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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Bambam Yagan (ranked 1780 p4p, 2542 weight class) and Roger Sack (ranked 196 p4p, 258 weight class). Sack has chosen DaBobby - BOP in Arlen as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bambam Yagan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roger Sack!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sack pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yagan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yagan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sack is out of range and Yagan settles back down.
Yagan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yagan wants to clinch.
A big right from Sack misses.
Yagan looks to clinch
and Sack counters with a straight right hand.
Sack throws a head kick but Yagan moves out of range.
Yagan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yagan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sack fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sack lands a front kick.
Sack lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yagan at a distance.
Sack misses with a leg kick
and Yagan counters with a stiff right hand.
Yagan ducks under a wild hook from Sack.
Yagan throws a leg kick which misses Sack's front leg but catches the back leg as Sack tries to avoid it.
Roger Sack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack swats away the attempt to clinch by Yagan.
Sack lands a jab to Yagan's midsection.
Yagan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sack.
Sack with the inside leg kick.
Yagan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sack checks it well.
Sack throws a right hand that misses
and Yagan counters with a nice uppercut.
Yagan darts in and clinches Sack up against the cage.
Sack lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Yagan backwards.
Yagan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sack lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Yagan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yagan pushes off an throws an elbow but Sack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sack blocks an uppercut.
Yagan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yagan tries a body shot but Sack blocks it.
Yagan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sack lands an elbow just above Yagan 's eye.
A short uppercut from Yagan.
Sack lands with a right to the head.
Sack creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yagan's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Yagan fails to land.
Sack tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yagan's elbow.
Sack holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yagan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sack just leaning against Yagan, taking a breather.
Yagan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yagan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sack's elbow.
Yagan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sack misses with a body punch.
Sack content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sack misses with a knee to the head.
Sack unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sack looking to stall.
Sack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yagan blocking some punches.
Sack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sack is trying to stall.
Sack takes an elbow to the temple.
Sack landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yagan as Sack tries to tie him up.
Yagan keeps control of Sack as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sack tries a body shot but Yagan blocks it.
Sack prevents a body shot from Yagan.
Sack lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sack wants to stall.
Sack holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Yagan blocks a body shot from Sack.
Yagan throws a head punch that misses.
Yagan prevents Sack from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sack.
Sack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yagan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sack's brow.
Yagan lands an elbow just above Sack 's eye.
Sack putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yagan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sack throws a leg kick but Yagan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yagan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yagan moves into range and clinches up with Sack.
Sack using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yagan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sack crunches a lovely knee into Yagan's ribcage.
Sack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yagan is defending well for now.
Sack comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yagan throws a head punch that misses.
Yagan working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yagan.
Sack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sack gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sack swings wildly with an uppercut but Yagan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yagan lands a nice shot that snaps Sack's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roger Sack dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Yagan takes one to the side of the head.
Yagan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Sack.
Sack ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sack swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yagan counters with a nice uppercut.
Yagan is looking to chop away at Sack's legs.
Sack takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yagan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sack defending well as Yagan loads up on a big left hand.
Sack keeps Yagan at a distance using the push kick.
Sack fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yagan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Yagan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sack ducks under a wild hook from Yagan.
Yagan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sack lands a nice shot that snaps Yagan's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sack takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sack misses with an uppercut
and Yagan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yagan throws a leg kick
and Sack finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A lazy body kick from Sack
and Yagan counters with a leg kick.
Sack throws a body kick that misses
and Yagan counters with a straight right hand.
Sack fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yagan is out of range.
Yagan drives through and clinches with Sack against the cage.
Sack is leaning against Yagan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yagan avoids it.
Sack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sack misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sack connects with a knee to the head.
Sack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Yagan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sack takes an elbow to the forehead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yagan misses with a punch on the inside.
Yagan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sack lands with a left to the head.
Roger Sack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sack lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sack scores with a knee to the head.
Yagan is rocked!
Sack gets through Yagan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Yagan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sack pushes Yagan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sack lands a good knee to the midsection. Yagan won't want to take too many of those.
Nice body punch from Yagan.
Sack scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yagan lands an elbow just above Sack 's eye.
Yagan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sack utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sack landing knees to the head.
Sack breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Yagan with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Yagan looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Yagan get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Roger Sack!
Our winner, Roger Sack, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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
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