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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alan Dominick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominick's entrance music is ' It's My Life ' by Bon Jovi. A fine choice. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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196 cm
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170 lbs
3 - 8 - 0 |
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178 cm
27
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alan Dominick! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Sato! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sato darts in and clinches Dominick up against the cage. Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dominick tries to pull guard but Sato holds him up against the cage and eventually Dominick drops back down to his feet.
Sato pushes Dominick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Sato lands an elbow that stopped Dominick in his tracks for a moment. A nice right hand lands inside from Sato. Sato manages to break the clinch.
Dominick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sato. Dominick really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Sato instigates a clinch. Sato lands a left hand.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head. Dominick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sato. Sato lands an elbow that stopped Dominick in his tracks for a moment. Dominick is working for takedown but Sato is calmly controlling the position for now. A nice right hand lands inside from Sato. Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dominick swats him away and circles back towards the center. Sato displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A swing and a miss from Dominick. Dominick forces Sato back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dominick is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sato is defending well. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alan Dominick. That's going to take a lot out of him. Dominick is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Dominick takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short left from Sato.
Dominick is rocked! Sato pushes Dominick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Oh Dominick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Dominick goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sato prevents it.
Sato pushes Dominick against the cage. Sato is working some dirty boxing. Sato pushes off with a quick right hook! Dominick goes down! Dominick tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sato moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Sato! Tom Sato looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I ask my fans to hang in there. Don't lose faith. I am training hard and getting better.'.
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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
89% |
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