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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Musan Zaintashara (ranked 1740 p4p, 2166 weight class) and Masa Satake (ranked 266 p4p, 313 weight class). Zaintashara's entrance music is The Art of War. A fine choice. Musan Zaintashara has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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188 cm 23 185 9 - 3 - 1 |
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184 cm 21 189 4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling Lethal high kicks Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt Great elbows Powerful |
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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 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Musan Zaintashara! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Satake! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Satake is looking to slow Zaintashara down with leg kicks. Zaintashara uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Zaintashara moves away from the strike by Satake. A counter left hand to the body from Zaintashara misses its target. Satake misses with a hook to the body
and Zaintashara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Satake pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Zaintashara thumps Satake with a low kick. Zaintashara throws out a loose jab but Satake uses good head movement to avoid it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Oh, that's a big right hand from Zaintashara and Satake goes tumbling to the canvas! Zaintashara follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Satake is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Zaintashara perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Zaintashara is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Satake doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zaintashara. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Zaintashara in particular looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round. Satake trying to control here.
Satake regains full guard. Nicely done. Zaintashara wants to control from the top but Satake keeps moving. Satake pulls Zaintashara in close to prevent any damage. Zaintashara looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Satake keeping moving, preventing Zaintashara from controlling successfully. Zaintashara pushes down on Satake's leg and manages to get into half guard. Zaintashara has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Satake defend it? Zaintashara steps over the head and cranks it - Satake is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Zaintashara!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Musan Zaintashara! Our winner, Musan Zaintashara, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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41% |
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