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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machida has chosen For Whom The Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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212 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
28
205 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Sakamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoto Machida!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida misses with the combination.
Sakamoto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sakamoto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sakamoto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sakamoto throws a leg kick
and Machida counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Machida throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Paul Sakamoto has been cut.
Sakamoto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Machida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sakamoto throws a hook to the side of Machida's head but Machida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Machida doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakamoto digs a good body shot into Machida's ribs.
Machida lands a high kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sakamoto, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamoto throws a series of punches but Machida avoids them all with ease.
Sakamoto throws a body punch but Machida moves out of range.
Sakamoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the body from Sakamoto misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sakamoto misses with a combination
and Sakamoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakamoto misses with an uppercut
and Machida counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sakamoto is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sakamoto is rocked!
Sakamoto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Machida counters with a nice kick to the body.
Sakamoto is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machida throws a jab when Sakamoto was well out of range.
Sakamoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Machida counters with a huge head kick that drops Sakamoto! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyoto Machida!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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