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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cleon Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cleon Wright told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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209 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryosuke Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cleon Wright!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato slips a jab and a cross from Wright.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Sato lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Cleon Wright has been cut.
Sato misses with a right hand
and Wright counters with a right hand to the body.
Wright lands a really nice looking cross but Sato seems unphased.
Wright misses with a lunging right hand
and Sato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sato has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Xtreme MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Sato closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Sato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sato is leaning against Wright and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wright is trying to break free.
Sato prevents a body shot from Wright.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Wright avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.
Sato works on Wright's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Sato - that landed with a thud.
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wright looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Sato lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Sato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sato lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That has opened up Cleon Wright's cut even more.
Sato gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sato lands a body shot.
A hook to the body from Sato.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sato lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Sato.
A short uppercut from Sato.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A hook to the body from Sato.
A nice left hand lands by Sato.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sato lands a right hand.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
Sato is working Wright over against the cage.
Sato gets through Wright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Sato.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Sato works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Sato.
Sato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wright backwards.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright is rocked!
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright is still on wobbly legs! Can Sato finish him?
We've been informed that Wright has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The cut above Cleon Wright's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sato lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Wright to his knees! Sato keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryosuke Sato!
Ryosuke Sato decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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