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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mana Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Md Erwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mana Sato has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mana Sato seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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285 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Md Erwan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erwan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Erwan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sato as he jumps to the side.
Erwan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Erwan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mana Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Md Erwan.
Erwan shoots in but Sato avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sato gets a takedown into half guard.
Erwan is in trouble now - Sato has advanced to mount!
Sato lands with some strikes.
Sato looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sato looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Erwan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sato stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Erwan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sato counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Erwan looks gassed!
Sato stalling.
Sato looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are battling for position here. Erwan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Erwan has his takedown stuffed
and Sato counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato working the body and head with strikes.
Sato content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Sato seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Erwan for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erwan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sato is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Erwan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sato pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Erwan is keeping the position for now.
Sato's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato stops Erwan from standing up.
Erwan can't keep his opponent in guard - Sato advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Erwan pushes Sato off looking to stand but Sato dives back in and keeps control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sato in particular looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mana Sato dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sato advances position into side control!
Erwan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sato's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ground and pound from Sato.
Sato is working for a kimura but Erwan is defending it quite comfortably.
Still in half guard, Sato seems content to control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sato passes to full mount!
Sato controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwan regains half guard.
Sato decides to stand up.
Sato closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sato lands in his opponent's guard.
Sato forces his way into half guard.
Erwan has a hand on Sato's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Sato takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Mana Sato overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sato content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato prevents Erwan from getting the reversal.
Sato looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sato sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Erwan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sato seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sato passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato controlling the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Erwan fails with the takedown
and Sato counters with a single leg into guard. Erwan didn't expect that.
Sato's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Sato closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Erwan is trying to improve his position.
Sato gets to mount! Erwan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Sato tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Erwan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sato get's back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Erwan did well to prevent Sato getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato controlling the action here.
Sato winds up and cracks Erwan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mana Sato dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sato scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sato controls the position.
Erwan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sato is controlling him well.
Erwan seems a little lost for a moment, as Sato dominates the positioning.
Sato wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Erwan, who protects the arm well.
Erwan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sato controls the position.
Sato stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Erwan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Md Erwan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwan trying to remain calm as Sato controls from the top position.
Sato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erwan can do to turn this around?
Erwan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sato wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Erwan is trying to escape the position but Sato is controlling the position.
Sato wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Erwan, who protects the arm well.
Erwan wants to get back to his feet.
Sato is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Erwan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mana Sato.
Erwan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sato counters with a takedown into side control.
Sato has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sato scores a takedown into full mount!
Sato content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato get's back to his feet.
Sato shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Erwan defends it nicely.
Erwan tries to clinch up.
Erwan stalks Sato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sato's face. Sato staggers backwards, shaken.
Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Sato is working for a kimura but Erwan is defending it quite comfortably.
Sato will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Erwan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sato prevents Erwan from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Md Erwan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mana Sato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sato keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mana Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sato has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:25
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mana Sato!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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