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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herb Krison (ranked 258 p4p, 39 weight class) and Masa Sanada (ranked 63 p4p, 9 weight class). Krison comes to the cage accompanied by Rebelution. 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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171 lbs
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174 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Herb Krison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 8 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krison looks to land a body kick but Sanada moved away.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krison 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.
Nice uppercut there from Krison.
Krison lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanada's head.
Krison takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanada throws out a loose jab but Krison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanada throws a poor cross that misses
and Krison counters with a good, hard body kick but Sanada shrugs it off.
Krison drives through and clinches with Sanada against the cage.
A short right from Krison on the inside.
Sanada struggles to land a body shot inside as Krison controls his hands.
Sanada looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanada is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Krison has denied him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanada.
Krison swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krison lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada prevents a body shot from Krison.
Krison misses with a punch on the inside.
Krison scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Krison - that landed with a thud.
Sanada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krison blocking some punches.
Sanada swings wildly with an uppercut but Krison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sanada fails to land.
Krison working aggressively here.
Krison cracks Sanada with a nice body shot.
Sanada blocks a body shot from Krison.
Sanada misses with the head strike.
Krison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krison tries a body shot but Sanada blocks it.
Krison tries to work over Sanada's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanada displaying some good clinch control by pressing Krison up against the cage.
Sanada misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanada is working Krison over against the cage.
Sanada lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sanada - that landed with a thud.
Krison digs a right hand into Sanada's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanada's gas tank.
Krison misses with the head strike.
Krison works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krison lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Krison.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanada misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krison lands a nice shot to the body.
Krison lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krison.
A short right from Krison on the inside.
Krison breaks the clinch.
Masa Sanada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Krison throws a series of punches but Sanada moves out of range.
A jab from Krison finds it's way through Sanada's defenses.
Krison moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada moves in looking to clinch but Krison pushes him off.
A little feinted left hand from Krison on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada misses with a hook. Krison ducked under it nicely.
Krison throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sanada avoids it.
Sanada closes the distance looking to clinch
and Krison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanada scores with a four punch combination!
Sanada steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Krison. That one must have hurt.
Sanada doesn't manage to clinch there - Krison circles away.
Krison lands a nice shot that snaps Sanada's head back.
Sanada throws a sloppy body shot
and Krison counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanada misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanada moves away.
Krison misses with a body shot.
Sanada jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanada moves into range and connects with a jab.
Krison staying out of range there.
Krison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanada manages to avoid it.
Sanada throws an off balance right hand
and Krison counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada throws a body shot but no joy.
Krison moves out of range of the strikes.
Krison misses with a leg kick.
Sanada steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Krison.
Krison is looking to land body kicks.
Sanada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Krison finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanada's head.
Sanada cracks a nice hook into Krison's ribs.
Sanada throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada moves out of range as Krison strikes.
Krison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanada on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Krison.
Krison lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanada staying out of range there.
Krison misses with a hook.
Krison just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Herb Krison dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanada misses with a hook
and Krison finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A jab from Sanada misses.
Krison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Krison lands a jab to the nose.
Sanada lands an overhand right.
Sanada punishes Krison's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanada. That snapped Krison's head back.
A clash of legs there as Sanada blocks the low kick.
Jab, jab by Krison - just one landing.
Krison with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanada to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanada takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanada takes a swing at Krison's ribcage but misses.
Sanada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krison.
Herb Krison is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Krison.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krison manages to avoid it.
Krison appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sanada tries to close the distance and clinch but Krison swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Sanada misses.
Sanada steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Krison. That one must have hurt.
Krison connects with a body shot.
Sanada lands a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Krison. That's going to slow Sanada down.
Sanada stalks Krison and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Krison's face. Krison staggers backwards, shaken.
Sanada scores with a nice right hand.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krison avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krison staying out of range there.
Krison is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sanada throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanada takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Krison takes a swing at Sanada's ribcage but misses.
Sanada comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Krison throws a body punch but Sanada moves out of range.
Krison rushes Sanada and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sanada lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krison or not.
Sanada displaying some good clinch control by pressing Krison up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada tries to throw a body punch but Krison avoids it by throwing Sanada back against the cage.
Sanada misses with a body punch.
Krison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Krison tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krison gets through Sanada's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanada misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanada.
Krison struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanada controls his hands.
Krison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanada's elbow.
Krison manages to break the clinch.
Sanada drives through and clinches with Krison against the cage.
Krison scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Krison misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanada.
Sanada blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanada.
A short uppercut from Krison.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Krison manages to break the clinch.
Krison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Krison throws a leg kick but Sanada moved away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanada, as that shot connected.
Sanada is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Krison looks to throw the jab but Sanada is out of range.
It seemed like Sanada was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krison manages to avoid it.
Krison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanada avoids a kick to the body.
Sanada moves out of range of the leg kick from Krison.
Sanada on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sanada moves out of range of the body kick from Krison.
Sanada looks to score with a jab to the body but Krison is just out of range.
As Sanada backs away, Krison returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Krison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanada can do to turn this around?
Sanada slips under a jab.
Krison sets himself, and Sanada steps forward looking for the clinch! Krison avoids it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Krison throws a lazy right hand but Sanada sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanada blocks the body kick.
Krison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sanada walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Krison walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A jab from Sanada misses.
Krison takes one to the side of the head.
Sanada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanada tries to move into range but Krison moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Krison lands with an overhand left.
Krison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krison tests Sanada's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada jabs Krison right on the nose. Krison blinks but takes it well.
Sanada throws a right hand that Krison ducks under and follows up with a left that Krison also avoids with ease.
Krison misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Herb Krison will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by Krison as he connects with a hook.
Sanada throws a hook but Krison avoids it easily.
Sanada looks to land a left hand but Krison moved out of range nicely.
A cross from Krison lands.
Sanada uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Krison.
Jab by Sanada.
Sanada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Krison swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanada scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Krison doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanada keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krison cracks the inside of Sanada's front leg.
Krison shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Sanada misses.
Sanada bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Krison's head.
Sanada tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanada throws out a loose jab but Krison uses good head movement to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Sanada.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Krison is trying to break the clinch but Sanada has him pressed against the cage.
Krison lands with a right to the head.
Sanada lands with a left to the head.
Krison lands a nice uppercut.
Krison prevents a body shot from Sanada.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanada creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sanada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Herb Krison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Krison blocking some punches.
Sanada misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanada digs a right hand into Krison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krison's gas tank.
A head punch on the inside from Krison fails to land.
Krison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanada cracks Krison with a nice body shot.
Krison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanada lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stalling in the clinch from Sanada.
Krison escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada tries to clinch up but Krison circles away and keeps his distance.
Masa Sanada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krison moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krison takes a shot to the head.
Sanada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krison misses with a body punch.
Sanada lands a hook that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Sanada gets through Krison's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanada.
A hook to the body from Sanada.
Sanada lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Krison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krison tries a body shot but Sanada blocks it.
Krison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanada misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Krison working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krison misses with a punch to the body.
Sanada blocks an uppercut.
Krison lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Krison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanada lands with a short shot to the head.
Krison misses with a body punch.
Sanada lands with a left to the head.
Krison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanada lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanada scores with a shoulder strike.
Krison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krison goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krison swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krison has a couple of punches blocked by Sanada.
Krison tries a body shot but Sanada blocks it.
Krison tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanada's elbow.
Sanada works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krison misses with a body punch.
Sanada lands with a light punch inside.
Sanada works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Sanada.
A body shot lands from Sanada.
Sanada lands with a right to the head.
Sanada is leaning against Krison and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanada working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sanada - that landed with a thud.
Sanada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
Sanada can't find room to land a body shot as Krison controls the action.
Sanada lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanada.
A short right from Sanada on the inside.
Sanada lands with a right to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada digs a right hand into Krison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krison's gas tank.
Sanada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krisons head.
Sanada lands a hook that snaps the head of Krison backwards.
A right hand to the body from Sanada.
Sanada digs a right hand into Krison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Krison's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Masa Sanada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Krison 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herb Krison!
An out of breath Herb Krison thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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