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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benten Gogul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Sasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsuro Sasaki is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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195 cm
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280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
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265 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Benten Gogul! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuro Sasaki! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sasaki throws out a powerful jab. Gogul could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Sasaki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gogul is looking to clinch. A lazy left from Sasaki finds it's target. Sasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gogul.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gogul. Gogul feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. This has been an exciting period of action! Sasaki keeping moving, preventing Gogul from controlling successfully. Sasaki tries to strike from the bottom.
Gogul trying to control but Sasaki is working from the bottom. Gogul trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Gogul trying to control but Sasaki is working from the bottom. Sasaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gogul is one step ahead there. Sasaki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Sasaki connects with a right hand. Gogul shakes it off. Sasaki throws a hook but Gogul avoids it easily. Katsuro Sasaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Sasaki jabs at Gogul's body. Gogul is breathing heavily. Gogul closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sasaki to the mat! Sasaki manages to get full guard. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sasaki is trying to keep Gogul in close.
Gogul wants to get up but he can't break Sasaki's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Sasaki trying to keep a closed guard but Gogul is proving a slippery customer.
Sasaki pulls Gogul in to control the position. Sasaki looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sasaki might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gogul kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sasaki is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sasaki postures up in Gogul's guard and throws a big left but Gogul blocks it. Gogul wants to stand but Sasaki is controlling the position. Sasaki thows a big elbow that misses. Sasaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gogul works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Sasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Gogul being controlled here, momentarily. Gogul has momentary wrist control but Sasaki slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sasaki wants to control from the top but Gogul keeps moving. Sasaki throwing strikes from guard but Gogul blocks nicely. Sasaki forces his way into half guard. Sasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gogul's head. Sasaki is thwarting Gogul's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Sasaki is keen to just control but Gogul is a slippery customer. Sasaki is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Sasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Sasaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Sasaki lands a big right hand that sends Gogul crashing to the mat! Sasaki stays standing though and waves Gogul back to his feet!
It looks like Benten Gogul has been cut. Sasaki lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Gogul falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sasaki dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsuro Sasaki!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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