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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dj Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mana Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to WALK BY PANTERA. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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275 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
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285 lbs
9 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Good kicks
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dj Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Sato!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato has a takedown stuffed.
Sanchez catches Sato with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.
Sato blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez pulls guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sanchez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sato trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sanchez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sato is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Sanchez is pulling down on Sato's head to control his posture.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dj Sanchez.
Sato shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sanchez sprawls well. Sanchez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sato gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Sato shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sanchez working to try and regain half guard.
Sanchez wants to control but Sato is having none of it.
Sato looking to finish with strikes here!
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Sato has a good base and remains in mount.
Sato landing punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato lands a heavy elbow.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sato sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is thwarting Sanchez's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
Sanchez trying to control but Sato postures up.
Sato is keen to just control but Sanchez is a slippery customer.
Sanchez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sato controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sato stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Sato is proving a slippery customer.
Sato wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Sato's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sato tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Sato shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Sato's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dj Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mana Sato.
Jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez pushes down on Sato's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sato defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Sato dodges it nicely.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Sato dodges it nicely.
Sanchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sato tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sato keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Sato is trying to control but can't.
Sanchez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Sato really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sato tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sato is trying to stand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sato can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sato defending well though.
Sato is looking to improve his position.
Sato is refusing to be controlled, as Sanchez sits in half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sato missing with punches from the bottom.
Sato is looking to improve his position.
Sato trying to control from the bottom.
Sanchez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sato wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez working over Sato with some ground and pound. Sato looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanchez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sanchez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sato is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sato is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sanchez pulls his head out easily.
Sanchez 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.
Nice strikes from Sanchez there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato is defending against the submission attempts here by Sanchez.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sato wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Sato is defending well.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sato won't allow Sanchez to pass to mount.
Sanchez stalling away here and it's allowed Sato to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sanchez drops back looking for a leg! Sato is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sato manages to kick Sanchez off! Sanchez jumps back into Sato's guard.
Sato has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Sato utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.
Sato looking for a sweep. Not yet Sato, not yet.
Sato is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sato trying to strike off his back.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Sato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sanchez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sato wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sato is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sato missing with punches from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sato's head.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sato defending well though.
Sato trying to hold on to Sanchez's head to control him but Sanchez postures up.
Sato flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sanchez tries to pass to full mount but Sato defends it.
Sato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Sato is refusing to be controlled, as Sanchez sits in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez looks to land a strike but Sato avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sato wants to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dj Sanchez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Sato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanchez stuffs the takedown.
Sato gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sato fails with the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a nice leg kick.
Dj Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mana Sato.
Sanchez has Sato up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Dj Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sato throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanchez counters with a takedown into side control.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Sato is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sanchez advances to full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sato is breathing heavily.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sato is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Sato is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Sato that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dj Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez cracks Sato with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sato is rocked!
Sanchez postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Sato out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sanchez goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dj Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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