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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ward's entrance music is Tap Out. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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186 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Sakuraba.
Ward shoots and misses
and Sakuraba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ward.
Ward with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Sakuraba counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Ward. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ward closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sakuraba circles away.
Sakuraba works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ward misses with a body shot.
Ward avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sakuraba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sakuraba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ward is breathing heavily.
Ward is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sakuraba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakuraba creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ward's defenses.
Ward tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward dodges an elbow strike from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ward.
Sakuraba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A bit of stalling here from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ward takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sakuraba scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Sakuraba scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ward avoids a wild elbow strike from Sakuraba.
A short body shot lands from Sakuraba as the two fighters clinch.
Ward is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sakuraba pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sakuraba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ward up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Ward tries to pull guard but Sakuraba holds him up against the ropes and eventually Ward drops back down to his feet.
Sakuraba scores with a shot to the side of Ward's head.
Sakuraba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sakuraba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ward is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Ward hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kazushi Sakuraba!
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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
61% |
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