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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Van Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Robert Van Winkle enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Katsuro Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Van Winkle!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Winkle connects with an inside leg kick.
Sato keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sato throws a jab when Van Winkle was well out of range.
Van Winkle blocks a leg kick.
Van Winkle misses with a looping right.
Sato lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van Winkle at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van Winkle darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sato tests Van Winkle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Winkle. That snapped Sato's head back.
Van Winkle throws a body kick that misses.
Sato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Van Winkle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sato.
Van Winkle tests Sato's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Winkle.
Jab from Sato.
Van Winkle changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sato looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Van Winkle works to advance to full mount. Sato defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Van Winkle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sato hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Van Winkle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato blocking the ground and pound.
Van Winkle prevents Sato from getting the reversal.
Sato regains half guard.
Van Winkle is controlling the pace.
Sato regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to sweep but no luck.
Sato is trying to keep Van Winkle in close.
Sato wants to sweep but no luck.
Van Winkle trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Sato wants to sweep but no luck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Winkle stays in close to Sato's body and controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Robert Van Winkle was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sato connects with a crisp jab.
Sato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Winkle looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Van Winkle lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sato backs up against the cage.
A head kick misses from Sato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Sato looks to land a left hand but Van Winkle moved out of range nicely.
Sato avoids the body shot from Van Winkle.
Sato throws a looping overhand right but Van Winkle ducks down to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Van Winkle blocks the leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sato!
Sato walks into a jab.
Van Winkle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sato but Sato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sato throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Winkle.
Sato missing with a left hand there. Van Winkle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Winkle cracks Sato with a good jab.
Sato lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Van Winkle slips a jab from Sato.
Van Winkle fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Winkle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Winkle takes a swing at Sato's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sato.
Van Winkle throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Sato checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Winkle. That did some damage!
Sato throws a body kick that misses.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robert Van Winkle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Winkle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Van Winkle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Sato lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Winkle doesn't seem phased though.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato scores with a nice head shot.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Winkle.
Sato gets a double leg takedown into Van Winkle's guard.
Van Winkle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Katsuro Sato will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A clash of legs there as Van Winkle blocks the low kick.
Van Winkle throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Sato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Winkle lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sato closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Van Winkle did well to prevent Sato getting side control.
Sato thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sato is thwarting Van Winkle's attempts to control the position.
Sato throwing shots but Van Winkle is blocking nicely.
Van Winkle manages to get to full guard.
Sato throwing strikes from guard but Van Winkle blocks nicely.
Sato landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Winkle wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Van Winkle looking to control.
Sato throws a strike but Van Winkle rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sato is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Van Winkle is holding on to half guard well.
Sato 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is thwarting Van Winkle's attempts to control the position.
Robert Van Winkle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sato missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've been hearing that Sato has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Sato missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sato is trying to control. Van Winkle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Van Winkle regains full guard. Nicely done.
Van Winkle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sato throws a big elbow that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato distracts Van Winkle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Van Winkle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sato wants to control from the top but Van Winkle keeps moving.
Sato scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Van Winkle trying to keep a closed guard but Sato is proving a slippery customer.
Van Winkle is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Van Winkle keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
Sato throwing strikes but missing.
Sato wants to control from the top but Van Winkle keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle is pulling down on Sato's head to control his posture.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sato swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sato avoids a kick to the body.
Sato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Van Winkle stuffs the takedown.
Sato has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Winkle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Winkle misses with a body shot.
Sato misses with a straight left.
Van Winkle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Van Winkle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sato, as that shot connected.
Van Winkle thows a leg kick but Sato checks it
and Sato decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Van Winkle's guard.
Van Winkle working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sato has passed into half guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Katsuro Sato dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Winkle throws out a loose jab but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Van Winkle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Winkle cracks Sato with an open hand slap.
Van Winkle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato moves out of range of the strikes.
Van Winkle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Winkle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Van Winkle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sato manages to avoid it.
Van Winkle blocks the body kick.
Katsuro Sato is winning the standup battle so far.
Van Winkle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Van Winkle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Van Winkle misses with a takedown attempt - Sato sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Van Winkle.
Van Winkle moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Winkle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Winkle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sato fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Van Winkle checks it well.
Sato tries to score with a low kick but Van Winkle moves his leg out of the way.
Sato lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Van Winkle takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Van Winkle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Winkle looks for a takedown but Sato sprawls well.
A bone on bone clash there as Sato blocks the leg kick.
Sato cracks Van Winkle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sato lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sato lands with a straight right. Van Winkle didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Winkle lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Van Winkle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sato misses with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Van Winkle misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Winkle lands a leg kick that knocks Sato off balance momentarily.
Van Winkle tries to score with a low kick but Sato moves his leg out of the way.
Van Winkle walks into a left hand.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Sato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sato scores with a kick to the body.
Sato has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Winkle.
Sato works the jab nicely.
Sato tried to score with a low kick but Van Winkle checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Van Winkle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Winkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Van Winkle postures up.
Sato is trying to hold Van Winkle in close to prevent damage but Van Winkle has managed to pass into half guard.
Van Winkle prevents Sato from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to control but Van Winkle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Van Winkle seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sato trying to control from the bottom.
Van Winkle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sato trying to control but Van Winkle postures up.
Van Winkle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sato tries to get to full guard but Van Winkle has control of the leg.
Sato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Van Winkle.
Sato is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sato is just riding it out for now. Van Winkle eventually gives up the hold.
Sato is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Van Winkle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Van Winkle's back!
Van Winkle trying to control the action but Sato just sinks the hooks in.
Sato punches Van Winkle on the ear.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato is looking for the choke from the back position but Van Winkle is controlling his hands well.
Sato doesn't have the hooks in and Van Winkle manages to turn into his guard.
Robert Van Winkle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Winkle won't allow Sato to sweep him here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katsuro Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sato has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsuro Sato!
Katsuro Sato looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I'm just that good!'.
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