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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Louis (ranked 1013 p4p, 1009 weight class) and Zacharias Sabel (ranked 122 p4p, 120 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zacharias Sabel!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabel misses with an uppercut. Louis saw that one coming.
Louis misses with an uppercut
and Sabel counters with a nice uppercut.
Sabel is looking to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Sabel.
Louis misses with a looping right.
Sabel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Louis lands a nice shot that snaps Sabel's head back.
Louis lands a nice looking body shot.
Sabel tries to clinch
and Louis counters with a right hand to the body.
Louis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Crapollas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Louis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Louis throws a lazy uppercut
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Louis. Those never looked like landing.
Sabel rushes Louis and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bit of stalling here from Sabel.
Louis decides to pull guard.
Sabel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Louis wants to stand and escape but Sabel is having none of it.
Sabel wants to stand and escape but instead Louis has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Louis postures up.
Sabel looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Louis has picked Sabel up and slammed him! Sabel can't keep hold of the triangle and Louis manages to pass to side control!
Sabel is trying to improve his position.
Sabel gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sabel is trying to maintain the position but Louis is very close to passing his half guard.
Sabel is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabel is trying to maintain the position but Louis is very close to passing his half guard.
Louis is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sabel trying to control but Louis postures up.
Sabel actively working from the bottom here.
Louis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sabel controls his leg.
Sabel is trying to maintain the position but Louis is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis is trying to control the action in half guard but Sabel is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Louis is working for a submission of some sort.
Sabel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sabel working for a triangle but Louis defends it easily.
Louis connects with a couple of short punches.
Louis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sabel has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Louis has managed to get both his arms back between Sabel's legs - danger averted.
Louis wanted to stand there but Sabel had control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sabel working for submissions but it's allowed Louis to get to half guard.
Louis is controlling the pace.
Louis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sabel looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sabel is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Louis pulls his head out easily.
Sabel looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sabel looking for submissions off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Louis dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Louis throws a looping overhand right but Sabel ducks down to avoid it.
Sabel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Louis.
Sabel scores with a jab.
Louis sizes up Sabel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Joe Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Sabel closes the distance and clinches.
Sabel swings wildly with an uppercut but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabel avoids it.
Sabel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Louis tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sabel just stands there and leans against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis is trying to break the clinch but Sabel has him pressed against the cage.
Louis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sabel is pressed up against the cage. Louis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sabel down to the mat. Sabel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sabel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Louis counters with a series of strikes. Sabel will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel throws the left hand but Louis avoids the punch easily.
Sabel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Louis throws out the jab.
Sabel appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sabel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Louis misses with a hook.
Sabel with a hook.
Sabel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Louis doesn't seem bothered though.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sabel manages to avoid it.
Sabel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Louis lands an overhand right.
Sabel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Louis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sabel scores with a jab. Louis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Louis throws a looping overhand right but Sabel ducks down to avoid it.
Sabel throws out a counter right but Louis avoids it with no problem.
Louis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sabel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louis jabs Sabel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Sabel does no damage.
Sabel throws a right hand that misses
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Sabel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sabel throws a poor cross that misses
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Sabel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sabel misses with a looping right.
Sabel staying out of range there.
Louis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sabel can do to turn this around?
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Sabel throws a lazy uppercut
letting Louis counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Sabel.
Sabel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis misses with a jab to the body
and Sabel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Louis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sabel throws a lazy right hand but Louis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louis keeps the fight on the outside.
Louis changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sabel staying out of range there.
Zacharias Sabel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sabel throws a right and a left that Louis avoids nicely.
Sabel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Louis slips a jab from Sabel.
Louis throwing a counter right hand but Sabel manages to avoid it.
Louis cracks Sabel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sabel tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Louis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabel misses with a combination
and Louis counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sabel to score with a decent uppercut.
Sabel misses with a jab to the body
and Louis counters with a nice right hand that sends Sabel toppling to the canvas! Sabel scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Louis finish him?!
Sabel is rocked!
Louis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sabel cracks Louis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Louis tries to keep at a distance but Sabel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sabel swings wildly with an uppercut but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sabel misses with the head strike.
Sabel can't find room to land a body shot as Louis controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sabel tries to throw a body punch but Louis avoids it by throwing Sabel back against the cage.
Louis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sabel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Louis will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A combination from Sabel does no damage.
Louis looks to land a right hand but Sabel moved out of range.
Louis throws a poor cross that misses
and Sabel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Louis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Louis there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sabel misses with a hook. Louis ducked under it nicely.
Sabel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sabel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sabel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sabel misses with an uppercut.
Louis moves out of range as Sabel strikes.
Sabel tries to clinch up but Louis circles away and keeps his distance.
Louis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabel throws a poor cross that misses
and Louis counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel jabs Louis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sabel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Louis throws a nice looking combination but Sabel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Louis scores with the left hand. Sabel knows he should have avoided that one.
Sabel is still on wobbly legs! Can Louis finish him?
Louis misses with a body shot.
Sabel seems to have recovered his senses.
Louis misses the shot to the body.
Sabel swinging wildly here.
Sabel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Louis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Louis misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sabel tries to clinch up.
Sabel tries to bum rush Louis with a series of wild strikes but Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sabel tries to clinch but Louis is having none of it.
Sabel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sabel scores with a nice right hand.
Louis throws a body punch but Sabel moves out of range.
Louis throws a big shot that misses.
Louis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sabel.
It looked like Louis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Louis lands a body shot.
Sabel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Louis moves out of range as Sabel strikes.
Louis throwing a counter right hand but Sabel manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabel looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
Louis throws the left hand but Sabel avoids the punch easily.
Sabel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Louis slips under a jab.
Louis misses with an uppercut.
Sabel might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sabel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Louis misses with a straight right.
Louis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sabel throws a poor cross that misses
letting Louis counter with a right hand.
Louis connects with a body shot.
Louis misses with a combination
and Louis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabel throws a lazy uppercut
letting Louis counter with a right hand.
Sabel needs to keep his hands up - Louis had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sabel throws an off balance right hand
and Louis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.
Sabel lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sabel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Louis.
Sabel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sabel throws a big shot that misses.
Sabel missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zacharias Sabel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sabel.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zacharias Sabel.
I think Louis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Louis!
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