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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akiro Sata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Dickens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sata comes to the cage accompanied by Onward to Victory!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
16 - 19 - 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
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Richard Dickens!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickens scores with a nice head shot.
Dickens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sata was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dickens connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sata's hands.
Dickens throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sata counters with a left and a right that stings Dickens.
Dickens swings for the body but Sata moves out of range.
Dickens throws a looping overhand right but Sata ducks down to avoid it.
Sata scores with a jab. Dickens acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dickens moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Dickens blocks a jab.
Dickens misses with an uppercut. Sata saw that one coming.
Sata takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dickens takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dickens swats away the attempt to clinch by Sata.
Dickens swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sata counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sata clinches up against the cage.
Dickens lands a shot to the body.
Dickens pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dickens breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sata moves out of range of the strikes.
Sata lands a nice shot to the body.
Sata slips a straight right by Dickens.
Sata tries to clinch there but Dickens circles away.
Dickens misses with a hook. Sata ducked under it nicely.
Sata darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dickens tries to kick Sata off in order to stand up. Sata Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Sata misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
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.
Dickens is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Sata is controlling him well.
Sata wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dickens keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Sata.
Sata prevents Dickens from escaping the position.
Sata trying to control the position but Dickens is working away.
Sata is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Dickens's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sata tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dickens is trying to get back to his feet.
Dickens wants to get back to his feet but Sata is dominant here and he's now got Dickens's back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Sata scores with punches and elbows.
Dickens wants to get back to his feet.
Sata trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Dickens doesn't escape.
Dickens is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sata throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Dickens takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Sata looking for the choke but no joy.
Sata will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sata missing with punches from the back.
Sata missing with strikes from the back.
Sata keeps control of the position easily here as Dickens tries to buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akiro Sata dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sata tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sata throws a shot from downtown. Dickens moves away and avoids it.
Sata throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dickens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dickens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sata.
Dickens misses with a straight right.
Sata throws a nice looking combination but Dickens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dickens keeps the fight on the outside.
Sata fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dickens looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dickens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sata.
Dickens walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sata shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sata showed some decent athleticism there.
Sata throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dickens is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sata scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sata is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dickens sees it coming and defends easily.
Dickens is in trouble now - Sata has advanced to mount!
Sata trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sata misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dickens is trying to stand.
Sata thowing shots but they're missing.
Dickens is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sata trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sata looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The referee warns Dickens that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dickens is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sata goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dickens is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickens scoring with some ground and pound.
Sata not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dickens wants to control from the top but Sata keeps moving.
Sata is adopting a defensive guard.
Sata looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dickens passes into half guard.
Sata tries to roll over but Dickens keeps him under control.
Sata is pressing down on Dickens's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dickens manages to get himself to full guard.
Sata scoring with some ground and pound.
Dickens keeping full guard, as Sata tries to pass.
Dickens wants to stand up but Sata is controlling him.
Sata is in close to Dickens's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dickens wants to stand up but Sata is controlling him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sata working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akiro Sata dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sata.
Dickens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sata.
Dickens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sata moves away.
Dickens misses with a straight right.
Sata is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dickens can do to turn this around?
Nice shot by Sata.
Dickens finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sata fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dickens moves away.
Sata lands a slapping body shot.
Sata scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sata ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sata was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickens moves out of range as Sata strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Dickens. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dickens.
Sata shoots for a double leg takedown but Dickens sprawls well. He's pushed Sata's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Akiro Sata is winning the standup battle so far.
Dickens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sata.
Sata scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickens moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice straight punches there by Dickens. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dickens.
Sata slips a jab and a cross from Dickens.
Dickens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sata drives through and clinches with Dickens against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sata breaks from the clinch.
Dickens tries to clinch up
and Sata counters with a nice uppercut.
Dickens cracks a nice hook into Sata's ribs.
Dickens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sata moves away.
Sata takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dickens misses with a series of wild punches.
Richard Dickens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dickens misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickens misses with a body shot.
Sata has a takedown stuffed.
Dickens flicks out a counter leg kick but Sata steps away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akiro Sata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A good leg kick by Dickens.
Dickens tries to work over Sata's front leg with a kick but Sata checks it.
Dickens misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dickens pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Sata wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sata dives in for a single leg takedown but Dickens sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sata looking to score a takedown here. Dickens is defending well but Sata drives through and ends up in Dickens's guard.
Sata slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sata wants to control but Dickens is keeping him busy.
Sata scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sata tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dickens managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sata.
Dickens throws Sata to one side and escapes!
Sata throws a good cross that connects.
Sata moves out of range of the body kick.
Sata swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sata uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dickens.
Sata cracks Dickens with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sata swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dickens counters with a series of strikes. Sata will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dickens throws a right hand that misses
and Sata connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sata just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dickens walks into a jab.
A left lands for Dickens.
Richard Dickens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sata defending well as Dickens loads up on a big left hand.
Dickens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sata.
Dickens lands a jab.
Sata tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dickens swivels and escapes.
Dickens moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Akiro Sata is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sata checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sata manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dickens on his heels. He'll look to pass Dickens's guard now, I'm sure.
Dickens trying to strike off his back.
Sata is looking to advance position but Dickens has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Dickens lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dickens unloading with bombs!
Sata is rocked!
Dickens lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh Sata is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sata is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Dickens.
I think Sata has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akiro Sata!
After winning the bout, Akiro Sata thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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