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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gokhan Saki (ranked 3109 p4p, 357 weight class) and Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 2088 p4p, 259 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Saki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Beko . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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205 lbs
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209 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gokhan Saki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saki misses with a combination
and Tsuruta counters with a takedown into side control.
Saki is pushing Tsuruta's head away, looking to escape. Tsuruta manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saki throws Tsuruta to one side and escapes!
Tsuruta circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tsuruta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tsuruta gets a takedown into half guard.
Saki manages to escape and get back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gokhan Saki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saki throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsuruta counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Saki kicks off Tsuruta and gets to his feet.
Saki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsuruta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Saki thinking.
Saki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsuruta.
The fighters circling - Saki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saki throws a big shot that misses.
Tsuruta scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Saki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Tsuruta stops Saki from getting back to his feet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tsuruta working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tsuruta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Saki pushes Tsuruta off looking to stand but Tsuruta dives back in and keeps control.
Tsuruta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tsuruta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tsuruta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Saki is trying to stand up here but Tsuruta is controlling him well.
Tsuruta slips a nice elbow through Saki's hands, connecting with Saki's forehead.
Tsuruta working over Saki with some ground and pound. Saki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tsuruta looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Saki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Saki is trying to stand.
Tsuruta drops an elbow to the side of Saki's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saki tries to kick Tsuruta off but Tsuruta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Tsuruta there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Saki!
Saki is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Tsuruta scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tsuruta lands a big shot there that rocks Saki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tsuruta lands a nice shot to the head.
A nice elbow there by Tsuruta.
Saki is rocked!
Tsuruta postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Saki bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tsuruta and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomomisan Tsuruta!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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