Post by The Sandmen on Oct 29, 2012 13:53:56 GMT -5
Sakuraba enters the cage and this place seems about to burst! He may be sure the fans are with him today.
Thiago Alves looks very relaxed.
Kazushi Sakuraba looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Thiago Alves is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Thiago Alves
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Alves doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Alves forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Thiago Alves pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Thiago Alves
Alves misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba and Thiago Alves are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba steps for a throw
Alves stays on his feet
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba struggles and launches a few punches to Alves's head
Nothing from this... Kazushi Sakuraba seems frustrated.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Alves throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Sakuraba's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Nose
Kazushi Sakuraba charges at Alves throwing flurries left and right.
Thiago Alves gets out of the way.
Some nice shots from Thiago Alves
miss their mark.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
that visibly pains Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Thiago Alves is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Sakuraba gets hold of a leg and trips Alves to the mat!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Kazushi Sakuraba any adventage in the ground.
Sakuraba misses a step and Thiago Alves sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Thiago Alves is cooling the fight on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Alves is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to escape from the full mount...
Sakuraba struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Thiago Alves pushes Kazushi Sakuraba down and prevents his attempts to escape
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alves wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Thiago Alves slightly pushes Sakuraba into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Thiago Alves fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Sakuraba blocks and pushes his opponent.
Alves fires low kicks
punishing Sakuraba's legs repeatedly.
Kazushi Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown!
Thiago Alves sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with Alves
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba is absolutely terrifying with his power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Alves with uppercuts!
Alves is taking more than he can endure. This could end soon if Alves is unable to escape!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
He was aiming at Alves's face but his move was blocked
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves tries to breaks Kazushi Sakuraba's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Alves launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sakuraba's ribs.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba grapple with Thiago Alves and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Alves manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Sakuraba is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves shows great balance while pushing away Kazushi Sakuraba
Some nice shots from Thiago Alves
that stun Sakuraba.
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Chin
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves was tooling Kazushi Sakuraba for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Kazushi Sakuraba lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Nice punches from Thiago Alves.
Sakuraba staggers backwards. Alves wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Thiago Alves. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Alves.
The cutman is working on Sakuraba's face.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sakuraba's chin
Sakuraba's Chin is beginning to swell
Sakuraba has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Alves sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
Sakuraba is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves shows great balance while pushing away Kazushi Sakuraba
Alves tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Crisp uppercut by Alves followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Sakuraba's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Thiago Alves was tooling Kazushi Sakuraba for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Kazushi Sakuraba lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Kazushi Sakuraba is a bloody mess!
Thiago Alves shoots for a double leg takedown!
Kazushi Sakuraba sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves fakes a punch and launches himself over Kazushi Sakuraba
Great move by Alves who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes away Alves trying to keep the fight at striking range
Alves doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Kazushi Sakuraba
Alves doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Alves forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
Alves tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Thiago Alves launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sakuraba's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
You can see Sakuraba's blood making stains in the mat.
Sakuraba and Thiago Alves are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba steps for a throw
Alves stays on his feet
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Thiago Alves to fight back!
Thiago Alves launches a few punches towards Sakuraba's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Kazushi Sakuraba receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
Thiago Alves tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Sakuraba is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Thiago Alves's ribs!
Alves struggles and protects himself.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Alves showing excellent timing, blasts Kazushi Sakuraba with a right hand.
Great hook by Thiago Alves! Kazushi Sakuraba is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
Alves launches a kick to Sakuraba's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba is a bloody mess!
Kazushi Sakuraba kicks his legs trying to keep Thiago Alves away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Alves launches a kick to Sakuraba's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba continues to bleed from that cut. It could be affecting his vision.
Kazushi Sakuraba launches an up-kick intended for Thiago Alves's head...
Alves leans out of the way.
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba tries to stand up!
Alves doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves steps back and allows Sakuraba to get back to his feet.
Back to the beginning! Kazushi Sakuraba is standing now.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Pulverizing punch to Sakuraba's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
High kick from Thiago Alves!
Sakuraba seems to be done!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sakuraba was not intelligently defending himself!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Winner is Thiago Alves by TKO (High kick) at 3:28 Round 2
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 14/18 (78%)
Kicks 7/8 (88%)
Clinch strikes 8/13 (62%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 51 s
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/4 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/11 (27%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 116 s
Not a bad fight. But Sakuraba needs to do something other than nothing. Cause...damn.
Thiago Alves looks very relaxed.
Kazushi Sakuraba looks very relaxed.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Thiago Alves is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Thiago Alves
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Alves doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Alves forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Thiago Alves pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Thiago Alves
Alves misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba and Thiago Alves are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba steps for a throw
Alves stays on his feet
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba struggles and launches a few punches to Alves's head
Nothing from this... Kazushi Sakuraba seems frustrated.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Alves throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Sakuraba's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Nose
Kazushi Sakuraba charges at Alves throwing flurries left and right.
Thiago Alves gets out of the way.
Some nice shots from Thiago Alves
miss their mark.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
that visibly pains Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Thiago Alves is working his opponent ribs!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba gets himself into good position and looks to change levels for the takedown...
Sakuraba gets hold of a leg and trips Alves to the mat!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Kazushi Sakuraba any adventage in the ground.
Sakuraba misses a step and Thiago Alves sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
The clock says 2:05 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Thiago Alves is cooling the fight on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Thiago Alves tries to better his position on the ground...
Alves is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to escape from the full mount...
Sakuraba struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Thiago Alves gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Thiago Alves pushes Kazushi Sakuraba down and prevents his attempts to escape
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Alves wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Thiago Alves slightly pushes Sakuraba into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Thiago Alves fakes a move and launches a liver kick!
Sakuraba blocks and pushes his opponent.
Alves fires low kicks
punishing Sakuraba's legs repeatedly.
Kazushi Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown!
Thiago Alves sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with Alves
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba is absolutely terrifying with his power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Alves with uppercuts!
Alves is taking more than he can endure. This could end soon if Alves is unable to escape!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
He was aiming at Alves's face but his move was blocked
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alves tries to breaks Kazushi Sakuraba's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Alves launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sakuraba's ribs.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba grapple with Thiago Alves and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Alves manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Sakuraba is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves shows great balance while pushing away Kazushi Sakuraba
Some nice shots from Thiago Alves
that stun Sakuraba.
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Chin
The clock says 4:40 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves was tooling Kazushi Sakuraba for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Kazushi Sakuraba lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Nice punches from Thiago Alves.
Sakuraba staggers backwards. Alves wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
The clock says 4:50 in the 1 round
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Thiago Alves. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Alves.
The cutman is working on Sakuraba's face.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sakuraba's chin
Sakuraba's Chin is beginning to swell
Sakuraba has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Alves sees what was coming and ducks under his opponent and moves aside
Sakuraba is holding Thiago Alves's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Thiago Alves shows great balance while pushing away Kazushi Sakuraba
Alves tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Crisp uppercut by Alves followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Sakuraba's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Thiago Alves was tooling Kazushi Sakuraba for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Kazushi Sakuraba lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Kazushi Sakuraba is a bloody mess!
Thiago Alves shoots for a double leg takedown!
Kazushi Sakuraba sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
The clock says 1:00 in the 2 round
Thiago Alves fakes a punch and launches himself over Kazushi Sakuraba
Great move by Alves who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes away Alves trying to keep the fight at striking range
Alves doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Kazushi Sakuraba
Alves doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Alves forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
Alves tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Thiago Alves launches a few punches...
One swing hits hard Sakuraba's jaw!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
You can see Sakuraba's blood making stains in the mat.
Sakuraba and Thiago Alves are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba steps for a throw
Alves stays on his feet
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Thiago Alves to fight back!
Thiago Alves launches a few punches towards Sakuraba's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Kazushi Sakuraba receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
Thiago Alves tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Sakuraba is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Thiago Alves's ribs!
Alves struggles and protects himself.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Alves showing excellent timing, blasts Kazushi Sakuraba with a right hand.
Great hook by Thiago Alves! Kazushi Sakuraba is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
Alves launches a kick to Sakuraba's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba is a bloody mess!
Kazushi Sakuraba kicks his legs trying to keep Thiago Alves away.
No damage done by those kicks.
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Alves launches a kick to Sakuraba's thigh
Loud pop!
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Kazushi Sakuraba continues to bleed from that cut. It could be affecting his vision.
Kazushi Sakuraba launches an up-kick intended for Thiago Alves's head...
Alves leans out of the way.
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba tries to stand up!
Alves doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Alves is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Thiago Alves steps back and allows Sakuraba to get back to his feet.
Back to the beginning! Kazushi Sakuraba is standing now.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Pulverizing punch to Sakuraba's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Sakuraba doesn't stop bleeding.
High kick from Thiago Alves!
Sakuraba seems to be done!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sakuraba was not intelligently defending himself!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Winner is Thiago Alves by TKO (High kick) at 3:28 Round 2
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 14/18 (78%)
Kicks 7/8 (88%)
Clinch strikes 8/13 (62%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 51 s
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/4 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/11 (27%)
Takedowns 1/4 (25%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 116 s
Not a bad fight. But Sakuraba needs to do something other than nothing. Cause...damn.