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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akiro Sata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Judge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sata might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Onward to Victory!. Judge has chosen NewTV by FACES OF MARS as his entrance music. Barney Judge has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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171 cm
28
143 lbs
14 - 17 - 0 |
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169 cm
34
141 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Akiro Sata! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Barney Judge! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A telegraphed right hand from Judge misses the target. Sata misses with a wild body shot. Sata displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Sata throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Judge sees it coming and avoids it easily. Sata looks to land a combination but Judge avoids it well. Judge fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sata is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Judge. Judge misses with the combination.
Judge throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Judge wants to clinch. Sata fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Judge throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sata counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. This has been an exciting period of action! Sata is figuring out what he wants to do next. Sata'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 one minute gone in the round. Sata not landing any meaningful shots this time. Sata takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Sata prevents Judge from improving his position. Sata is looking to take a break and control but Judge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Sata seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Sata passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Judge! Sata lands with some strikes. Sata with a couple of short strikes. Sata wants to finish this one by submission but Judge is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sata. Sata scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Judge is trying to escape the mount.
Sata lands a nice shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sata working away from the top, dropping strikes. Sata has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Judge's face.
Judge is trying desperately to improve position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Sata has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Judge's face.
Sata 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. Sata connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sata raining down shots from the mount! Sata wants to control the pace but Judge is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Judge wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Sata trying to control momentarily.
Sata is landing with strikes. Judge can't take much more of this. 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! Sata is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Judge has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Sata has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Judge taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Sata doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Akiro Sata! During a confident post fight interview, Akiro Sata thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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