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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meyer Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakurai comes to the cage accompanied by Blood Rave. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiro Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meyer Jordan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sakurai moves in looking to clinch but Jordan pushes him off.
Sakurai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jordan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Horrible takedown by Sakurai or perhaps it was just good defense by Jordan which made him look bad.
Jordan keeps the fight on the outside.
Sakurai gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jordan doesn't manage to clinch there - Sakurai circles away.
Sakurai shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jordan is trying to defend but Sakurai finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sakurai with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sakurai is nestled in close to Jordan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakurai lands with a punch from half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Sakurai's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sakurai in particular looking to stall.
Sakurai is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Jordan!
Sakurai with the ground and pound from mount.
Jordan wants to hold on but Sakurai pushes him away.
Sakurai looking to finish Jordan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jordan!
Jordan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sakurai sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sakurai's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
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!
Hiro Sakurai has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Jordan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sakurai fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiro Sakurai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakurai fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jordan sprawls well initially but Sakurai persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakurai working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sakurai not doing much here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Sakurai moves into full mount! Jordan won't be happy about that!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakurai looking to finish Jordan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jordan!
Sakurai 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.
Jordan has left one of his arms exposed and Sakurai doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Jordan screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hiro Sakurai!
An out of breath Hiro Sakurai thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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