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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ching Chong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marki Sakurach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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172 cm
22
198 lbs
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181 cm
25
205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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 Tokyo, Ching Chong! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marki Sakurach! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Good exchange - Sakurach coming out on top. Chong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sakurach is looking to clinch but Chong is avoiding it.
Chong fails to land the takedown. Sakurach feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down. Chong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakurach.
Sakurach clinches up against the cage. Sakurach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sakurach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Marki Sakurach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Chong tries to move into range but Sakurach moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. 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! Sakurach takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Sakurach lunges at Chong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chong's hand. Sakurach leaves Chong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sakurach closes the distance and clinches. Sakurach lands a nice knee to the body. Chong is breathing heavily. Sakurach works on Chong's body with a couple of short punches. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sakurach lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sakurach putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Chong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Chong takes a shot to the head. Chong managing to block the knees to the body from Sakurach.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sakurach. Sakurach breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakurach connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Sakurach connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chong momentarily.
Nice combo by Sakurach! Oh, that's hurt him - Chong falls to the canvas and Sakurach follows him into side control.
Chong is rocked!
It looks like Ching Chong has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Sakurach decides to take the fight back to the feet. Oh Chong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Sakurach waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Chong. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Chong to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Sakurach has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chong is proving hard to escape from. Chong seems to have got his legs back now. Sakurach is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sakurach preventing the sweep. Sakurach tries to stand but Chong is controlling from the bottom. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Sakurach darts in and clinches Chong up against the cage. Sakurach can't find room to land a body shot as Chong controls the action.
Chong tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ching Chong. That's going to take a lot out of him. Sakurach lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Chong is trying to pull guard but Sakurach has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sakurach escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakurach.
Sakurach scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Sakurach works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Chong gets tackled into the cage by Sakurach. Sakurach maintains the clinch. Sakurach pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Sakurach manages to break the clinch.
Sakurach will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakurach scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chong in his tracks. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Sakurach jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sakurach doesn't manage to clinch there - Chong circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marki Sakurach dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ching Chong's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A lazy left from Sakurach finds it's target. Chong misses with a takedown attempt - Sakurach sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. A left lands for Sakurach. Chong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sakurach. Sakurach has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Sakurach feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down. A combination from Sakurach does no damage. Sakurach lands with a straight right. Chong didn't see that one coming. This has been an exciting period of action! Sakurach dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Sakurach scores with a punch to the head. Sakurach scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Sakurach buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sakurach can pounce on him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sakurach steps into range and cracks Chong with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Chong flops backwards and Sakurach dives into his guard looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action! Sakurach wants to stand but Chong is controlling his posture from full guard. Chong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chong tries to get out of the position. Sakurach stands up from guard. Let's bang! Sakurach lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Sakurach lands a jab to Chong's midsection. Sakurach connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Chong takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Sakurach walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Chong drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Sakurach swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Chong's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marki Sakurach!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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