamamoto is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Kid Yamamoto throws a flurry of punches at Aoki...
A lot of them are hitting Aoki's face
Kid Yamamoto is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Kid Yamamoto in his guard.
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kid gets a good position on the ground. ..
Aoki holds Kid Yamamoto arms and counters his opponent punches.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid Yamamoto tries to pass Shinya Aoki's guard...
Kid Yamamoto passes momentarily but Shinya Aoki regains full guard.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid tries to escape from the closed guard
Kid Yamamoto any adventage in the ground.
Kid clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Aoki attempts a triangle from bottom! Kid Yamamoto slips out. Aoki quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Kid Yamamoto slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Kid Yamamoto. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki tries to bring the fight to the ground
Kid goes down.
That punishment by Shinya Aoki has left Kid staggered! Shinya Aoki should try push forward now and finish this!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Kid Yamamoto!
Kid Yamamoto is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Kid Yamamoto seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Shinya Aoki!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki Swarms all over his opponent trying to finish this fight!
Kid Yamamoto is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Kid's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kid Yamamoto's Left cheek
Kid seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
As the fight continues it seems that Kid Yamamoto is taking the best of the fight.
Kid tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Kid Yamamoto. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kid Yamamoto moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Kid Yamamoto fakes a punch and launches himself over Shinya Aoki
Aoki counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Brilliant combination from Shinya Aoki
that forces Kid to try and defend better.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Aoki is holding Kid Yamamoto's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kid Yamamoto loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Shinya Aoki goes for an americana!
Kid struggles to free himself
Kid breaks free.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Aoki works on the ground with his fingers over Kid's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see the foul!
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Kid Yamamoto attempts to trap Shinya Aoki in his guard.
Shinya Aoki keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki looks to mount Kid Yamamoto...
Shinya Aoki slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Kid Yamamoto
Aoki goes for an armbar!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in Kid's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
Kid Yamamoto breaks the lock and pushes away Shinya Aoki, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Shinya Aoki. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Joondalup (Joondalup, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Shinya Aoki who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The fighters are clinching.
Kid and Shinya Aoki are cliched up against the cage. Kid hammers Aoki face and hooks Aoki leg
Aoki stays on his feet and fights off the trip
Shinya Aoki tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Aoki circles out and slips free of Kid Yamamoto's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Kid Yamamoto!
Aoki ducks under...
Bone shattering straight right hand from Kid Yamamoto!
Aoki ducks under...
Kid misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kid Yamamoto didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Shinya Aoki has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Nice punches from Kid Yamamoto.
Even nicer blocks from Aoki.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Kid Yamamoto! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Kid grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Aoki struggles... Kid Yamamoto is unable to take him down
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Shinya Aoki fakes a punch and launches himself over Kid!
Nice move by Aoki who clinches and pushes Kid against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Kid pushes Shinya Aoki againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Aoki cannot escape Kid Yamamoto's clinch! Kid Yamamoto is just brutalizing Aoki with punches time and time again!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid grapple with Shinya Aoki and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Shinya Aoki managed to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid tries to take Shinya Aoki down... Aoki stumbles backwards and Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches...
Shinya Aoki dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Aoki tries to take Kid Yamamoto down... Kid stumbles backwards and Shinya Aoki launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Kid's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Aoki launches a knee!
Shinya Aoki hits Kid's hard just below the ribs!
Crushing shot to Kid's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid launches a few hard punches to Shinya Aoki's ribs!
Aoki struggles and protects himself.
The fighters are clinching.
Kid Yamamoto tries to control Shinya Aoki in the clinch and use his dirty boxing
Aoki pushes Kid away before he could try anything
Kid misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kid Yamamoto didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki tries to pass to half guard...
Kid Yamamoto can't prevent his opponent from passing. Aoki looks to work from half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Kid
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Shinya Aoki work his BJJ game.
Shinya Aoki tries a kimura
That kimura from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
That kimura looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That kimura from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Nicely done! Kid must tap!
Winner is Shinya Aoki by Submission (kimura) at 2:31 Round 2
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 5/5 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/11 (45%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 205 s
Statistics: Kid Yamamoto
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/14 (29%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/20 (30%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 205 s
Aoki shows up in form and dominates the former champion.
Ferocious staredown by Kid while Herb Dean recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Kid Yamamoto tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Shinya Aoki swings and Kid has to retreat
Kid Yamamoto moves forward looking for some grappling action
Kid has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Aoki gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Aoki blocks Kid Yamamoto's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Kid
Aoki tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Shinya Aoki fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Kid
Kid measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki tries to free his leg...
Kid rolls on the ground and moves to side mount! Awesome maneuver!
Kid Yamamoto is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Kid Yamamoto throws a flurry of punches at Aoki...
A lot of them are hitting Aoki's face
Kid Yamamoto is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Kid Yamamoto in his guard.
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Kid gets a good position on the ground. ..
Aoki holds Kid Yamamoto arms and counters his opponent punches.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid Yamamoto tries to pass Shinya Aoki's guard...
Kid Yamamoto passes momentarily but Shinya Aoki regains full guard.
Kid Yamamoto is in closed guard over Aoki
Kid tries to escape from the closed guard
Kid Yamamoto any adventage in the ground.
Kid clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Aoki attempts a triangle from bottom! Kid Yamamoto slips out. Aoki quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Kid Yamamoto slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Kid Yamamoto. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki tries to bring the fight to the ground
Kid goes down.
That punishment by Shinya Aoki has left Kid staggered! Shinya Aoki should try push forward now and finish this!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki Sees his opportunity to finish this fight on the ground and swarms all over Kid Yamamoto!
Kid Yamamoto is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Kid Yamamoto seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Shinya Aoki!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki Swarms all over his opponent trying to finish this fight!
Kid Yamamoto is taking a ton of punishment! He needs to defend himself or the ref will stop the fight.
Kid's Left cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kid Yamamoto's Left cheek
Kid seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
As the fight continues it seems that Kid Yamamoto is taking the best of the fight.
Kid tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Kid Yamamoto. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kid Yamamoto moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Kid Yamamoto fakes a punch and launches himself over Shinya Aoki
Aoki counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Brilliant combination from Shinya Aoki
that forces Kid to try and defend better.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Aoki is holding Kid Yamamoto's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kid Yamamoto loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Shinya Aoki goes for an americana!
Kid struggles to free himself
Kid breaks free.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Aoki works on the ground with his fingers over Kid's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Herb Dean didn't see the foul!
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Kid Yamamoto attempts to trap Shinya Aoki in his guard.
Shinya Aoki keeps control and remains in side mount.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Kid Yamamoto
Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki looks to mount Kid Yamamoto...
Shinya Aoki slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Kid Yamamoto
Aoki goes for an armbar!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in Kid's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
Kid Yamamoto breaks the lock and pushes away Shinya Aoki, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Shinya Aoki. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Arena Joondalup (Joondalup, Australia) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Shinya Aoki who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The fighters are clinching.
Kid and Shinya Aoki are cliched up against the cage. Kid hammers Aoki face and hooks Aoki leg
Aoki stays on his feet and fights off the trip
Shinya Aoki tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Aoki circles out and slips free of Kid Yamamoto's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Bone shattering straight right hand from Kid Yamamoto!
Aoki ducks under...
Bone shattering straight right hand from Kid Yamamoto!
Aoki ducks under...
Kid misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kid Yamamoto didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Shinya Aoki has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Nice punches from Kid Yamamoto.
Even nicer blocks from Aoki.
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
That almost wrenches Kid Yamamoto! I'm sure that his liver will be sore tomorrow.
Kid grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Aoki struggles... Kid Yamamoto is unable to take him down
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Shinya Aoki fakes a punch and launches himself over Kid!
Nice move by Aoki who clinches and pushes Kid against the cage
The fighters are clinching.
Kid pushes Shinya Aoki againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Aoki cannot escape Kid Yamamoto's clinch! Kid Yamamoto is just brutalizing Aoki with punches time and time again!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid grapple with Shinya Aoki and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Shinya Aoki managed to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid tries to take Shinya Aoki down... Aoki stumbles backwards and Kid Yamamoto launches a few punches...
Shinya Aoki dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Aoki tries to take Kid Yamamoto down... Kid stumbles backwards and Shinya Aoki launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Kid's jaw!
The fighters are clinching.
Aoki launches a knee!
Shinya Aoki hits Kid's hard just below the ribs!
Crushing shot to Kid's body! He's holding his side
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kid launches a few hard punches to Shinya Aoki's ribs!
Aoki struggles and protects himself.
The fighters are clinching.
Kid Yamamoto tries to control Shinya Aoki in the clinch and use his dirty boxing
Aoki pushes Kid away before he could try anything
Kid misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kid Yamamoto didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Kid measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Kid
Shinya Aoki tries to pass to half guard...
Kid Yamamoto can't prevent his opponent from passing. Aoki looks to work from half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Kid
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Shinya Aoki work his BJJ game.
Shinya Aoki tries a kimura
That kimura from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
That kimura looks tight...
Crippling lock!
That kimura from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Nicely done! Kid must tap!
Winner is Shinya Aoki by Submission (kimura) at 2:31 Round 2
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 2/2 (100%)
Takedowns 5/5 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/11 (45%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 205 s
Statistics: Kid Yamamoto
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/14 (29%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 6/20 (30%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 205 s
Aoki shows up in form and dominates the former champion.