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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ling Manchu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshimitzu Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pride theme song blares through the speaker as fireworks erupt kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ling Manchu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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245 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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272 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ling Manchu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yoshimitzu Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba avoids the head kick by Manchu.
Sakuraba closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sakuraba lands in his opponent's guard.
Sakuraba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Manchu is keeping the position for now.
Manchu has momentary wrist control but Sakuraba slips an elbow through the middle.
Sakuraba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Manchu will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakuraba postures up in Manchu's guard and throws a big left but Manchu blocks it.
Sakuraba trying to control but Manchu is working from the bottom.
Sakuraba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba wants to control from the top but Manchu keeps moving.
Sakuraba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sakuraba lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sakuraba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sakuraba loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sakuraba lands a couple of elbows.
Manchu keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sakuraba drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sakuraba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Manchu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba scoring with some ground and pound.
Sakuraba is in close to Manchu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Manchu has momentary wrist control but Sakuraba slips an elbow through the middle.
Manchu is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba landing with the ground and pound.
Manchu is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakuraba slips nicely into half guard.
Oh Manchu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sakuraba connects with a nice short shot to Manchu's temple.
Sakuraba thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Manchu's head.
Sakuraba thows a huge punch but Manchu dodges it nicely.
Manchu seems to have got his legs back now.
Manchu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sakuraba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Manchu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sakuraba working over Manchu with some ground and pound. Manchu looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sakuraba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Manchu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Manchu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sakuraba on the ground.
Sakuraba trying to control from half guard but Manchu is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sakuraba working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Sakuraba scores with a big shot! Manchu's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Manchu! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshimitzu Sakuraba!
After the fight, Yoshimitzu Sakuraba was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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