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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Sasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bojan Krijic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasaki comes into the arena with The Church of Misery - The Gray Man blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuo Sasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bojan Krijic!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krijic tries to land a leg kick but Sasaki saw it coming and moves away.
Krijic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sasaki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Krijic as he jumps to the side.
Krijic throws a leg kick but Sasaki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Krijic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krijic.
Donk. Krijic catches Sasaki right on the button with a cross.
Krijic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sasaki is out of range and Krijic settles back down.
Krijic throws a series of punches but Sasaki moves out of range.
Sasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Krijic lands a nice shot that snaps Sasaki's head back.
Krijic throws a right hand that Sasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sasaki also avoids with ease.
Sasaki closes the distance and clinches up with Krijic, looking for a takedown. Sasaki pushes Krijic against the cage but Krijic circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Krijic swinging wildly here.
Sasaki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Krijic!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki unloading with bombs!
Krijic's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sasaki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Krijic really wants to buck Sasaki off and get back to his feet.
Sasaki looking to finish with strikes here!
Krijic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Krijic is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Krijic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sasaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sasaki wants to control the pace but Krijic is squirming around nicely.
Sasaki throws some wild stikes that Krijic manages to avoid easily.
Krijic wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sasaki looking to control but Krijic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You get the feeling that Krijic really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Sasaki scoring with strikes but Krijic is staying in there.
The referee warns Krijic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krijic is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuo Sasaki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice defenses there by Sasaki.
Krijic stuffs the takedown.
Sasaki defending well as Krijic loads up on a big left hand.
Sasaki checks a leg kick.
Krijic cracks Sasaki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Krijic takes a swing at Sasaki's ribcage but misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Krijic, as that shot connected.
Sasaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Krijic circles away quickly and effectively.
Sasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Krijic misses with a low kick.
Krijic sizes up Sasaki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sasaki fails with the takedown.
Krijic is looking to chop away at Sasaki's legs.
Sasaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Krijic.
Sasaki slips a jab and a cross from Krijic.
Krijic swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Krijic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sasaki.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Sasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sasaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bojan Krijic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krijic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sasaki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Krijic dodges the punch combination from Sasaki.
A left lands for Krijic.
Good shot there by Krijic.
Kazuo Sasaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krijic connects with the punch.
Sasaki walks into a jab.
Sasaki misses with the combination.
Krijic throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasaki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sasaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Krijic throws a right hand that Sasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sasaki also avoids with ease.
Krijic lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Krijic thuds his right hand into Sasaki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krijic throws a series of punches but Sasaki moves out of range.
Krijic misses with an uppercut. Sasaki saw that one coming.
Sasaki shoots in for a takedown but Krijic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Krijic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krijic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krijic misses with a series of wild punches.
Bojan Krijic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krijic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sasaki has time to react.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krijic's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Krijic duly obliges.
Krijic misses with a kick to the body.
Krijic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sasaki counters with a three punch combo that has Krijic backing up. Krijic nods at Sasaki to acknowledge the strikes.
Sasaki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sasaki slips a jab and a cross from Krijic.
Sasaki moves out of range as Krijic throws a body kick.
Krijic moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Krijic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Krijic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Krijic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Donk. Krijic catches Sasaki right on the button with a cross.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Krijic.
Krijic throws a nice looking combination but Sasaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krijic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sasaki at a distance.
Krijic scores with a one two! Sasaki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Krijic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Krijic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Krijic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Krijic throws a one two combo.
Krijic cracks Sasaki with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sasaki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Krijic throws a right and a left that Sasaki avoids nicely.
Krijic drops Sasaki with a beautiful combination! Sasaki stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Krijic is looking for the KO!
Sasaki is rocked!
Krijic drops Sasaki with a naaaaasty hook - Sasaki is in real trouble here! Krijic dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bojan Krijic!
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