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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sato Toguchi (ranked 4405 p4p, 4351 weight class) and Richard Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 506 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brooks's choice of entrance music: The Script - Hall of Fame. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sato Toguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richard Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toguchi throws a hook but Brooks avoids it easily.
Brooks tries to clinch but Toguchi moves out of range.
Brooks stuffs the takedown.
Brooks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Toguchi.
Brooks is looking for the big counter here.
Brooks shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Toguchi as he avoids it easily.
Brooks doesn't manage to clinch there - Toguchi circles away.
Brooks misses with a combination
and Toguchi decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brooks's guard.
Toguchi advances to half guard.
Toguchi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Brooks landing small, sideways elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toguchi is nestled in close to Brooks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Toguchi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Toguchi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brooks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Toguchi working over Brooks with some ground and pound. Brooks looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toguchi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Toguchi controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks missing with punches from the bottom.
Toguchi works his way into full mount!
Toguchi raining down shots from the mount!
Brooks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Toguchi landing shots from mount.
Toguchi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Brooks wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Toguchi controlling the position easily from mount.
Brooks is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toguchi trying to control but Brooks is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toguchi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Toguchi with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Toguchi.
Brooks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toguchi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toguchi landing punches.
Toguchi raining down hammerfists from mount.
Toguchi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brooks can't escape the position.
Brooks in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Toguchi with shots to the head and body - Brooks looks very uncomfortable down there.
Toguchi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brooks?
Toguchi cracks Brooks with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
It looks like Richard Brooks has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks wants to try and get back to his feet.
Brooks looks winded!
Toguchi prevents Brooks from getting the reversal.
Toguchi wants to finish this one by submission but Brooks is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Toguchi.
Toguchi controlling from the full mount.
Brooks is desperately trying to improve his position but Toguchi has a good base and remains in mount.
Toguchi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Brooks manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Brooks is looking to regain half guard here but Toguchi keeps moving and retains side control.
Toguchi passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Brooks!
BOOM! Toguchi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
BOOM! Toguchi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Toguchi with good strikes from the mount here!
Toguchi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toguchi breaks from Brooks's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Toguchi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brooks throwing hammer fists to the chest of Toguchi. What's that going to do exactly?
Toguchi tries to control but Brooks wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by Toguchi.
Toguchi landing strikes, looking to finish!
Toguchi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Toguchi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Toguchi controlling his opponent.
Toguchi lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toguchi raining down hammerfists from mount.
Toguchi lands a nice shot to the head.
Brooks is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Toguchi working the ground and pound effectively.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sato Toguchi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Brooks's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Toguchi misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Toguchi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brooks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Toguchi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Toguchi misses with a hook.
Richard Brooks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brooks tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Toguchi defends well and Brooks ends up having to push Toguchi into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Toguchi blocks a head kick by Brooks.
Brooks slips under a jab.
Brooks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Toguchi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks shoots in but no luck this time.
Toguchi changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Toguchi loads up on a big right hand but Brooks slips the punch.
Brooks is breathing heavily.
Toguchi closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brooks to the mat! Brooks manages to get full guard.
Toguchi prevents Brooks from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Toguchi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Toguchi advances to half guard.
Ground and pound from Toguchi.
Brooks flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Toguchi lands with a punch from half guard.
Brooks pushes Toguchi off looking to stand but Toguchi dives back in and keeps control.
Toguchi drops an elbow to the side of Brooks's head.
Toguchi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Toguchi trying to control from half guard but Brooks is working away.
Brooks missing with punches from the bottom.
Sato Toguchi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toguchi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toguchi slows the pace down in half guard.
Brooks taking some punishment here, with Toguchi in his half guard.
Toguchi works his way into full mount!
Toguchi dominating with strikes here.
Toguchi wants to control the pace but Brooks is squirming around nicely.
Toguchi working Brooks over with strikes here.
Toguchi tries to control but Brooks wriggling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toguchi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brooks takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks can't escape the position.
Brooks is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
A nice elbow there by Toguchi.
Toguchi with good strikes from the mount here!
Toguchi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Toguchi prevents Brooks from getting the reversal.
Toguchi lands with some strikes.
Toguchi looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Brooks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Toguchi 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.
Toguchi looking to control but Brooks is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Toguchi working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toguchi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brooks hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toguchi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Toguchi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brooks is working to get back to half guard.
Toguchi working the ground and pound effectively.
Toguchi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Toguchi with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Toguchi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Brooks is working to get back to half guard.
Toguchi raining down hammerfists from mount.
Toguchi connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Toguchi quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Toguchi but it's paid off an Brooks is forced to tap! Nice work by Toguchi.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sato Toguchi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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