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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Keane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Keane's choice of entrance music: Misfits - Skulls. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
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186 cm
26
180 lbs
15 - 12 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roy Keane!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Keane throws a leg kick which misses Sakuraba's front leg but catches the back leg as Sakuraba tries to avoid it.
Sakuraba lands a two punch combo.
Keane clinches up with Sakuraba and pushes him back against the cage.
Keane has Sakuraba pressed against the cage, preventing Sakuraba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Keane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kazushi Sakuraba has been cut.
Keane landing knees to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Keane takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Keane gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Keane.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keane has him pressed against the cage.
Sakuraba managing to block the knees to the body from Keane.
Sakuraba wants to get back to striking at distance but Keane won't allow it.
Keane tries a knee to the head but Sakuraba blocks it.
Sakuraba is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Keane pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Keane stalling the fight.
Keane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sakuraba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Keane has Sakuraba pressed against the cage, preventing Sakuraba from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keane scores a nice knee to the body.
Keane working Sakuraba over with knees to the body.
Keane lands a damaging elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sakuraba takes an elbow to the temple.
Keane connects with a knee to the head.
Sakuraba is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keane.
Sakuraba is breathing heavily.
Keane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sakuraba in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Keane drops Sakuraba with a big knee straight up the middle! Sakuraba is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oh Sakuraba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Keane lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Sakuraba up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Keane from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Sakuraba's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roy Keane!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Roy Keane made sure he mentioned The Choke´s On You, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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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
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