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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louis Princip (ranked 312 p4p, 999 weight class) and Masa Sanada (ranked 45 p4p, 144 weight class). Princip comes to the cage accompanied by Lord of This World by Black Sabbath. Masa Sanada acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Princip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 4, fighting out of London, Masa Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Princip uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Princip is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sanada looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Princip takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sanada dodges the punch combination from Princip.
Princip scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Princip swings for the body but Sanada moves out of range.
Princip throws a right hand that Sanada ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanada also avoids with ease.
Princip bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanada throws a series of punches but Princip moves out of range.
Princip slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A big left from Princip misses.
Princip connects with a jab.
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 a looping right.
Princip is looking for a counter combo.
Princip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Princip. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Princip.
Princip has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Alpha Brasil in the buildup to the fight.
Sanada misses with a hook. Princip ducked under it nicely.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Princip scores with a hook to the body. Sanada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Princip moves away.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Princip scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanada in his tracks.
Princip slips under a jab from Sanada.
A big right from Princip misses.
It seemed like Sanada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sanada slips a straight right by Princip.
A shot to the liver by Princip. Beautiful body shot.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Princip on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big left from Sanada misses.
Princip was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Princip lands a head shot.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Princip saw that one coming.
Sanada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Princip.
Princip bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Princip lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanada looks to land a right hand but Princip moved out of range.
Princip misses with a body shot.
Princip moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanada lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Princip was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Princip thuds his right hand into Sanada's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sanada connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Princip is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Princip misses the shot to the body.
Princip throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanada counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanada looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Princip scores with a jab.
Sanada takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice defenses there by Sanada.
Princip lands a jab.
Sanada ducks right into an uppercut from Princip.
Sanada misses the jab.
Sanada bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanada throws a shot from downtown. Princip moves away and avoids it.
Princip tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanada swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Princip throws a jab when Sanada was well out of range.
Princip throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip misses with a jab to the body
and Sanada counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Sanada.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Princip ducks down to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Princip misses its target.
Princip lands with a straight right. Sanada didn't see that one coming.
Princip uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanada.
Princip slips under a jab from Sanada.
It looked like Princip was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sanada.
Princip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanada.
Princip lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Princip defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Princip moved out of range nicely.
Princip displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
Princip is looking to counter punch.
Jab from Princip.
Sanada paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Princip shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Princip scores with the left hand. Sanada knows he should have avoided that one.
Princip throws the left hand but Sanada avoids the punch easily.
Sanada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanada takes one to the chin there.
Sanada misses with a shot to the body
and Sanada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Princip defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Princip blocks a jab.
Sanada swings for the body but Princip moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Princip on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Princip throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Princip is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sanada lands a jab.
Princip lands a really nice looking cross but Sanada seems unphased.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Princip manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Sanada.
Princip misses with a straight right.
Princip throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanada on the side of the head.
Princip lands a really nice looking cross but Sanada seems unphased.
A swing and a miss from Sanada.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Princip throws a nice looking combination but Sanada bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Princip.
Sanada slips a jab from Princip.
Princip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Princip tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanada was well out of range. Poor timing from Princip.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Princip dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Princip slips a straight right by Sanada.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sanada in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A shot to the body from Princip misses
enabling Sanada to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Princip works the jab nicely.
Princip is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanada can do to turn this around?
Sanada feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Princips jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanada throws a hook but Princip avoids it easily.
Princip scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Princip throws a big shot that misses.
Sanada works over Princip's head and body with a nice combination.
Princip misses with a looping right.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Princip is out of range.
Princip uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sanada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanada throws a right hand that misses
and Princip counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Princip darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanada drops Princip with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Princip looks back up at him and smiles so Sanada waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Princip is rocked!
Princip scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oh Princip is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Princip saw that one coming.
Princip gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Sanada gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Masa Sanada!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Masa Sanada made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
The defeated Louis Princip had this to say: 'Oh no, I lost! I'm not gonna get cut am I?'.
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