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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Devin Houle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kazushi Sakuraba was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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190 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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32
186 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devin Houle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba cracks Houle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sakuraba slaps away a takedown attempt from Houle, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Houle throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sakuraba's waist but Sakuraba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Houle off to one side.
Sakuraba slaps away a takedown attempt from Houle, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Devin Houle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Houle looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sakuraba!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Houle controlling the position easily from mount.
Sakuraba tries to reverse the position but Houle maintains control.
Sakuraba tries to hold on but Houle pushes him away.
Houle has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Sakuraba is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Devin Houle!
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energy
A | B |
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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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