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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oruku Saki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaq ONeil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saki comes to the cage accompanied by Ninja Rap - Vanilla Ice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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195 cm
24
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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215 cm
20
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oruku Saki! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shaq ONeil! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! ONeil swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from ONeil misses the target. Saki is looking to clinch. ONeil is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. ONeil throws a body shot but no joy. Saki clinches up with ONeil and pushes him back against the cage. A knee to the head by Saki.
Saki scores with a shot to the side of ONeil's head. ONeil blocks an elbow strike from Saki.
Saki misses with a knee strike.
Saki working some nice short punches in the clinch. Saki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. ONeil looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saki just misses with a elbow thrown towards ONeil's brow. ONeil avoids the elbow strike from Saki, against the cage.
ONeil is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Saki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Saki misses with a short punch on the inside. Saki misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. Saki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Saki tries to throw a body punch but ONeil avoids it by throwing Saki back against the cage. Saki throws a punch but it's blocked by ONeil. ONeil avoids a wild elbow strike from Saki. Saki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ONeil's elbow. Saki looks to throw an elbow but misses. Saki throws an elbow but it misses.
ONeil has had enough of the clinch but Saki keeps him there for the moment. ONeil is trying to push Saki away but Saki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. ONeil wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saki has him pressed against the cage. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saki just misses with a elbow thrown towards ONeil's brow. ONeil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
ONeil takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Saki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ONeil's defenses. Saki misses with a hook to the ribs.
ONeil tries to break the clinch but Saki is controlling the position. Saki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from ONeil.
Saki working aggressively here.
Saki struggles to land a body shot inside as ONeil controls his hands.
Saki trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saki throws an elbow but misses. Saki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saki. ONeil tries to circle away but Saki has him pinned against the cage. Saki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and ONeil avoids it. Saki working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Saki misses with a body punch.
ONeil avoids a wild elbow strike from Saki. Saki has ONeil pressed against the cage, preventing ONeil from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Saki looks to throw an elbow but misses. Saki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saki looks to throw an elbow but misses. ONeil blocks the elbow strike.
Saki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Saki has a couple of punches blocked by ONeil.
Saki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but ONeil has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Saki swings wildly with an uppercut but ONeil uses good head movement to avoid it. Saki lands a damaging elbow. Saki tries to throw a body punch but ONeil avoids it by throwing Saki back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Saki misses with an elbow over the top. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saki just misses with a elbow thrown towards ONeil's brow. Saki keeps control of ONeil as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Saki pushes off an throws an elbow but ONeil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Saki pushes off an throws an elbow but ONeil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Saki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Saki throws an elbow but it misses.
ONeil blocks the elbow strike.
Saki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Saki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Saki pushes off an throws an elbow but ONeil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Saki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Saki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but ONeil blocks it with crossed arms. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oruku Saki dominated that round. That's time! Saki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Saki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? ONeil is fending him off so far but Saki persists. Nope, ONeil circles away and we're back to standing. Saki has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saki just misses with a elbow thrown towards ONeil's brow. Saki can't find room to land a body shot as ONeil controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on ONeil's face as he tries to break the clinch. Saki throws an elbow but it misses.
Saki has a couple of punches blocked by ONeil.
Saki lands a shoulder strike. Saki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that ONeil can do to turn this around? Saki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through ONeil's defenses. Saki looks to throw an elbow but misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. ONeil blocks an elbow strike from Saki.
Saki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saki lands an elbow inside that ONeil shrugs off. Saki misses with a body punch.
ONeil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. Saki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Saki misses with a knee strike.
Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Saki lands an elbow that stopped ONeil in his tracks for a moment. Saki struggles to land a body shot inside as ONeil controls his hands.
Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. ONeil blocks an elbow strike from Saki.
ONeil tries to circle away but Saki has him pinned against the cage. Saki tries a knee to the head but ONeil blocks it.
Saki lands an elbow just above ONeil 's eye. Saki can't find room to land a body shot as ONeil controls the action.
Saki throws an elbow but it misses.
ONeil breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Saki doesn't manage to clinch there - ONeil circles away.
Saki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but ONeil circles away quickly and effectively. Saki throws a sloppy head kick and ONeil moves out of range easily. ONeil bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Saki's head. Saki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Saki tries to close the distance and clinch up but ONeil swats him away and circles back towards the center. Saki dodges the punch combination from ONeil.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Saki throws a lazy uppercut
and ONeil counters with a straight right hand. ONeil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saki. Shaq ONeil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. ONeil misses with a hook. ONeil connects with a looping right hand.
ONeil is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. ONeil misses with a body shot.
ONeil pushing out the jab but it's not landing. ONeil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Saki scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Saki moves in looking to clinch but ONeil pushes him off. ONeil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saki. ONeil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
ONeil stuns Saki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Oruku Saki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. ONeil tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Saki was well out of range. Poor timing from ONeil.
That's three minutes gone in the round. ONeil with a hook. ONeil swats away the attempt to clinch by Saki. ONeil cracks a nice hook into Saki's ribs. Saki moves forwards but ONeil connects with a nice, crisp jab. Saki moves away from the strike by ONeil. ONeil closes the distance and lands a one-two. ONeil scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
ONeil has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. A slow jab from ONeil misses its intended target. Oooooh!!! ONeil has knocked Saki down with a huge combo! ONeil steps away and waves a wobbly Saki back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Saki is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Saki tries to clinch and ONeil counters with a huge left! Saki is in big trouble! He's backing up but ONeil isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Saki from any more damage. A dominating finish by ONeil!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaq ONeil!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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