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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Savage comes to the cage accompanied by Bon Jovi - It's my life. Sato comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Call to prayer of islam kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
34 - 32 - 1 |
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175 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 32 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sato.
It looks like Jackson Savage has been cut.
Savage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sato has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Savage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Savage is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Savage lands a head kick. Sato smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Savage looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sato misses with an uppercut. Savage saw that one coming.
Sato throws out a powerful jab.
Sato smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Savage shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sato but Sato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Savage throws a front kick aimed at Sato's knee but Sato avoids it well.
Sato looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sato misses the shot to the body.
Sato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Savage forces Sato back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato misses with a punch on the inside.
Sato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Savage drags the fight down to the ground.
Savage throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Savage has a closed guard, preventing Sato from standing up.
Savage is controlling Sato's posture.
Savage looking for a guillotine here but Sato defends easily.
Sato sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sato slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage wants to improve his position but Sato is controlling well.
Sato stands up and beckons Savage to join him on the feet.
Savage shoots and misses
enabling Sato to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sato tests Savage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savage moves away.
Sato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato misses with a straight right.
Savage shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sato pinned against the cage. Sato gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A nice side step and Sato releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Savage closes the distance and pushes Sato back into the cage.
Sato looking to slow down the pace here.
Savage drags the fight down to the ground.
Savage has a closed guard, preventing Sato from standing up.
Sato decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Savage, up you get!
Sato bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Savage.
Sato looks to land a right hand but Savage moved out of range.
Savage misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Savage or perhaps it was just good defense by Sato, which made it look bad.
Savage misses with a leg kick.
Sato cracks Savage with an open hand slap.
Nice sprawl there from Sato as Savage shoots in.
Savage drops his hands momentarily and Sato takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jackson Savage's cut is getting worse.
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!
Savage avoids the body shot from Sato.
Sato is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Savage had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Sato on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Savage slips under a jab from Sato.
Savage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
Sato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Savage on the side of the head.
Savage slips under a jab from Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rumina Sato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Savage's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Savage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Savage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sato can pounce on him.
Sato motions for Savage to come forward. Sato throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Savage throws a head kick that misses.
Sato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Savage moves into range and clinches up with Sato.
Savage jumps guard but Sato turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sato displaying some good clinch control by pressing Savage up against the cage.
Savage gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Sato regains guard.
Savage won't allow Sato to sweep him here.
Savage wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
Sato is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato lands a left hand.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Sato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Sato.
Sato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Savage gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Savage controlling from the top position.
Sato is trying to keep Savage in close.
Savage is stalling in the full guard.
Savage stops Sato from standing up.
Sato trying to control the position here.
Sato's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savage sitting in guard here, content to control.
Savage sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sato's guard.
Sato tries to kick Savage off but Savage keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sato is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Sato wants to control but Savage is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sato tries to roll over but Savage keeps him under control.
Savage seems to be looking for submissions.
Sato has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Savage is working away from the top position though.
Savage is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sato doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Savage.
Savage is working for a kimura but Sato is defending it quite comfortably.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato trying to control from the bottom.
Sato is trying to stand up here but Savage is controlling him well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Savage walks into a straight right hand from Sato.
Savage lands a high kick!
Jackson Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Savage is defended easily by Sato.
Sato scores with a hook to the body. Savage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage has closed the distance and engaged Sato in a clinch.
Sato throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Savage blocks it with crossed arms.
Savage has Sato pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sato manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato gets caught flat footed, as Savage shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Savage drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Savage jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Savage won't allow Sato to get back to his feet.
Savage tries to free his leg and advance position but Sato is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Savage is working hard here to advance position.
Savage engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Savage wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jackson Savage will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jackson Savage's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Savage has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with Savage's head.
Savage throws a head kick that Sato semi-blocks.
Sato scores with a hook to the body. Savage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Horrible takedown attempt by Savage or perhaps it was just good defense by Sato, which made it look bad.
Savage dives in for a single leg takedown but Sato sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sato keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Savage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato connects with a solid leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Sato checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sato scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sato sizes up Savage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sato lands with a right hand.
Savage shoots in for a double leg but Sato sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rumina Sato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Savage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Savage.
Savage fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sato fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Savage shoots in looking for a takedown. Sato tries to sprawl out of it but Savage keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sato manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sato with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato's corner calls for a 1-2. Sato obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato throws a shot to the body.
Sato lands with a right hand.
Sato blocks a low kick nicely.
Savage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Savage gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sato.
Sato throws a body punch but Savage moves out of range.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato gets tackled into the cage by Savage. Savage maintains the clinch.
Savage drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sato gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Savage has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Sato regains guard immediately.
Sato has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sato pushes Savage off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Sato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sato stuffs the takedown.
Sato throws a leg kick which misses Savage's front leg but catches the back leg as Savage tries to avoid it.
Sato fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Savage misses with a takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Savage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sato.
Savage tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sato manages to circle out of the way.
Savage takes one to the side of the head.
Savage closes the distance and clinches up with Sato, looking for a takedown. Savage pushes Sato against the cage but Sato circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Savage there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato cracks Savage with an open hand slap.
Savage gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sato dips to his left and cracks Savage with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato connects with a nice looking jab.
Sato blocks the body kick.
Sato lands with a straight right. Savage didn't see that one coming.
Savage tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sato defends well and Savage ends up having to push Sato into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Savage shoots in and drives through. Sato sprawls well.
Sato connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Savage's hands.
Savage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sato can pounce on him.
Sato lands with a nice body punch.
A good leg kick by Sato.
Savage has a takedown stuffed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rumina Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sato has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumina Sato!
In his post fight interview, Rumina Sato gave a big smile as he said 'Remember, a vote for islam is a vote for retardation.'.
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hype
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