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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yakin Sanjimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Ducati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Francois Ducati was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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194 lbs
4 - 4 - 1 |
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187 cm
29
197 lbs
5 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Yakin Sanjimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Francois Ducati!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ducati throws a jab when Sanjimoto was well out of range.
Sanjimoto misses with the combination.
Ducati just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanjimoto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ducati moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ducati fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanjimoto takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fighters circling - Sanjimoto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ducati dodges the punch combination from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto scores with a shot to the body.
Ducati doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanjimoto misses with a straight right.
Sanjimoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanjimoto connects with a body shot.
Yakin Sanjimoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanjimoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanjimoto looks to land a combination but Ducati avoids it well.
Jab by Sanjimoto.
Ducati dodges the punch combination from Sanjimoto.
Ducati just misses with a punch to the body.
Ducati uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanjimoto.
Ducati closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sanjimoto circles away.
Sanjimoto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ducati shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanjimoto as he avoids it easily.
Yakin Sanjimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francois Ducati.
Ducati fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanjimoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
Ducati misses with an uppercut. Sanjimoto saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Sanjimoto.
Ducati throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanjimoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanjimoto ducks under a wild hook from Ducati.
Ducati avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ducati ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Sanjimoto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanjimoto throws a series of punches but Ducati moves out of range.
Sanjimoto thuds a left hand into Ducati's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ducati tries to move into range but Sanjimoto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ducati avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanjimoto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto lands with a nice body punch.
Sanjimoto scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ducati avoids the body shot from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto looks to land a right hand but Ducati moved out of range.
Ducati lands a really nice looking cross but Sanjimoto seems unphased.
Sanjimoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ducati fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
Ducati is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sanjimoto is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ducati.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto throws a lazy uppercut
and Ducati counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanjimoto won't be happy with that.
Sanjimoto tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ducati wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ducati in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sanjimoto tries to improve position but can't.
Ducati is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Sanjimoto looks calm but he's in trouble here. Ducati gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Sanjimoto is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Ducati lets go of the hold and Sanjimoto can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Francois Ducati!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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