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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lou Sabatory (ranked 23184 p4p, 2954 weight class) and Akira Shigeru (ranked 0 p4p, 368 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Sabatory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Akira Shigeru!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shigeru clinches.
Shigeru can't get the takedown.
Shigeru tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sabatory just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shigeru pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shigeru moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shigeru darts in looking for a takedown but Sabatory gets double underhooks and turns Shigeru into the cage.
Lou Sabatory has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Akira Shigeru.
Sabatory shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shigeru sprawls well. Shigeru wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sabatory gets slowly back to his feet.
Shigeru drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sabatory defends it well.
Sabatory fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shigeru wants to counter with a clinch but Sabatory pushes him away.
Sabatory shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Shigeru pinned against the cage. Shigeru gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shigeru slaps away a takedown attempt from Sabatory, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabatory closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Shigeru to the mat! Shigeru manages to get full guard.
Shigeru has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sabatory has passed into side control.
Shigeru tries to escape but Sabatory is in control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shigeru tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sabatory presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Sabatory controlling from the full mount.
Shigeru is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shigeru can't escape the position.
Shigeru wants to hold on but Sabatory pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sabatory controlling from the full mount.
Shigeru tries to hold on but Sabatory pushes him away.
Sabatory takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Shigeru is working to get back to half guard.
Shigeru tries to hold on but Sabatory postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shigeru is trying desperately to improve position.
Shigeru tries to hold on but Sabatory postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shigeru is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabatory avoids the attempt from Shigeru to control.
Shigeru is looking to get to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sabatory looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lou Sabatory dominated that round.
That's time! Sabatory's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shigeru tries to land a front kick but Sabatory steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shigeru defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sabatory.
Shigeru drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sabatory defends it well.
Shigeru lands an overhand right.
Sabatory dives in for a single leg takedown but Shigeru sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Shigeru manages to break the clinch.
Shigeru closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sabatory jumps guard but Shigeru stands there with Sabatory around his waist. Sabatory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lou Sabatory. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shigeru breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sabatory shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Shigeru pinned against the cage. Shigeru gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Shigeru tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shigeru shoots in but Sabatory avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've been informed that Shigeru has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sabatory fails with the takedown
and Shigeru counters with a head kick.
Shigeru moves into the clinch.
Sabatory looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sabatory is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shigeru pulls guard successfully.
Shigeru is trying to control the position but Sabatory postures up.
Shigeru wants to sweep here but Sabatory controlling him for the moment.
Shigeru has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sabatory has passed into side control.
Sabatory controls the position from side control.
Shigeru is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shigeru being controlled for a moment.
Sabatory gets to mount! Shigeru was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabatory looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shigeru is trying desperately to improve position.
Sabatory tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shigeru is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shigeru flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sabatory looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shigeru tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sabatory avoids the attempt from Shigeru to control.
Shigeru is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shigeru gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Akira Shigeru showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sabatory bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
A control attempt from Shigeru but he's now mounted!
Sabatory takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sabatory lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shigeru wants to hold on but Sabatory pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shigeru is trying to escape the mount.
Sabatory avoids the attempt from Shigeru to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabatory controlling his opponent.
Shigeru is looking to get to half guard.
Lou Sabatory overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shigeru is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Shigeru is desperately trying to improve his position but Sabatory has a good base and remains in mount.
Sabatory controlling from mount.
Shigeru is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shigeru tries to hold on but Sabatory postures up.
Sabatory landing strikes from the mount.
Sabatory avoids the attempt from Shigeru to control.
Shigeru is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shigeru tries to hold on but Sabatory pushes him away.
Shigeru keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sabatory content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shigeru is looking to improve his position but Sabatory isn't that keen on the idea.
Shigeru wants to hold on but Sabatory pushes him away.
Sabatory controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shigeru bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that's the end of the fight!
Lou Sabatory showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sabatory 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lou Sabatory!
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FIGHT
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