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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hayato Sakuraba (ranked 848 p4p, 117 weight class) and Finn The Human (ranked 817 p4p, 112 weight class). Sakuraba kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Deetox - Headknocker. The Human is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Adventure Time. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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173 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hayato Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Finn The Human!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Human lands a nice hook to Sakuraba's body. Sakuraba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Human sizes up Sakuraba with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Human fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sakuraba avoids the body shot from The Human.
A jab from The Human does it's job there.
The Human thuds a left hand into Sakuraba's body.
Sakuraba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Human misses with a left hand
and Sakuraba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sakuraba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Human was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakuraba.
The Human misses with a body shot.
The Human scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Human cracks Sakuraba with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sakuraba staying out of range there.
The Human drives through and clinches with Sakuraba against the cage.
Sakuraba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Human slips under a jab.
The Human looks to clinch
and Sakuraba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Human. That's going to slow Sakuraba down.
The Human has Sakuraba up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Sakuraba's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Human misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch lands to the side of Sakuraba 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The Human throws a looping overhand right but Sakuraba ducks down to avoid it.
Sakuraba was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big left from The Human misses.
The Human ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sakuraba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That kick from The Human tenderised Sakuraba's leg. Sakuraba is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sakuraba uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Human.
The Human lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The Human ducks under a wild hook from Sakuraba.
The Human thumps Sakuraba with a low kick.
The Human uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Human scores with a shot to the body.
Sakuraba walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by The Human.
The Human thuds a left hand into Sakuraba's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba slips under a jab from The Human.
Sakuraba connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The Human throws a hook to the side of Sakuraba's head but Sakuraba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sakuraba just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakuraba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Human has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The Human uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sakuraba misses the shot to the body.
Sakuraba sizes up The Human with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Human.
Sakuraba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Human tests Sakuraba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sakuraba misses with an uppercut. The Human saw that one coming.
Sakuraba moves out of range of the strikes.
The Human lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Human misses with an uppercut.
The Human connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Human.
The Human staying out of range there.
The Human connects with an inside leg kick.
The Human misses with a jab to the body
and Sakuraba counters with a stiff right hand.
Sakuraba just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakuraba checks a leg kick nicely.
The Human scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Human blocks a jab.
Sakuraba slips under a jab from The Human.
Sakuraba moves away from the strike by The Human.
The Human with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Human connects with an inside leg kick.
Sakuraba misses with a series of wild punches.
The Human tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sakuraba throws a hook but The Human blocks it.
Sakuraba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Human cracks Sakuraba with a good jab.
The Human with a nice cross.
Sakuraba looks to land a right hand but The Human moved out of range.
The Human tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sakuraba was well out of range. Poor timing from The Human.
Finn The Human seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Human moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sakuraba throws a lazy right hand but The Human sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sakuraba misses with a straight left.
The Human chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Human swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba missing with a left hand there. The Human was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sakuraba misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.
Sakuraba misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Human uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sakuraba takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sakuraba misses with a hook. The Human ducked under it nicely.
The Human connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finn The Human dominated that round.
That's time! Sakuraba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sakuraba drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The Human misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sakuraba.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakuraba manages to avoid it.
The Human stuns Sakuraba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The Human looks to land a right hand but Sakuraba moved out of range.
Sakuraba drops his hands momentarily and The Human takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from The Human misses its intended target.
The Human scores with a decent looking hook.
Sakuraba is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sakuraba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Human looks to land a left hand but Sakuraba moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Sakuraba was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from The Human.
The Human throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sakuraba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Human.
Sakuraba throwing a counter right hand but The Human manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for The Human. That snapped Sakuraba's head back.
Sakuraba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakuraba moves out of range as The Human strikes.
The Human looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Human misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Sakuraba on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human cracks a nice hook into Sakuraba's ribs.
The Human lands with a nice body punch.
The Human lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sakuraba at a distance.
Finn The Human seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sakuraba misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by The Human.
The Human has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Human throws a big shot that misses.
The Human throws a shot to the body.
The Human ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sakuraba misses with a body shot.
Jab by The Human.
The Human scores with a jab to the head.
The Human tries to clinch but Sakuraba is having none of it.
A little feinted left hand from Sakuraba on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The Human is looking to clinch but Sakuraba is avoiding it.
A slow jab from The Human misses its intended target.
Sakuraba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Human moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba misses with a punch on the inside.
Sakuraba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Human lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Human lands a slapping body shot.
The Human digs a good body shot into Sakuraba's ribs.
The Human is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The Human moves out of range of the strikes.
A low kick from The Human is predictable there
and Sakuraba counters with a three punch combo that has The Human backing up. The Human nods at Sakuraba to acknowledge the strikes.
Sakuraba avoids the body shot from The Human.
Sakuraba's jab looks to have found its range, popping The Human under the eye.
Sakuraba misses with an uppercut.
Sakuraba checks a leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Sakuraba tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Human takes a swing at Sakuraba's ribcage but misses.
Sakuraba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Human.
The Human walks into a jab.
Sakuraba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Sakuraba wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sakuraba looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Human connects with a leg kick. Sakuraba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba misses with a looping right.
The Human is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Human lands a head shot.
The Human moves into the clinch.
The Human is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sakuraba is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sakuraba.
Sakuraba has a couple of punches blocked by The Human.
Sakuraba lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Human backwards.
Sakuraba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakuraba cracks The Human with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sakuraba misses with a looping left.
The Human throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sakuraba swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Human throws a good cross that connects.
The Human fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sakuraba.
The Human keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sakuraba avoids the body shot from The Human.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Human wants to clinch up but Sakuraba keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human walks into a stiff left hand from Sakuraba.
The Human lands with a straight right. Sakuraba didn't see that one coming.
Sakuraba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before The Human can pounce on him.
Sakuraba ducks under a wild hook from The Human.
The Human slips under a jab.
Sakuraba looks to throw the jab but The Human is out of range.
The Human cracks a nice hook into Sakuraba's ribs.
The Human misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Human fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakuraba manages to avoid it.
The Human lands with a good body shot.
The Human tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sakuraba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakuraba misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheers as The Human lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sakuraba doesn't seem phased though.
Sakuraba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Human sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sakuraba loads up on a big right hand but The Human slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finn The Human showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
The Human slips under a jab.
The Human steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sakuraba.
The Human scores with a shot to the body.
The Human moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The Human feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sakurabas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
An inside leg kick lands from The Human.
The Human paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sakuraba lands an overhand right.
Sakuraba lands a jab to the nose.
The Human throws a jab when Sakuraba was well out of range.
Sakuraba is looking to counter punch.
Sakuraba is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Human takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Human. Sakuraba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sakuraba was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuraba throws a body shot but no joy.
Sakuraba keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sakuraba misses the jab.
The Human throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Human connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The Human misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Human takes a swing at Sakuraba's ribcage but misses.
The Human misses with a straight right.
The Human is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by The Human.
Sakuraba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Human swings for the body but Sakuraba moves out of range.
The Human throws out a loose jab but Sakuraba uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Human showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sakuraba.
The Human moves into range and connects with a jab.
The Human pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sakuraba misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by The Human.
The Human scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hayato Sakuraba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Sakuraba misses the target.
The Human connects with a single shot there.
The Human scores with a jab. Sakuraba acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Human tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Human turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sakuraba checks a leg kick.
The Human connects with a leg kick. Sakuraba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The Human looks to land a right hand but Sakuraba moved out of range.
The Human lands a nice shot to the body.
The Human uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sakuraba has time to react.
Sakuraba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Human moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Human takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Human uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sakuraba.
The Human connects with a right hand. Sakuraba shakes it off.
The Human cracks Sakuraba with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Human rushes Sakuraba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Human struggles to land a body shot inside as Sakuraba controls his hands.
The Human wants to stall.
The Human makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sakuraba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Human with a nice cross.
Sakuraba swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Human clinches up against the cage.
Sakuraba swings wildly with an uppercut but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Human avoiding damage.
Sakuraba lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Human backwards.
A short uppercut from Sakuraba.
The Human misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from The Human.
The Human lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Human pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The Human bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Human wants to counter with a clinch but Sakuraba pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Human connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A decent looking cross lands there for The Human.
The Human displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sakuraba throws out the jab.
The Human feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sakurabas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The Human misses with a hook.
Sakuraba takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The Human misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Sakuraba misses the target.
The Human lands a glancing blow to the side of Sakuraba's head.
Sakuraba walks into a jab.
The Human clobbers Sakuraba with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sakuraba throws out a loose jab but The Human uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakuraba lands a head shot.
Sakuraba swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Human connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sakuraba. Sakuraba circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Finn The Human comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well The Human has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finn The Human!
Finn The Human was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Hayato Sakuraba spoke after the fight, saying 'All i want is you!!'.
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