Post by The Sandmen on Aug 10, 2018 20:06:25 GMT -5
ManMMA Lightweight Championship
Takanori Gomi doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Ferocious staredown by Edgar while Mario Yamasaki recites the rules.
Now Takanori Gomi put his title in contention against Edgar.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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Gomi and Edgar move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Edgar is holding Takanori Gomi's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Takanori Gomi loses balance and goes to the ground.
Frankie Edgar is in side mount over Takanori Gomi
Frankie Edgar looks to mount Takanori Gomi...
Takanori Gomi takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Takanori Gomi launches a few punches to Edgar's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Edgar tries to cover his face,
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Edgar's side.
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Stand up! This is what Gomi's cornermen are shouting. Frankie Edgar is a submission master and he can finish the fight if you mess with him on the ground.
Edgar moves on the ground...
He remains in open guard.
Frankie Edgar gets sloppy and Takanori Gomi tries to take advantage...
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Edgar blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Takanori Gomi launches a few punches to Edgar's cheek from the guard.
Frankie Edgar uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Takanori Gomi launches a few punches to Edgar's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Edgar tries to cover his face,
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Takanori Gomi launches a few punches to Edgar's cheek from the guard.
Frankie Edgar uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Takanori Gomi gets sloppy and Frankie Edgar tries to take advantage...
Edgar moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Gomi tries to close his guard around Edgar
He succeeds!
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Edgar's side.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Takanori Gomi launches a few punches to Edgar's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Edgar tries to cover his face,
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Edgar is in closed guard... Gomi tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Frankie Edgar!
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Gomi delivers a few accurate elbows!
Edgar is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Edgar's Forehead is beginning to swell
Gomi is in rear mount over Edgar
Gomi delivers a few accurate elbows!
Frankie Edgar blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Gomi is in rear mount over Edgar
Edgar has given his back to Takanori Gomi who is trying to get one hook in!
Takanori Gomi has one hook in!
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
Gomi is in rear mount over Edgar with one hook in
Takanori Gomi slides his arm under Frankie Edgar's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Frankie Edgar pulls down on Takanori Gomi's hand and staves off danger
Gomi misses a step and Frankie Edgar sees an opportunity to counter him!
Edgar has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Edgar is unable to find a way to scape from this.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Not a desiderable position that Gomi is in now. Frankie Edgar is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Edgar grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Edgar's side.
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Frankie Edgar is in open guard over Gomi
Gomi tries to close his guard around Edgar
He succeeds!
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Edgar launches a barrage of elbows over Gomi's face!
Takanori Gomi blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Edgar clumsily fails here and it's time for Takanori Gomi to fight back!
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Edgar blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Edgar's side.
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Gomi works on the ground with his fingers over Edgar's face
He seems to have encountered the eye! What a classless move!
Mario Yamasaki didn't see that!
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Gomi is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch him work on the ground.
Gomi measures the resilience of Edgar's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Edgar's side.
Hard blow to Edgar's mid-section, he seems hurt
Frankie Edgar is in closed guard over Gomi
Edgar is in closed guard... Gomi tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Frankie Edgar!
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Takanori Gomi storms over Edgar with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Gomi doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Edgar's face with his elbows!
Edgar's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Frankie Edgar's Left eye
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Gomi delivers a few accurate elbows!
Frankie Edgar blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Takanori Gomi storms over Edgar with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Gomi doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Edgar's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Frankie Edgar's Left cheek
The clock says 4:30 in the 1 round
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Gomi tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Takanori Gomi controls the situation despite Frankie Edgar efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Edgar measures the resilience of Gomi's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Gomi blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Gomi tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Gomi is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Frankie Edgar, who is barely covering up!
Edgar's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Edgar has a small cut in his Right cheek
That punishment by Takanori Gomi has left Edgar staggered! Takanori Gomi should try push forward now and finish this!
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
Takanori Gomi was tooling Frankie Edgar for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Frankie Edgar lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Frankie Edgar tries to roll to his side and trap Takanori Gomi in his guard...
Takanori Gomi keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Takanori Gomi is in full mount over Frankie Edgar
You can see Edgar's blood making stains in the mat.
Edgar tries to stand up!
Gomi doesn't allow him!
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Gomi is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Frankie Edgar is a bloody mess!
Gomi moves forward looking for some action
Takanori Gomi shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Edgar doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Takanori Gomi embrace and tries to move away...
Takanori Gomi pushes Edgar forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Gomi launches a few hard punches to Frankie Edgar's ribs!
Frankie Edgar's ribs shows the damage! Takanori Gomi is working his opponent ribs!
Edgar doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Takanori Gomi embrace and tries to move away...
Takanori Gomi pushes Edgar forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Edgar seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Gomi tries to take Frankie Edgar down... Edgar stumbles backwards and Takanori Gomi launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Edgar's jaw!
Edgar's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Edgar doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Takanori Gomi embrace and tries to move away...
Takanori Gomi pushes Edgar forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Frankie Edgar seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Takanori Gomi!
The fighters are clinching.
Edgar doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Takanori Gomi embrace and tries to move away...
Takanori Gomi pushes Edgar forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Gomi tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Gomi doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Frankie Edgar embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Gomi who put distance between them
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Takanori Gomi has found an opening in the defense of Edgar, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Edgar is wobbling!
Down Edgar goes! He's out cold! That phenomenal knock out has put the rest of Takanori Gomi's divison on notice!
Edgar's Chin is beginning to swell
Edgar has a small cut in his Chin
Winner is Takanori Gomi by KO (Uppercut) at 1:08 Round 2
Statistics: Takanori Gomi
Punches 1/1 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 5/8 (62%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 32/64 (50%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 277 s
Statistics: Frankie Edgar
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/7 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 277 s
Takanori Gomi defends the Lightweight title!
Edgar needed some polish before this fight. He did not receive it. But he tried.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!