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QFC Tournament 547 Round 3 PBP Commentary |
Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yusuke Nagano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deshawn Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yusuke Nagano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Deshawn Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels instigates a clinch.
Michaels lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Yusuke Nagano has been cut.
Nagano has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Michaels is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Michaels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Michaels looking to slow down the pace here.
Michaels is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Michaels is pressed up against the cage. Nagano has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Michaels down to the mat. Michaels avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nagano darts in looking for a takedown but Michaels gets double underhooks and turns Nagano into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yusuke Nagano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nagano fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Michaels is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nagano dives in for a single leg takedown but Michaels sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Michaels steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nagano.
Michaels displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nagano.
Michaels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Michaels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michaels lands an elbow just above Nagano 's eye.
Yusuke Nagano's cut is getting worse.
Michaels lands an elbow that stopped Nagano in his tracks for a moment.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Yusuke Nagano's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagano is looking for a takedown.
Nagano is looking to take this one to the mat.
Nagano is breathing heavily.
Michaels lands an elbow that stopped Nagano in his tracks for a moment.
Jeez, Yusuke Nagano's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Michaels lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Michaels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Yusuke Nagano's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Deshawn Michaels!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Pascoal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideo Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Guilherme Pascoal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hideo Sakurai!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pascoal takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pascoal blocks a jab.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pascoal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakurai scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pascoal throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sakurai to counter with a crisp jab.
Sakurai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pascoals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sakurai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pascoal throws a combination that misses
and Sakurai counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakurai lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sakurai works the jab nicely.
Pascoal is rocked!
Sakurai throws a right hand that Pascoal ducks under and follows up with a left that Pascoal also avoids with ease.
Sakurai lands with a straight right. Pascoal didn't see that one coming.
Oh Pascoal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pascoal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakurai circles away quickly and effectively.
Pascoal seems to have got his legs back now.
Sakurai throws a series of punches but Pascoal avoids them all with ease.
Pascoal throws a big counter combination but Sakurai scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pascoal gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sakurai blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pascoal scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Sakurai.
Sakurai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pascoal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pascoal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sakurai scores with a body shot.
Sakurai scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sakurai.
Sakurai misses with a straight right.
Sakurai throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pascoal.
A jab lands there for Sakurai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Pascoal avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakurai misses with a straight left.
Sakurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pascoal slips under a jab from Sakurai.
Pascoal changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sakurai looks winded!
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Sakurai. Those never looked like landing.
Sakurai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A combination from Pascoal does no damage.
Pascoal clinches up with Sakurai and pushes him back against the cage.
Pascoal gets through Sakurai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pascoal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pascoal lands a two punch combo.
Sakurai throws an overhand right that lands on Pascoal's shoulder, as Pascoal tries to avoid the shot.
Pascoal drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sakurai sprawls and moves away.
Sakurai scores with a punch to the head.
Hideo Sakurai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pascoal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pascoal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pascoal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pascoal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pascoal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pascoal moves into the clinch.
Sakurai being controlled against the cage.
Pascoal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sakurai's efforts to push away.
Pascoal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai misses with a double jab.
Pascoal clinches.
Pascoal breaks from the clinch.
Pascoal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pascoal closes the distance and clinches.
Sakurai tries to circle away but Pascoal has him pinned against the cage.
Pascoal leaning against his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pascoal breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pascoal darts in and clinches Sakurai up against the cage.
Sakurai is looking to break free of the clinch but Pascoal has double underhooks.
Pascoal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hideo Sakurai dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice straight punches there by Sakurai. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sakurai.
Sakurai throws out a loose jab but Pascoal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pascoal wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sakurai fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pascoal ducks under a wild hook from Sakurai.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sakurai. Pascoal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sakurai waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pascoal.
Hideo Sakurai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pascoal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pascoal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sakurais jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakurai bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sakurai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pascoal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pascoal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakurai.
Pascoal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sakurai jabs Pascoal to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pascoal clinches up with Sakurai and pushes him back against the cage.
Sakurai wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sakurai is trying to push Pascoal away but Pascoal has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pascoal - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pascoal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pascoal throws a one two combo.
Sakurai connects with a looping right hand.
Pascoal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurai lands with a straight right. Pascoal didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pascoal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sakurai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pascoal dodges the punch combination from Sakurai.
A quick step to the side and Pascoal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pascoal moves out of range of the strikes.
Pascoal moves into range and clinches up with Sakurai.
Pascoal manages to break the clinch.
Pascoal throws a series of punches but Sakurai moves out of range.
Sakurai throws a counter combo.
Pascoal moves into the clinch successfully.
Sakurai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sakurai wants to get back to striking at distance but Pascoal won't allow it.
Sakurai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pascoal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sakurai takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pascoal darts in and clinches Sakurai up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pascoal.
Pascoal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sakurai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pascoal is looking for a counter combo.
Pascoal has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sakurai misses with a wild combination.
Pascoal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sakurai.
Sakurai looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sakurai is breathing heavily.
Pascoal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As Pascoal backs off Sakurai throws a huge counter combo but Pascoal manages to avoid it all.
Pascoal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pascoal tries to clinch but Sakurai moves away
and Sakurai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pascoal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pascoal lands with a short shot to the head.
Pascoal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pascoal looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sakurai tests Pascoal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sakurai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pascoal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sakurai lands a nice shot that snaps Pascoal's head back.
Pascoal gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pascoal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pascoal manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hideo Sakurai will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pascoal drops his hands momentarily and Sakurai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sakurai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sakurai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pascoal.
Nice straight punches there by Pascoal. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pascoal.
Sakurai dodges the punch combination from Pascoal.
Sakurai is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pascoal is looking to clinch but Sakurai is avoiding it.
Guilherme Pascoal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pascoal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pascoal throws a series of strikes that have Sakurai backpedaling.
Sakurai misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakurai connects with a nice looking jab.
Pascoal closes the distance and pushes Sakurai back into the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pascoal - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pascoal lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pascoal stalling the fight.
Pascoal cracks Sakurai with a nice body shot.
Sakurai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pascoal pushes Sakurai back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sakurai blocks a body shot from Pascoal.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pascoal is struggling to control the position.
Pascoal has a couple of punches blocked by Sakurai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pascoal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pascoal defending well as Sakurai loads up on a big left hand.
Pascoal tries to clinch but Sakurai is having none of it.
Sakurai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pascoals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pascoal drives through and clinches with Sakurai against the cage.
Sakurai wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sakurai has had enough of the clinch but Pascoal keeps him there for the moment.
Pascoal displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sakurai up against the cage.
Pascoal has Sakurai pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sakurai is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Pascoal to work.
Pascoal is pushing Sakurai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pascoal gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Sakurai looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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.
Pascoal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sakurai slips a straight right by Pascoal.
Sakurai might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sakurai slips under a jab from Pascoal.
Sakurai fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from Sakurai misses.
As Sakurai looks to move away, Pascoal throws a big counter combo bu Sakurai just gets out of the way.
Sakurai jabs at Pascoal's body.
Pascoal clinches with his opponent.
Pascoal breaks from the clinch.
Pascoal clinches.
Pascoal is pushing Sakurai up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pascoal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Guilherme Pascoal showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sakurai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight for Hideo Sakurai!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Hideo Sakurai!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Hideo Sakurai!
Hideo Sakurai wins by unanimous decision!
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FIGHT
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