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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Risley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hunter Risley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Risley feints and as Sasi raises his hands in defense, Risley changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sasi wants to stand and escape but Risley is having none of it.
Risley looking to sit in guard and control but Sasi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sasi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sasi cracks Risley with a solid left hand.
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sasi lands a couple of elbows.
Risley looking to control.
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.
Risley looking for a guillotine here but Sasi defends easily.
Sasi landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sasi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Sasi stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Risley takes the fight into the clinch.
Sasi is trying to drag Risley to the mat but Risley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sasi stalling in the clinch but Risley improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasi being controlled against the cage.
Risley has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Sasi uses from the top position.
Risley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Risley tries to get out of the position.
Risley wants to sweep but no luck.
Sasi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Risley looking to control.
Sasi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sasi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Risley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sasi postures up in Risley's guard and throws a big left but Risley blocks it.
Sasi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Risley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sasi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sasi looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Sasi stands and steps away. Risley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Risley misses with a takedown
and Sasi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Risley won't be happy with that.
Sasi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Risley is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Risley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Risley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sasi lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Risley can't do much from the bottom here.
Sasi in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasi lands some shots froms side control.
Risley on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Risley struggling a bit here.
Risley tries to escape but Sasi is in control.
Sasi working the ground and pound.
Sasi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sasi cracks Risley with a big right hand but Risley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Risley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sasi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Risley trying to control but Sasi postures up.
Risley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sasi on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sasi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sasi decides to stand and escape the position.
Risley closes the distance and clinches.
Sasi is trying to maintain a safe position but Risley gets an underhook and turns Sasi into the cage.
Risley has hold of one of Sasi's legs. Sasi is fighting the takedown attempt but Risley gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sasi wants to stand but Risley is controlling the position.
Risley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Risley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Risley trying to control but Sasi is working from the bottom.
Risley controlling from the top position.
We're going to have a standup here because Hunter Risley wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Risley.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sasi moves forwards but Risley connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sasi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Risley.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Risley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sasi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Risley finds it's way round the side to connect with Sasi's head.
Risley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sasi napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Risley decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Risley gets a double leg takedown into Sasi's guard.
Sasi manages to escape and get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sasi sprawls well initially but Risley persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sasi pushes Risley off looking to stand but Risley dives back in and keeps control.
Risley wants to stand up but Sasi has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Sasi pushes Risley off looking to stand but Risley dives back in and keeps control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sasi has one foot on Risley's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sasi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Risley closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Risley is trying to control. Sasi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sasi is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sasi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Risley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Junior Sasi will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Risley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Risley shoots in for a takedown but Sasi shows good takedown defense.
Risley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Risley pushes Sasi up against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Sasi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sasi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Risley tries to pull guard but Sasi won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Risley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Risley tries to score a body lock takedown but Sasi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Risley prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sasi gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sasi lands a couple of digs.
Sasi stops Risley from standing up.
Sasi chips away with some ground and pound.
Sasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Sasi landing with the ground and pound.
Risley trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sasi gets to his feet - Risley follows without any prompting.
Risley pushes Sasi up against the cage in a clinch.
Risley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sasi.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Risley obliges.
Sasi has Risley pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Risley manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Risley.
Risley tightens his grip and picks Sasi up, before dumping him to the ground. Sasi manages to land in guard.
Sasi keeping full guard, as Risley tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Risley controls the pace.
Sasi pushes Risley off and scrambles back to his feet.
Risley pushes Sasi up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risley stops a takedown attempt from Sasi.
Sasi tries for a takedown but Risley manages to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Risley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Risley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sasi is fending him off so far but Risley persists. Nope, Sasi circles away and we're back to standing.
Sasi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Risley clinches with his opponent.
Risley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Risley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Risley pulls guard successfully.
Sasi passes Risley's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Risley tries to get to full guard but Sasi has control of the leg.
Sasi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sasi escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sasi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Risley.
Risley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Risley shoots in looking for a takedown but Sasi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Risley's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Risley throws a sloppy head kick and Sasi moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Risley.
Sasi stuffs the takedown.
Risley closes the distance and clinches.
Risley pulls guard effortlessly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sasi stopping the sweep attempt from Risley.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Risley controls Sasi momentarily but Sasi frees himself.
Junior Sasi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Risley has momentary wrist control but Sasi slips an elbow through the middle.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Sasi cracks Risley with a solid left hand.
Sasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Risley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sasi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sasi is fighting to break Risley's control of his arms but Risley is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sasi is in close to Risley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sasi connects with a couple of short punches.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sasi throwing strikes but missing.
Risley looking to control.
Sasi scoring with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley working a defensive guard here.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Sasi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Risley's head.
Risley working for a triangle but Sasi defends it easily.
Sasi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sasi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sasi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sasi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sasi wants to get up but he can't break Risley's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Risley keeping full guard, as Sasi tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sasi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sasi prevents Risley from getting back to his feet.
Sasi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sasi scoring with some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sasi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sasi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Risley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Sasi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Risley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sasi as he avoids it easily.
Risley moves into range and clinches up with Sasi.
Sasi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Risley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Risley shoots in but Sasi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sasi blocks a head kick by Risley.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Risley has managed to clinch.
Risley is trying to break free.
Risley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sasi trying to stall but Risley improves his position.
Sasi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Risley has denied him.
Sasi is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sasi can't get the takedown.
Hunter Risley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Junior Sasi.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Risley manages to pull guard.
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Risley has his foot on Sasi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sasi works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Risley wants to stand but Sasi is controlling the position.
Sasi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sasi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sasi is looking to stand up but Risley won't let him.
Risley working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sasi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Risley is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sasi is aware though and is defending well.
Risley trying to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasi stands up over Risley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Risley is trying to keep Sasi in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasi cracks Risley with a solid left hand.
Sasi lands a couple of digs.
Risley throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Risley working a defensive guard here.
Sasi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Risley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Risley looking to control.
Sasi wants to stand but Risley is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sasi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sasi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Risley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Risley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Risley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sasi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sasi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Risley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sasi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Risley looking to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sasi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Risley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sasi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Risley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sasi.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Sasi trying to stand up but can't free himself from Risley's guard.
Sasi working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sasi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Risley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sasi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Risley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sasi stands up over Risley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sasi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sasi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sasi landing some decent shots from guard.
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Risley punching to the body, from the bottom.
Sasi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sasi postures up.
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sasi throwing strikes from guard but Risley blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sasi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Risley looking to control.
Sasi is in close to Risley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sasi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sasi lands a couple of digs.
Sasi throws a big elbow that misses.
Sasi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Risley's head.
Sasi distracts Risley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Risley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sasi throwing strikes from guard but Risley blocks nicely.
Risley looking for a sweep. Not yet Risley, not yet.
Sasi is in close to Risley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Risley throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sasi throwing strikes from guard but Risley blocks nicely.
Sasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Risley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sasi lands a couple of elbows.
Sasi connects with a couple of short punches.
Risley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Sasi working some strikes from top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Risley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sasi.
Sasi lands a couple of digs.
Risley trying to control the position.
Risley is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sasi chips away with some ground and pound.
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sasi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sasi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sasi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sasi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sasi is looking to work some ground and pound but Risley has wrist control.
Sasi works over Risley with some ground and pound from guard.
Sasi lands a couple of digs.
Hunter Risley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sasi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Sasi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sasi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Sasi!
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