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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Emelianenko (ranked 764 p4p, 890 weight class) and Yannick Sakala (ranked 121 p4p, 137 weight class). Emelianenko comes to the cage accompanied by Mala Dama - Kabat. Sakala has chosen Pole Pole as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yannick Sakala!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko throws a body punch but Sakala moves out of range.
Sakala is looking for the big counter here.
Emelianenko loads up on a big right hand but Sakala slips the punch.
Despite the aggression on Sakala's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Emelianenko wants to land a leg kick but Sakala is out of range.
Despite the aggression on Sakala's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Some bone on bone action there as Sakala checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Emelianenko tries to land a leg kick but Sakala saw it coming and moves away.
Sakala lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Sakala.
Sakala lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Roman Emelianenko has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakala scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Emelianenko misses with a low kick.
We've been told by Emelianenko's head coaches at Xtreme Black House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sakala. Emelianenko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sakala 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.
Emelianenko throws a jab when Sakala was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakala scores with a jab. Emelianenko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sakala throws a big shot that misses.
Emelianenko misses with a straight left.
Emelianenko loads up on a big right hand but Sakala slips the punch.
Emelianenko slips under a jab.
Sakala lands a big head kick that sends Emelianenko to the canvas! Sakala follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yannick Sakala!
A victorious Yannick Sakala thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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