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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haise Sasaki (ranked 504 p4p, 684 weight class) and Alexandros Stamatis (ranked 74 p4p, 100 weight class). Stamatis has chosen Sabaton - Sparta as his entrance music. Haise Sasaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Haise Sasaki !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandros Stamatis!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Chris Dean and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stamatis.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sasaki clinches up with Stamatis and pushes him back against the cage.
Stamatis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sasaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sasaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Stamatis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sasaki lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Stamatis goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Sasaki in side control.
Stamatis is rocked!
It looks like Alexandros Stamatis has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stamatis is trying to get back to half guard.
Stamatis wants to get back to his feet but Sasaki drags him back down.
Stamatis is looking to regain half guard here but Sasaki keeps moving and retains side control.
Stamatis struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stamatis regains half guard.
Stamatis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stamatis trying to hold on to Sasaki 's head to control him but Sasaki postures up.
Stamatis is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Sasaki is staying active.
Sasaki decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Stamatis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasaki throws a jab when Stamatis was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Good leg kick by Sasaki .
Stamatis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stamatis misses with a wild combination.
Stamatis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sasaki .
A little jabbing left from Stamatis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stamatis throws out the jab.
Stamatis slips a jab from Sasaki .
Stamatis stuns Sasaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab lands there for Sasaki .
Sasaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stamatis swings wildly with an uppercut but Sasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sasaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Stamatis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sasaki leaning against his opponent.
Sasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stamatis avoids a wild elbow strike from Sasaki .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stamatis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sasaki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stamatis or not.
Stamatis takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stamatis.
Stamatis tries to break the clinch but Sasaki is controlling the position.
Sasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stamatis working aggressively here.
Sasaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stamatiss head.
Stamatis breaks from the clinch.
Stamatis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasaki manages to avoid it.
Stamatis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sasaki .
Sasaki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sasaki lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sasaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stamatis's brow.
Sasaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sasaki throws an elbow but misses.
Sasaki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasaki blocking some punches.
Sasaki lands an elbow that stopped Stamatis in his tracks for a moment.
Stamatis tries a body shot but Sasaki blocks it.
Sasaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stamatis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sasaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sasaki .
Sasaki tries to work over Stamatis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stamatis lands with a light punch inside.
Stamatis blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stamatis misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sasaki throws an elbow but misses.
Sasaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sasaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Stamatis takes an elbow to the temple.
Sasaki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sasaki tries a body shot but Stamatis blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Haise Sasaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexandros Stamatis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Sasaki is looking to clinch.
Sasaki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stamatis counters with a straight right hand.
Stamatis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sasaki .
Stamatis scores with a sloppy right hand. Sasaki should have avoided that one.
Sasaki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stamatis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sasaki tries to clinch but Stamatis moves out of range.
Sasaki clinches with his opponent.
Haise Sasaki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sasaki blocking some punches.
Sasaki lands a body shot.
Sasaki throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Stamatis fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sasaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stamatis's brow.
Stamatis has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sasaki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stamatis throws a punch but it's blocked by Sasaki .
A short body shot lands from Sasaki as the two fighters clinch.
Stamatis is breathing heavily.
Sasaki tries a body shot but Stamatis blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasaki is working Stamatis over against the cage.
Stamatis avoids the elbow strike from Sasaki , against the cage.
Sasaki lands a damaging elbow.
Sasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sasaki drops his opponent with a massive elbow! Stamatis is holding on for dear life.
Stamatis is still in real trouble! Can Sasaki finish him?
Sasaki decides to return to a standing position.
Sasaki weaves into range and cracks Stamatis right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Stamatis goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Sasaki is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Haise Sasaki !
Haise Sasaki really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Brooklyn Apothecary logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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