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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Goodwin (ranked 5011 p4p, 3256 weight class) and Aoki Sato (ranked 424 p4p, 322 weight class). Goodwin comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Celebs X Biz. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 cm 19 215 2 - 1 - 0 |
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194 cm 18 212 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns Basic striking Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Glenn Goodwin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Aoki Sato! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Stewart Dunkirk.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice sprawl there from Goodwin as Sato shoots in. Goodwin misses with a looping right. Sato shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Goodwin sprawls well. Goodwin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sato gets slowly back to his feet.
Goodwin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goodwin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sato can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Goodwin keeping full guard, as Sato tries to pass. Goodwin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sato with a nice head shot there. Sato content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Sato keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goodwin's head. Goodwin trying to control the position.
Sato sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Goodwin's guard.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Goodwin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Sato is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Sato seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Goodwin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sato on the ground. Sato is thwarting Goodwin's attempts to control the position. Sato looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Goodwin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Sato is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sato connects with a nice short shot to Goodwin's temple. Nice strikes from Sato there. Sato trying to mount his opponent but Goodwin defends it. Sato lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Goodwin is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at KO MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it. Goodwin wants to get back to full guard. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sato connects with a nice short shot to Goodwin's temple.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Goodwin tries to get to full guard but Sato has control of the leg. Sato is nestled in close to Goodwin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Sato drops an elbow to the side of Goodwin's head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sato takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Sato passes to full mount! Sato lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Goodwin wants to hold on but Sato pushes him away. Goodwin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sato postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Goodwin looks a forlorn figure.
Sato lands a big elbow.
 Goodwin is rocked! Goodwin is looking to improve his position but Sato isn't that keen on the idea. Goodwin is working hard here to advance position.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Sato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Sato raining down hammerfists from mount. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sato cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sato lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Goodwin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Oh Goodwin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
 It looks like Glenn Goodwin has been cut. A big strike lands for Sato! That's really hurt Goodwin and he's turned his back - Sato keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Sato jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aoki Sato!
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hype
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