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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Canadian Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba comes to the cage accompanied by Wax Tailor feat. The Others . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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180 lbs
9 - 12 - 1 |
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170 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Canadian Assassin!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assassin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sakuraba scores with a kick to the body.
Assassin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sakuraba makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Assassin really felt that one!
Assassin avoids the head kick by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba scoring well with a low kick there.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sakuraba. That's going to slow Assassin down.
Assassin tries for a takedown but Sakuraba circles away easily
and Sakuraba counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Assassin thinking.
Kazuushi Sakuraba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Canadian Assassin.
Sakuraba misses with a kick to the body.
Assassin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sakuraba misses with a series of wild punches.
Assassin fails with a takedown attempt.
Sakuraba turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown but Sakuraba shows good takedown defense.
Assassin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sakuraba counters with a slapping leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Assassin or perhaps it was just good defense by Sakuraba which made him look bad.
Assassin has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Assassin has his takedown stuffed
and Sakuraba counters with a nice body shot.
Assassin looks gassed!
Sakuraba throws a leg kick but Assassin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Assassin has his takedown stuffed
and Sakuraba counters with a body kick that stops Assassin in his tracks momentarily.
Sakuraba scores with a hook.
Assassin misses with a takedown attempt
and Sakuraba counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sakuraba wants to pass the guard but Assassin is keeping the position.
Sakuraba cracks Assassin with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sakuraba won't allow Assassin to sweep him here.
Assassin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sakuraba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Assassin throws his legs up looking for a submission but Sakuraba uses it to pass to side control.
Sakuraba cracks Assassin with a big elbow.
Sakuraba is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Assassin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sakuraba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sakuraba has hold of Assassin's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Assassin seems comfortable defending it but Sakuraba has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Assassin is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Assassin is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Sakuraba couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazuushi Sakuraba!
A very excited looking Kazuushi Sakuraba made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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