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Spirit Fc 1:The War Begins PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Albert Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Albert Anderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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260 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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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 Las Vegas, Albert Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darren Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Anderson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Anderson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
Anderson wants to free his trapped foot but Phillips is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Anderson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Anderson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Phillips gets caught flat footed, as Anderson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Anderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Phillips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Anderson landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Phillips wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Phillips thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson prevents Phillips from getting back to his feet.
Phillips looking for a sweep. Not yet Phillips, not yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Phillips throws a head kick that Anderson semi-blocks.
Phillips throws a looping overhand right but Anderson ducks down to avoid it.
Anderson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Phillips looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Anderson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Anderson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Anderson is breathing heavily.
Phillips fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Anderson sprawls well initially but Phillips persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Anderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anderson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Phillips stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Anderson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Phillips wanted to stand there but Anderson had control of the position.
Anderson is trying to control the position but Phillips postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Phillips is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Anderson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Phillips's back instead.
Anderson has got one arm under Phillips's chin. This could be trouble... Phillips trying to control the other hand but Anderson gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Phillips has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Albert Anderson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Morlikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergei Morlikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack MacDonald!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morlikov looks to land a combination but MacDonald avoids it well.
A big left from Morlikov misses.
Morlikov shoots in looking for a takedown. MacDonald tries to sprawl out of it but Morlikov keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. MacDonald manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morlikov fails with the takedown.
Morlikov connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent MacDonald tumbling to the canvas! Morlikov pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! MacDonald was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Sergei Morlikov!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Thatser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pentti Grecosaurus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Thatser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pentti Grecosaurus!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thatser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thatser tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grecosaurus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thatser moves in looking to clinch but Grecosaurus pushes him off.
Thatser tries to clinch but Grecosaurus moves out of range.
Thatser tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grecosaurus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grecosaurus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thatser fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thatser wants to clinch up but Grecosaurus keeps it at a distance.
Thatser clinches up against the ropes.
Thatser is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thatser tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thatser gets underhooks to prevent Grecosaurus's takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Thatser.
Grecosaurus takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thatser trying to stall but Grecosaurus improves his position.
Thatser scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thatser tries to land a knee to the head but Grecosaurus blocks with his arms.
Thatser misses with a knee strike.
Thatser throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thatser is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Thatser just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grecosaurus's brow.
Grecosaurus changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Thatser fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Thatser tries to clinch up but Grecosaurus circles away and keeps his distance.
Grecosaurus feints and as Thatser raises his hands in defense, Grecosaurus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thatser being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Thatser keeping full guard, as Grecosaurus tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grecosaurus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Grecosaurus with a nice head shot there.
Grecosaurus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Grecosaurus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Grecosaurus sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Grecosaurus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grecosaurus controls from within his opponent's guard.
Grecosaurus lands a couple of elbows.
Grecosaurus is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Grecosaurus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Grecosaurus trying to control but Thatser is working from the bottom.
Grecosaurus is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
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.
Despite being in the dominant position, Pentti Grecosaurus just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grecosaurus closes the distance and clinches.
Thatser looking to stall.
Thatser stops a takedown attempt from Grecosaurus.
Tommy Thatser has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pentti Grecosaurus.
Thatser gets underhooks to prevent Grecosaurus's takedown attempt.
Grecosaurus is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Thatser misses with a knee to the head.
Thatser lands a damaging elbow.
Thatser lands an elbow that stopped Grecosaurus in his tracks for a moment.
Thatser tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thatser with a knee to the head.
It looks like Pentti Grecosaurus has been cut.
Thatser with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Thatser throws an elbow but misses.
Grecosaurus tightens his grip and picks Thatser up, before dumping him to the ground. Thatser manages to land in guard.
Thatser looking to hit a scissor sweep but Grecosaurus is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pentti Grecosaurus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pentti Grecosaurus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thatser closes the distance looking to clinch
and Grecosaurus counters with a shoot takedown. Thatser fights it but they end up in guard.
Grecosaurus controlling from the top position.
Grecosaurus chips away with some ground and pound.
Grecosaurus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Grecosaurus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Thatser's head.
Grecosaurus showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grecosaurus works over Thatser with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grecosaurus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Thatser can't keep his opponent in guard - Grecosaurus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grecosaurus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Grecosaurus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grecosaurus performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Grecosaurus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Grecosaurus lands strikes from half guard.
Grecosaurus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Grecosaurus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grecosaurus slows the pace down in half guard.
Thatser knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grecosaurus on the ground.
Grecosaurus is nestled in close to Thatser, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grecosaurus missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Thatser is refusing to be controlled, as Grecosaurus sits in half guard.
Grecosaurus wants to free his trapped foot but Thatser is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Grecosaurus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Grecosaurus lands a nice short elbow.
Grecosaurus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grecosaurus takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Thatser is looking to control Grecosaurus's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Thatser avoid being mounted?
Thatser has hold of Grecosaurus's hands but Grecosaurus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Grecosaurus controlling the action here.
Thatser is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grecosaurus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Grecosaurus stalling.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Grecosaurus lands a nice short elbow.
Grecosaurus controlling the action here.
Thatser on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thatser tries to get out of the position.
Thatser is not content to let Grecosaurus control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pentti Grecosaurus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pentti Grecosaurus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Thatser looks to clinch
so Grecosaurus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Grecosaurus chips away with some ground and pound.
Grecosaurus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Despite being in the dominant position, Pentti Grecosaurus just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grecosaurus dodges the punch combination from Thatser.
Grecosaurus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Grecosaurus tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Grecosaurus's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grecosaurus with the ground and pound from mount.
Grecosaurus landing strikes, looking to finish!
Grecosaurus breaks from Thatser's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Thatser tries to hold on but Grecosaurus postures up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Grecosaurus controlling from mount.
Grecosaurus is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Thatser can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grecosaurus avoids the attempt from Thatser to control.
Thatser really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grecosaurus breaks from Thatser's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grecosaurus cracks Thatser with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pentti Grecosaurus!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Lansarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicko Tackai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rico Lansarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicko Tackai!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tackai slips a jab and a cross from Lansarez.
Tackai rushes Lansarez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lansarez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lansarez is working Tackai over against the ropes.
Tackai misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Lansarez.
It looks like Nicko Tackai has been cut.
Lansarez scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Lansarez.
Tackai takes an elbow to the temple.
Lansarez could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lansarez with a knee to the head.
Tackai looks gassed!
A knee to the head by Lansarez.
Lansarez breaks the clinch.
Lansarez dances in with a quick combination. Tackai is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Lansarez snaps Tackai's head back. Tackai stumbles backwards against the ropes. Lansarez steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Tackai's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Tackai just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rico Lansarez!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mino Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mino Sakurai!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davis.
A combination from Davis does no damage.
Sakurai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Davis throws a right hand that Sakurai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakurai also avoids with ease.
Davis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Davis misses with a low kick.
Davis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Left hook, right uppercut from Davis.
Sakurai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sakurai misses with a takedown attempt - Davis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Sakurai wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Sakurai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Mino Sakurai has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakurai is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Davis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sakurai shoots in for a double leg but Davis sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
Davis shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sakurai tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sakurai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakurai wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Sakurai tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Davis scoring well with a low kick there.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sakurai is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Davis throws a hook but Sakurai avoids it easily.
Sakurai tries to clinch up.
Sakurai tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Sakurai doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Davis misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Davis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Davis.
Sakurai managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Davis.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Sakurai gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sakurai manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Davis 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.
Davis throws a strike but Sakurai rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Davis looking for a sweep. Not yet Davis, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Davis could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Davis throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davis misses with a head shot.
Davis with a couple of short strikes.
Davis unloading with bombs!
Sakurai avoids a series of strikes thrown by Davis.
Davis looking to ground and pound but Sakurai is blocking nicely.
Davis working the ground and pound effectively.
Davis thowing shots but they're missing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai avoids a series of strikes thrown by Davis.
Sakurai regains half guard.
Davis thows a huge punch but Sakurai dodges it nicely.
Sakurai works his way to full guard. Good work.
Davis preventing the sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakurai is trying to keep Davis in close.
Davis looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mino Sakurai's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sakurai wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Davis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sakurai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Davis throws a hook to the side of Sakurai's head but Sakurai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Davis.
Sakurai wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakurai tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Sakurai is looking to clinch.
Sakurai tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sakurai gets a clinch.
Sakurai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davis tries to pull guard but Sakurai won't allow it.
Davis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sakurai has him pressed against the ropes.
Sakurai tries a knee to the head but Davis blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a knee strike.
Davis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sakurai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakurai stalling in the clinch but Davis improves position.
Sakurai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sakurai moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Sakurai looks to land a combination but Davis avoids it well.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Sakurai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Davis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Davis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davis misses with a combination
and Sakurai moves into the clinch.
Sakurai stalling in the clinch but Davis improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Sakurai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Davis's brow.
Sakurai misses with a knee to the head.
Davis looking to stall.
Davis is trying to break free.
Sakurai looking to slow down the pace here.
Sakurai lands a knee to the head.
That's two 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.
Davis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sakurai leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Sakurai with a knee to the head.
Sakurai lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davis is rocked!
Sakurai has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Davis - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Sakurai, and another! Davis is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mino Sakurai!
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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