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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hawk Seibold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sand Man-Metallica. Seibold has chosen SCOTTISH PIPE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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265 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
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198 cm
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276 lbs
16 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
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
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hawk Seibold!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seibold throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Seibold as he avoids it easily.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seibold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
Seibold gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sanders to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sanders is looking to work some ground and pound but Seibold has wrist control.
Seibold pushes Sanders off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sanders rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seibold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders is trying hard to land a takedown here. Seibold sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seibold shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanders as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a few strikes there.
Sanders misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seibold.
Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanders instigates a clinch.
Sanders gets through Seibold's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Seibold has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sanders is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Seibold is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sanders gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Seibold is pressed up against the cage. Sanders has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Seibold down to the mat. Seibold avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sanders shoots for a double leg takedown but Seibold sprawls well. He's pushed Sanders's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Seibold shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanders manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Seibold scoring with some ground and pound.
Seibold works over Sanders with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seibold is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanders has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seibold drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Seibold jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Seibold postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanders is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Seibold is controlling him.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
Seibold postures up.
Seibold stops Sanders from standing up.
Seibold scoring with punches to the head and body.
Seibold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanders is trying to keep Seibold in close.
Seibold with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Seibold connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seibold distracts Sanders with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanders looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Seibold lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Seibold's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanders trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Seibold chips away with some ground and pound.
Seibold working some strikes from top position.
Seibold cracks Sanders with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seibold is one step ahead there.
Seibold content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Seibold working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Seibold from controlling successfully.
Sanders is looking to stand up but Seibold isn't so interested in that idea.
Seibold postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Seibold throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanders controls Seibold momentarily but Seibold frees himself.
Sanders working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Seibold.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seibold scoring with punches to the head and body.
Seibold with a nice head shot there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Seibold in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Seibold postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanders not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Seibold throws a big right hand that misses.
Seibold postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanders trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Seibold is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Seibold wants to control from the top but Sanders keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seibold missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Seibold chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanders escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seibold gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seibold is one step ahead there.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Seibold loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Seibold working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Seibold trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seibold works over Sanders with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanders looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanders, not yet.
Sanders wants to stand and escape but Seibold is having none of it.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Seibold from controlling successfully.
Seibold lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seibold's guard.
Sanders postures up in Seibold's guard and throws a big left but Seibold blocks it.
Seibold trying to control the position here.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Seibold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanders would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Seibold lands a slapping body shot.
Seibold misses with a takedown attempt - Sanders sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Seibold is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sanders sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Seibold shoots in for a double leg but Sanders sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sanders throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bruce Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanders misses with a jab, cross combination.
Seibold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanders.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Seibold looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.
Seibold takes a swing at Sanders's ribcage but misses.
Sanders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seibold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seibold has a takedown stuffed.
Sanders shoots in and drives through. Seibold sprawls well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice takedown defense from Seibold. No joy for Sanders on that attempt.
Seibold misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Seibold feints and as Sanders raises his hands in defense, Seibold changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hawk Seibold dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seibold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanders shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Seibold counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sanders!
Seibold breaks from Sanders's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Seibold working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders tries to hold on but Seibold postures up.
Seibold cracks Sanders with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanders regains half guard.
Sanders on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seibold drops an elbow to the side of Sanders's head.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Seibold throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seibold prevents Sanders from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Seibold there.
Sanders avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Seibold.
Seibold thows a huge punch but Sanders dodges it nicely.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Seibold is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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. Seibold connects with a nice short shot to Sanders's temple.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Seibold is controlling well.
Sanders taking some punishment here, with Seibold in his half guard.
Sanders is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seibold working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seibold working the head and body with strikes.
Seibold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanders is rocked!
Seibold winds up and cracks Sanders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Oh Sanders is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seibold drops an elbow to the side of Sanders's head.
Hawk Seibold has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanders is looking to escape.
Seibold lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanders seems to have got his legs back now.
Seibold landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Seibold looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanders with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Seibold lands strikes from half guard.
Seibold lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Sanders! More strikes land and this one is all over! Seibold jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hawk Seibold!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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