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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
32 - 24 - 0 |
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180 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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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
32 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Brown!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sakuraba defending well though.
Sakuraba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brown's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brown stands up over Sakuraba, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sakuraba is trying to control the position but Brown postures up.
Sakuraba wants to sweep but no luck.
Sakuraba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brown won't allow Sakuraba to sweep him here.
Sakuraba pulls Brown in to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brown manages to get himself to full guard.
Brown looking for a sweep. Not yet Brown, not yet.
Sakuraba sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Brown's guard.
Brown wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to free his trapped foot but Brown is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sakuraba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown tries to roll over but Sakuraba keeps him under control.
Sakuraba tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brown is trying to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Brown could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Sakuraba has cracked it and Brown is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Sakuraba!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazushi Sakuraba!
After winning the bout, Kazushi Sakuraba thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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