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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hanamichi Sakuragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gancho Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gancho Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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170 lbs
5 - 18 - 0 |
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186 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
5 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hanamichi Sakuragi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gancho Santos!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuragi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santos's waist but Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sakuragi off to one side.
Sakuragi takes one on the button.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakuragi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
Sakuragi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Santos tries to clinch up but Sakuragi circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Sakuragi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Santos wants to control but Sakuragi postures up.
Santos is trying to buck Sakuragi off.
Sakuragi avoids the strikes from the bottom by Santos.
Sakuragi trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
Sakuragi grinds an elbow into Santos's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos gets back to half guard.
Sakuragi wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuragi throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
Sakuragi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santos is trying is best to control the position here.
Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Santos kicks Sakuragi off and gets back to his feet.
Sakuragi shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hanamichi Sakuragi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakuragi shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santos defends it nicely.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Sakuragi shows good takedown defense.
Sakuragi shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sakuragi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santos!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakuragi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sakuragi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos kicks off Sakuragi and gets to his feet.
No luck for Sakuragi with that takedown attempt.
Sakuragi tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Santos stands up out of the half guard.
Sakuragi misses with a takedown attempt
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Sakuragi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sakuragi is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuragi throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Santos stands up from Sakuragi's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sakuragi to keep the fight standing.
Sakuragi wants to take the fight to the mat but Santos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sakuragi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sakuragi trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos has control of Sakuragi's left arm, preventing Sakuragi from doing any damage.
Santos lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sakuragi!
Sakuragi is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Sakuragi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos with shots to the head and body - Sakuragi looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuragi is looking to get to half guard.
Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sakuragi taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Sakuragi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
Sakuragi throwing hammer fists to the chest of Santos. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos wants to control the pace but Sakuragi is squirming around nicely.
Santos prevents Sakuragi from getting the reversal.
Santos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gancho Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sakuragi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sakuragi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Sakuragi tries for a takedown but Santos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hanamichi Sakuragi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakuragi closes the distance and clinches up with Santos, looking for a takedown. Sakuragi pushes Santos against the cage but Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sakuragi defends it nicely.
Sakuragi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos stuns Sakuragi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sakuragi fails with the takedown
and Santos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sakuragi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sakuragi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuragi misses with a strike from the bottom.
Sakuragi is not content to let Santos control the position.
Santos taking a breather here.
Gancho Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santos lands a decent elbow from side control.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Sakuragi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sakuragi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sakuragi tries to get out of the position.
Sakuragi wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos working the head with strikes.
Sakuragi being controlled for a moment.
Sakuragi throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Santos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Sakuragi!
Santos dominating with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuragi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Santos trying to control but Sakuragi is having none of it.
Sakuragi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Santos tries to control but Sakuragi wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuragi is working to get back to half guard.
Santos content just to control the position here.
Sakuragi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Santos landing strikes from the mount and Sakuragi is in trouble!
Sakuragi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos working for a guillotine from mount but Sakuragi is in no mood to give up.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sakuragi is looking to escape.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos prevents Sakuragi from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos landing strikes from the mount and Sakuragi is in trouble!
Sakuragi is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Sakuragi is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Santos controlling from the full mount.
Sakuragi is desperately trying to improve his position but Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sakuragi is looking to escape.
Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos looking to finish Sakuragi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sakuragi!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gancho Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sakuragi misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Sakuragi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santos fails with the takedown.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sakuragi.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hanamichi Sakuragi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sakuragi avoids it really well and circles away.
Gancho Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sakuragi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to clinch but Sakuragi is having none of it.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sakuragi throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sakuragi tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Santos blocks the strikes from Sakuragi.
Santos uses his free foot to push down on Sakuragi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sakuragi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sakuragi is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
The referee warns Sakuragi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sakuragi swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
BOOM! Santos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuragi throws a strike from the bottom but Santos uses the opportunity to take his back.
Santos softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sakuragi manages to reverse the position and now he's in Santos's guard. Nice work there by Sakuragi.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Santos is on top in guard.
Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santos pushes down on Sakuragi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santos content to control rather than advance.
Sakuragi misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Sakuragi tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Gancho Santos!
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