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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osanti Herod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hayatoshi Sakutara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herod comes to the ring accompanied by Judith. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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247 lbs
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265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Osanti Herod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hayatoshi Sakutara!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakutara looks for a takedown but Herod sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Sakutara or perhaps it was just good defense by Herod which made him look bad.
Sakutara closes the distance and clinches up with Herod, looking for a takedown. Sakutara pushes Herod against the ropes but Herod circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Osanti Herod has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hayatoshi Sakutara.
Sakutara shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sakutara was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Herod is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Herod is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sakutara goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Herod is on top in guard.
Herod tries to free his leg and advance position but Sakutara is retaining full guard.
Herod passes Sakutara's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sakutara works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sakutara trying to control the position.
Herod forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakutara makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sakutara.
Herod tries to free his leg and advance position but Sakutara is retaining full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Herod drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sakutara dives on top into guard.
Sakutara drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Herod dives on top into guard.
Sakutara throws his legs up looking for a submission but Herod uses it to pass to side control.
Sakutara should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sakutara looks gassed!
Herod is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sakutara has escaped the position, nice work there.
Herod in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herod advances to mount.
Sakutara keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Herod working Sakutara over with strikes here.
Herod postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sakutara looks a forlorn figure.
Sakutara is looking to improve his position but Herod isn't that keen on the idea.
Sakutara reaches up to try and control the position but Herod seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Sakutara rolls and tries to escape and now Herod has his back!
Herod not allowing Sakutara to control his hands.
Herod controlling from the back.
Sakutara is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakutara turns into Herod and is now in his guard.
Herod keeping full guard, as Sakutara tries to pass.
Herod looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sakutara stops Herod from standing up.
Sakutara wants to control from the top but Herod keeps moving.
Sakutara looking to pass the guard.
Sakutara wants to control from the top but Herod keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Herod gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakutara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sakutara actively working from the bottom here.
Sakutara actively working from the bottom here.
Herod has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sakutara is trying to escape the mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sakutara is trying to reverse the position but instead Herod has taken his back - oops!
Herod controlling well, preventing Sakutara from escaping the position.
Sakutara manages to reverse the position and now he's in Herod's guard. Nice work there by Sakutara.
Sakutara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Herod is keeping the position for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Herod throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sakutara.
Herod with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sakutara counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Herod lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sakutara looking for a takedown.
Herod throws an elbow that misses.
Sakutara lands a takedown into guard.
Sakutara drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sakutara jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sakutara passes into half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakutara trying to mount his opponent but Herod defends it.
Sakutara is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sakutara is working for a submission of some sort.
Sakutara is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Herod is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hayatoshi Sakutara!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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