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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sato might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to In The Morning. 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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203 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiroshi Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
Sato shoots for a takedown but Johnson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sato throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Johnson was covering up waiting for the punch and Sato finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Johnson pushes Sato off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson throws a sloppy head kick and Sato moves out of range easily.
Johnson lands a head shot.
Sato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
Decent striking displayed by Johnson there.
Johnson stuffs the takedown attempt from Sato. Sato gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Johnson's half guard.
Sato wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson tries to kick Sato off but Sato keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sato connects with a nice short shot to Johnson's temple.
Sato missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sato prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sato in particular looking to stall.
Sato thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
Johnson pushes Sato off looking to stand but Sato dives back in and keeps control.
Sato trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sato stops Johnson from getting back to his feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sato keeps control of Johnson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sato tries to score a body lock takedown but Johnson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroshi Sato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson gets underhooks to prevent Sato's takedown attempt.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.
Sato is breathing heavily.
Sato is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Johnson wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
Johnson tries to break the clinch but Sato is controlling the position.
Johnson gets underhooks to prevent Sato's takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants a takedown.
Sato goes for a takedown in the clinch but Johnson prevents it.
Sato changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johnson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Sato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Johnson throws a combination. Sato tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Sato shoots in.
Johnson tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Sato.
Sato shoots in looking for a takedown. Johnson tries to sprawl out of it but Sato keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Johnson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sato shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Johnson 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.
A punch combination from Johnson misses.
Johnson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Sato shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sato showed some decent athleticism there.
Sato lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sato looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sato thows a huge punch but Johnson dodges it nicely.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Johnson pushes Sato off looking to stand but Sato dives back in and keeps control.
Sato moves into full mount! Johnson won't be happy about that!
Johnson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sato working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sato lands a big elbow.
Johnson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Sato raining down shots from the mount!
Sato won't let Johnson get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Sato is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johnson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sato landing punches.
Sato has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sato fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Johnson is bucking up trying to escape but Sato cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Johnson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sato with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Sato.
Sato looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sato can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Johnson is looking to escape.
Sato with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson'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.
Sato working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sato tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sato unloading with bombs!
Sato dominating with strikes here.
Sato landing shots from mount.
Sato lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Johnson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sato in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Johnson wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Sato connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sato is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johnson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sato scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
Sato landing punches.
Sato controlling his opponent.
Sato working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Johnson is trying to stand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiroshi Sato dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Sato scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sato trying to control from Johnson's half guard. Johnson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Sato looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sato is looking for a triangle but Johnson pushes his legs off easily.
Johnson gets to his feet. Sato looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sato fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Johnson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sato fails with a takedown attempt.
Sato shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Johnson as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiroshi Sato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sato clinches with his opponent.
Sato wants a takedown but no success here.
Sato drops down looking for an ankle pick but Johnson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Johnson lands with an overhand left.
Sato tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Johnson swivels and escapes.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sato at a distance.
Sato avoids the head kick by Johnson.
Sato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anthony Johnson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sato fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Johnson avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Johnson as Sato shoots in.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
Johnson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Johnson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice takedown defense from Johnson. No joy for Sato on that attempt.
Johnson dips to his left and cracks Sato with an uppercut!
No joy there for Johnson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Anthony Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Johnson throws a hook but Sato avoids it easily.
Anthony Johnson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sato shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
Johnson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Johnson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Johnson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Johnson!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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