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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sakurai Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Zaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuki Zaki is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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150 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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173 cm
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145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sakurai Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Zaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaki moves into the clinch.
Sato tries to stall but Zaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaki prevents Sato from breaking the clinch.
Sato cracks Zaki with a nice body shot.
Sato is trying to break free.
Sato looking to stall.
Zaki pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Satos head.
Sato lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Zaki has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaki.
Sato is trying to force a seperation but Zaki has the dominant position.
Sato tries to stall but Zaki uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zaki gets through Sato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zaki scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zaki works on Sato's body with a couple of short punches.
Zaki lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaki.
Zaki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Zaki's waist but Zaki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sato off to one side.
A punch combination from Zaki misses.
Sato tries to clinch up but Zaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Sato closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zaki circles away.
Sato throws a sloppy body shot
and Zaki counters with a series of strikes. Sato will be more careful next time no doubt.
Zaki scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Zaki ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Zaki moves out of range of the strikes.
Zaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sato connects with a body shot.
Sato closes the distance looking to clinch
and Zaki counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaki slips under a jab from Sato.
Sato shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakurai Sato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zaki fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sato is defended easily by Zaki.
Zaki forces Sato back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Zaki.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.
Sato controlling the action here for a moment.
Sato stalling in the clinch but Zaki improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Zaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sato tries a body shot but Zaki blocks it.
Sato is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Zaki is keeping busy.
Zaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Zaki.
A right handed body shot lands from Zaki.
Zaki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zaki is pushing Sato up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zaki prevents a body shot from Sato.
Zaki prevents a body shot from Sato.
Zaki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Good body shot from Zaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato can't find room to land a body shot as Zaki controls the action.
Zaki lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato looking to slow down the pace here.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Zaki.
Zaki lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaki.
Sato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zaki's elbow.
Zaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zaki lands a nice uppercut.
Sato is rocked!
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oh Sato is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sato seems to have got his legs back now.
Sato trying to stall but Zaki improves his position.
Sato can't find room to land a body shot as Zaki controls the action.
Zaki blocks a body shot from Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuki Zaki dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zaki has closed the distance and engaged Sato in a clinch.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Zaki on the inside.
Zaki presses Sato against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sato throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Zaki.
A short uppercut from Zaki.
Sato scores with a hook to the body.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Zaki has him pressed against the cage.
Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato tries to clinch up
and Zaki counters with a right hand to the body.
Zaki rushes Sato and presses him up against the cage.
Zaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato is trying to push Zaki away but Zaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaki stalling.
Zaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sato shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Sato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zaki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yuki Zaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sato tries a body shot but Zaki blocks it.
Sato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zaki scores with a hook to the body.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Zaki has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Zaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zaki has him pressed against the cage.
Zaki lands with a left to the head.
Sato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Zaki has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaki is struggling to control the position.
Sato trying to stall but Zaki improves his position.
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!
The referee is keeping an eye on Zaki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zaki counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zaki cracks Sato with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sato closes the distance but Zaki moves to the side
and Zaki counters with a series of strikes. Sato will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sato tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zaki counters by clinching up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaki.
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Zaki avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.
Zaki lands a left hand.
Sato misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaki lands with a light punch inside.
Zaki lands an uppercut.
Zaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaki blocks a body shot from Sato.
Sato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short left from Zaki.
A frustrated look appears on Sato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sato trying to stall but Zaki improves his position.
Zaki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaki.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaki digs a right hand into Sato's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sato's gas tank.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato tries to work over Zaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sato takes a shot to the head.
Zaki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zaki lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Sato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Zaki digs a right hand underneath Sato's ribcage. Sato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zaki scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Zaki on the inside.
Sato taking a breather.
Zaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zaki gets through Sato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zaki.
Zaki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaki prevents a body shot from Sato.
Sato struggles to land a body shot inside as Zaki controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yuki Zaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Zaki darts in and clinches Sato up against the cage.
Sato taking a breather.
Come on Zaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hook to the body lands for Zaki.
Zaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zaki lands with a light punch inside.
Zaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Zaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zaki creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sato's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sato drops to his knees and Zaki pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuki Zaki!
Yuki Zaki decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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