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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masa Sanada (ranked 195 p4p, 28 weight class) and Willie Wood (ranked 274 p4p, 41 weight class). Masa Sanada could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Willie Wood's chin.
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174 lbs
28 - 10 - 3 |
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180 lbs
24 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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
28 - 10 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Sanada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willie Wood!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Sanada misses its intended target.
A countering left hand to the body from Wood misses.
Sanada ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wood slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Wood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Masa Sanada has been cut.
Sanada throws a series of punches but Wood avoids them all with ease.
Wood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wood missing with a left hand there. Sanada was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice jab there from Sanada.
Sanada uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood has a couple of punches blocked by Sanada.
Sanada takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanada.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanada misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanada.
Wood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada stalling against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanada.
Wood lands a left hand.
Wood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanada has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanada.
Wood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanada backwards.
A short body shot lands from Wood as the two fighters clinch.
Wood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Wood.
Sanada tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood pushes Sanada back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood breaks the clinch.
Sanada throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wood replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sanada blocks it well.
Sanada tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanada scores with a jab to the head.
Wood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sanada misses with an uppercut
and Wood counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanada throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Masa Sanada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanada misses with a wild body shot.
Wood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wood! But no joy.
Sanada misses the jab.
Wood throws out a counter right but Sanada avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanada. That snapped Wood's head back.
Sanada closes the distance and clinches.
Sanada misses with the head strike.
Sanada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanada has a couple of punches blocked by Wood.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood letting Sanada take a breather here.
Wood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wood moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Wood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Wood ducks down to avoid it.
Wood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wood misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanada.
Sanada jabs Wood to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanada jabs at Wood's body.
Sanada scores with a jab. Wood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wood defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Sanada misses with a hook
and Wood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanada takes a swing at Wood's ribcage but misses.
Sanada misses with a lunging right hand
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Wood does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanada looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sanada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanada tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
Wood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A slow jab from Sanada misses its intended target.
Sanada scores with a nice strike.
Wood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanada.
Wood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wood slips under a jab from Sanada.
Sanada throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wood! But no joy.
Sanada works the jab nicely.
Sanada looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sanada tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masa Sanada dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masa Sanada's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanada closes the distance but Wood moves to the side
and Wood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanada lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short left from Wood.
Sanada lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Willie Wood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanada softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wood misses with some punches.
Wood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanada swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wood scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood lands a right hand.
Wood lands with a short shot to the head.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Sanada avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Sanada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanada is trying to maintain a safe position but Wood gets an underhook and turns Sanada into the cage.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Sanada - that landed with a thud.
Sanada blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wood as Sanada tries to tie him up.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanada.
Sanada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanada working aggressively here.
Sanada lands an uppercut.
Sanada tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Sanada's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanada lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanada is stalling here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Wood - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wood swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Wood.
Sanada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Wood - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wood.
Sanada lands a body punch.
Wood works on Sanada's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanada has Wood pushed against the cage.
Sanada can't find room to land a body shot as Wood controls the action.
Sanada tries a body shot but Wood blocks it.
Wood gets through Sanada's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanada displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wood up against the cage.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Wood on the inside.
Sanada's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wood misses with the head strike.
Wood lands with a right to the head.
Sanada swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Sanada.
Wood lands a right hand.
Wood lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Wood.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanada is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanada lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanada.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanada stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short uppercut from Sanada.
Sanada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanada misses with a punch to the body.
Wood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanada makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Sanada - that landed with a thud.
Wood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wood manages to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Wood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sanada scores with a jab. Wood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sanada works Wood's body with a nice hook.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wood moves away.
Wood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Wood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Willie Wood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Masa Sanada's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the body from Sanada misses
and Wood counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanada tries to clinch but Wood is having none of it.
Wood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanada misses with a hook
and Wood counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanada thinking.
Sanada misses with a hook
letting Wood counter with a right hand.
Sanada scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada misses with a looping right.
Sanada throws a shot from downtown. Wood moves away and avoids it.
Wood replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sanada blocks it well.
Wood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wood needs to keep his hands up - Sanada had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Sanada.
Wood walks into a straight right hand from Sanada.
Sanada scores with a body shot.
Masa Sanada is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Wood.
Sanada scores with a shot to the body.
Wood slips a straight right by Sanada.
Wood swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanada.
A countering left hand to the body from Wood misses.
Sanada lands with a good body shot.
Sanada throws a lazy uppercut
and Wood counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wood flicks out a counter leg kick but Sanada steps away.
Sanada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sanada misses with a hook. Wood ducked under it nicely.
Sanada misses with a left hand
and Wood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanada is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood throws out a loose jab but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanada is looking to counter the offense by Wood and move into the clinch.
Sanada misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wood! But no joy.
Wood cracks Sanada with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Sanada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanada misses with a shot to the body
and Wood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanada falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wood counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Willie Wood!
A relieved looking Willie Wood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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