Post by The Sandmen on Apr 3, 2013 18:01:55 GMT -5
Kazushi Sakuraba raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Dan Henderson looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Kazushi Sakuraba today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
0:08 Round 1 and Sakuraba is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
a flying knee from Sakuraba towards Dan Henderson's face
hits it, what a strike surely that hurts, Henderson got to be more careful now
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Sakuraba blocks Dan Henderson's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Henderson can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground...
Henderson knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sakuraba.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Sakuraba's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sakuraba
Henderson tries to jump to side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Dan Henderson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Kazushi Sakuraba any adventage in the ground.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to better his position on the ground...
Sakuraba breaks the closed guard of Dan Henderson and moves to half guard
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Dan Henderson takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba passes momentarily but Dan Henderson regains full guard.
Herb Dean 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.
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Henderson moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Kazushi Sakuraba checks the kick.
Dan Henderson is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Henderson is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Sakuraba's jaw!
Crisp uppercut by Henderson followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Dan Henderson struggles a bit before breaking Sakuraba's attemp of grappling
Henderson showing excellent timing, blasts Kazushi Sakuraba with a right hand.
Sakuraba steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Middle kick from Sakuraba.
The kick just misses.
Sakuraba and Henderson circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba goes with a looping right hand while Dan Henderson jumps back and jabs
Henderson seems staggered and Kazushi Sakuraba runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
after measuring the distance Sakuraba jump forward with a flying knee
Dan Henderson block it with ease
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba and Dan Henderson are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba hammers Henderson face and hooks Henderson leg
Henderson stays on his feet and fights off the trip
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Henderson pushes off of Kazushi Sakuraba and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Sakuraba stumbles backwards but Dan Henderson chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Henderson doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Henderson forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Once Henderson is able to keep you againts the fence in a clinch you must be worried.
Henderson grab one of Kazushi Sakuraba's arm and tries a Hip Throw
Sakuraba done well to maintain his balances and avoid going down
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Dan Henderson pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Dan Henderson circles to get the center of the cage
Henderson moves forward looking for some action
Dan Henderson shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes away Henderson trying to keep the fight at striking range
Henderson doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Kazushi Sakuraba
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a knee!
Kazushi Sakuraba hits Henderson's hard just below the ribs!
Dan Henderson 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.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sakuraba's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Kazushi Sakuraba's eyes.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Sakuraba tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sakuraba is clinching with Henderson.
Dan Henderson tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson circles out and slips free of Kazushi Sakuraba's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Dan Henderson fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Middle kick from Sakuraba.
The kick just misses.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Solid shot from Kazushi Sakuraba to the body.
Henderson didn't like that.
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.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Dan Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba fails to take him down and both fighter are still standing
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Henderson wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Henderson moves forward and holds Sakuraba
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba tries to launch a knee to the body while in the clinch!
Glancing blow to Henderson's abdomen!
Henderson ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba slightly pushes Henderson into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Henderson steps backwards away from Kazushi Sakuraba. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Sakuraba avoids a dangerous strike from Henderson
and counters with a solid straight!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Nice punch by Dan Henderson
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Henderson moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Kazushi Sakuraba takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Sakuraba blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Dan Henderson can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to close the guard.
Henderson put Kazushi Sakuraba in closed guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba struggles on the ground and tries to break Dan Henderson's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba is in Henderson open guard now
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Dan Henderson can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Henderson
Deep breaths from Dan Henderson who tries a hammer punch to Sakuraba's ribs.
Sakuraba blocks those punches
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Dan Henderson has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 3
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Kazushi Sakuraba launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Henderson's knee!
Henderson hyper-extended his leg
The two exchange wildly
Sakuraba is connecting with a few punches
Henderson tries to grapple
Sakuraba moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
The clock says 0:40 in the 3 round
Henderson goes to the body...
his punches graze Sakuraba's arm.
Henderson is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba shows great balance while pushing away Dan Henderson
Henderson 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 1:05 in the 3 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Sakuraba's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Henderson pushes Kazushi Sakuraba against the fence and launches a few sick punches
Sakuraba blocks and pushes away his opponent creating space between them.
Several good body shots
are evaded by Sakuraba.
Dan Henderson gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Multiple well placed knees from Sakuraba!
Nice hits to Henderson's ribs! Brilliant performance from Kazushi Sakuraba
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson fakes a few punches and advance towards Sakuraba trying to take him down with a Advancing Leg Sweep
Sakuraba pushes Dan Henderson and circle away keeping himself within striking range
Henderson throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Henderson pushes Kazushi Sakuraba and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Dan Henderson and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Kazushi Sakuraba is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Henderson tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Henderson is clinching with Sakuraba.
The fighters are clinching.
Henderson launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Dan Henderson is working his opponent ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson takes a break to breathe while holding Kazushi Sakuraba.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 2:40 in the 3 round
Henderson fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kazushi Sakuraba didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass to half guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba can't prevent his opponent from passing. Henderson looks to work from half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 3:30 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
That hit Henderson who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Dan Henderson passes momentarily but Kazushi Sakuraba regains half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Dan Henderson passes momentarily but Kazushi Sakuraba regains half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Kazushi Sakuraba work his BJJ game.
Kazushi Sakuraba overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Henderson pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Sakuraba measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Henderson's side.
The clock says 4:30 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
That hit Henderson who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Henderson is looking to end this fight with strikes
Sakuraba anticipates his moves and avoids danger.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Henderson blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Kazushi Sakuraba's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Sakuraba's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 4
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Kazushi Sakuraba goes with a looping right hand while Dan Henderson jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Henderson seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Sakuraba leads with a punch
Dan Henderson evades but whiffs with a counter.
Sakuraba throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
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.
Henderson and Kazushi Sakuraba are cliched up against the cage. Henderson steps for a throw
Sakuraba stays on his feet
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Henderson with a double overhooks!
Sakuraba goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Left eye
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:35 in the 4 round
Dan Henderson and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Dan Henderson is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Henderson steps forward
Kazushi Sakuraba catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to stomp on Henderson's feet while in the clinch.
Those hits are more annoying than damaging to Henderson
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba grabs Dan Henderson in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Nose
Dan Henderson 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 Dan Henderson
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Dan Henderson grapple with Kazushi Sakuraba and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Sakuraba manage to maintain his balances and avoid going down
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Sakuraba launches a furious low kick!
Henderson receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Henderson hyper-extended his left leg
Every time Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to get inside
Henderson misses with a low kick.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Inside leg kick from Sakuraba
that lands on Dan Henderson's leg.
The clock says 3:00 in the 4 round
Dan Henderson goes with a looping right hand while Kazushi Sakuraba jumps back and jabs
Sakuraba seems staggered and Dan Henderson runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Kazushi Sakuraba wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Henderson!
Henderson moves to shoot
but Kazushi Sakuraba delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Low kick by Dan Henderson to maintain his distance.
Bad move. That was far from landing.
The clock says 3:50 in the 4 round
Terrible one sided match... Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Kazushi Sakuraba caliber.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Henderson's face.
Henderson seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Dan Henderson's ribs shows the damage! Kazushi Sakuraba is working his opponent ribs!
That punishment by Kazushi Sakuraba has left Henderson staggered! Kazushi Sakuraba should try push forward now and finish this!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba has some bruises after a few exchanges with his opponent.
Sakuraba grabs Dan Henderson in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
Henderson has a small cut in his Nose
Dan Henderson 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.
The fighters are clinching.
You can see Henderson's blood making stains in the mat.
after measuring the distance Sakuraba jump forward with a flying knee
Kazushi Sakuraba's knee landed perfectly on Henderson's chest, from the look of his face that must have really hurt
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches towards Henderson's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Dan Henderson receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
The clock says 4:50 in the 4 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson 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.
Henderson misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine and tries to pull guard...
Henderson's Nose is beginning to swell
Crippling lock!
That Standing Guillotine from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
It's deep! Dan Henderson cannot escape and taps before going out!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (Standing Guillotine) at 4:58 Round 4
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 27/37 (73%)
Kicks 8/10 (80%)
Clinch strikes 19/25 (76%)
Takedowns 2/4 (50%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 322 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 16/42 (38%)
Kicks 0/4 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/16 (62%)
Takedowns 1/3 (33%)
GnP strikes 5/17 (29%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 2/2 (100%)
Time on the ground 322 s
VERY impressive performance by Sakuraba. With a few small tweaks, I could see him winning this thing. Legits.
Dan Henderson looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Kazushi Sakuraba today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
0:08 Round 1 and Sakuraba is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Kazushi Sakuraba moves forward looking for some grappling action
Sakuraba has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
The fighters are clinching.
a flying knee from Sakuraba towards Dan Henderson's face
hits it, what a strike surely that hurts, Henderson got to be more careful now
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba gets double underhooks and looks for the takedown...
Sakuraba blocks Dan Henderson's knee and hits a perfectly executed knee tap! Nice move.
The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Henderson can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground...
Henderson knows how to keep his advantage on the ground.
Henderson tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dan Henderson aggressively and repeatedly punches Sakuraba.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Sakuraba's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Dan Henderson is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Dan Henderson in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sakuraba
Henderson tries to jump to side mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba jumps and show some wrestling skills as he positions himself for continuing the fight in side control.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Dan Henderson can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba tries to escape from the closed guard
Kazushi Sakuraba any adventage in the ground.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to better his position on the ground...
Sakuraba breaks the closed guard of Dan Henderson and moves to half guard
The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Dan Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Dan Henderson...
Dan Henderson takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Dan Henderson's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba passes momentarily but Dan Henderson regains full guard.
Herb Dean 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.
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Henderson moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Kazushi Sakuraba checks the kick.
Dan Henderson is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Henderson is swinging for the fences!
A hit that almost breaks Sakuraba's jaw!
Crisp uppercut by Henderson followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Dan Henderson struggles a bit before breaking Sakuraba's attemp of grappling
Henderson showing excellent timing, blasts Kazushi Sakuraba with a right hand.
Sakuraba steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Middle kick from Sakuraba.
The kick just misses.
Sakuraba and Henderson circle around the center of the cage.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba goes with a looping right hand while Dan Henderson jumps back and jabs
Henderson seems staggered and Kazushi Sakuraba runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
after measuring the distance Sakuraba jump forward with a flying knee
Dan Henderson block it with ease
The clock says 4:00 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba and Dan Henderson are cliched up against the cage. Sakuraba hammers Henderson face and hooks Henderson leg
Henderson stays on his feet and fights off the trip
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Dan Henderson to fight back!
Henderson pushes off of Kazushi Sakuraba and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Sakuraba stumbles backwards but Dan Henderson chases him and continues the rain of blows!
Henderson doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Kazushi Sakuraba embrace and tries to move away...
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Henderson forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The fighters are clinching.
Once Henderson is able to keep you againts the fence in a clinch you must be worried.
Henderson grab one of Kazushi Sakuraba's arm and tries a Hip Throw
Sakuraba done well to maintain his balances and avoid going down
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Dan Henderson pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Dan Henderson circles to get the center of the cage
Henderson moves forward looking for some action
Dan Henderson shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes away Henderson trying to keep the fight at striking range
Henderson doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Kazushi Sakuraba
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a knee!
Kazushi Sakuraba hits Henderson's hard just below the ribs!
Dan Henderson 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.
The clock says 4:55 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson is launching some bone breaking punches to Sakuraba's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Kazushi Sakuraba's eyes.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Sakuraba tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Sakuraba is clinching with Henderson.
Dan Henderson tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson circles out and slips free of Kazushi Sakuraba's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Dan Henderson fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Middle kick from Sakuraba.
The kick just misses.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
Solid shot from Kazushi Sakuraba to the body.
Henderson didn't like that.
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.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Dan Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba fails to take him down and both fighter are still standing
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Kazushi Sakuraba takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
The clock says 1:30 in the 2 round
Henderson wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Henderson moves forward and holds Sakuraba
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba tries to launch a knee to the body while in the clinch!
Glancing blow to Henderson's abdomen!
Henderson ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba slightly pushes Henderson into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Henderson steps backwards away from Kazushi Sakuraba. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Sakuraba avoids a dangerous strike from Henderson
and counters with a solid straight!
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Nice punch by Dan Henderson
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Henderson moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Kazushi Sakuraba takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Henderson goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He is not able to do it
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Henderson measures the resilience of Sakuraba's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Sakuraba blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Dan Henderson can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson tries to close the guard.
Henderson put Kazushi Sakuraba in closed guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Dan Henderson launches a few punches to Sakuraba's cheek from the guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Henderson tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Henderson
Sakuraba struggles on the ground and tries to break Dan Henderson's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba is in Henderson open guard now
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Henderson
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Dan Henderson can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over Henderson
Deep breaths from Dan Henderson who tries a hammer punch to Sakuraba's ribs.
Sakuraba blocks those punches
Sakuraba is trying to counter now!
Sakuraba tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a nice one-two combination
He scores!
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
Dan Henderson has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 3
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Kazushi Sakuraba launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Henderson's knee!
Henderson hyper-extended his leg
The two exchange wildly
Sakuraba is connecting with a few punches
Henderson tries to grapple
Sakuraba moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
The clock says 0:40 in the 3 round
Henderson goes to the body...
his punches graze Sakuraba's arm.
Henderson is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba shows great balance while pushing away Dan Henderson
Henderson 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 1:05 in the 3 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Sakuraba's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Henderson pushes Kazushi Sakuraba against the fence and launches a few sick punches
Sakuraba blocks and pushes away his opponent creating space between them.
Several good body shots
are evaded by Sakuraba.
Dan Henderson gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Multiple well placed knees from Sakuraba!
Nice hits to Henderson's ribs! Brilliant performance from Kazushi Sakuraba
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson fakes a few punches and advance towards Sakuraba trying to take him down with a Advancing Leg Sweep
Sakuraba pushes Dan Henderson and circle away keeping himself within striking range
Henderson throws a hook
He fails to land it.
Henderson pushes Kazushi Sakuraba and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Dan Henderson and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Kazushi Sakuraba is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Henderson tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Henderson is clinching with Sakuraba.
The fighters are clinching.
Henderson launches a few hard punches to Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba's ribs shows the damage! Dan Henderson is working his opponent ribs!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Henderson is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Henderson takes a break to breathe while holding Kazushi Sakuraba.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The clock says 2:40 in the 3 round
Henderson fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kazushi Sakuraba didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dan Henderson is in open guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass to half guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba can't prevent his opponent from passing. Henderson looks to work from half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 3:30 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
That hit Henderson who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Dan Henderson passes momentarily but Kazushi Sakuraba regains half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Dan Henderson tries to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Dan Henderson passes momentarily but Kazushi Sakuraba regains half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Kazushi Sakuraba work his BJJ game.
Kazushi Sakuraba overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Henderson pulls his arm out of danger.
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Dan Henderson keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Sakuraba measures the resilience of Henderson's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Henderson's side.
The clock says 4:30 in the 3 round
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba is gassing out... Too bad. His performance may be going down from here.
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Henderson's ribs.
That hit Henderson who moves on the ground in order to protect himself
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Henderson is looking to end this fight with strikes
Sakuraba anticipates his moves and avoids danger.
Dan Henderson is in half guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Henderson blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Dan Henderson tries to take advantage...
Dan Henderson wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Henderson drills Kazushi Sakuraba's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Sakuraba's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 4
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Kazushi Sakuraba goes with a looping right hand while Dan Henderson jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Henderson seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Sakuraba leads with a punch
Dan Henderson evades but whiffs with a counter.
Sakuraba throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
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.
Henderson and Kazushi Sakuraba are cliched up against the cage. Henderson steps for a throw
Sakuraba stays on his feet
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
He surprises Henderson with a double overhooks!
Sakuraba goes for a low kick..
Faster than a blinking eye, he follows up with a high kick!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Left eye
The two exchange wildly
both landing but without much steam behind the shots.
The clock says 1:35 in the 4 round
Dan Henderson and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Dan Henderson is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Henderson steps forward
Kazushi Sakuraba catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to stomp on Henderson's feet while in the clinch.
Those hits are more annoying than damaging to Henderson
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba grabs Dan Henderson in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
There is a small laceration on Dan Henderson's Nose
Dan Henderson 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 Dan Henderson
The fighters are clinching.
Dan Henderson is taking out his mouthpiece to breathe...
Dan Henderson grapple with Kazushi Sakuraba and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Sakuraba manage to maintain his balances and avoid going down
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
Sakuraba launches a furious low kick!
Henderson receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Henderson hyper-extended his left leg
Every time Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to get inside
Henderson misses with a low kick.
Henderson clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Inside leg kick from Sakuraba
that lands on Dan Henderson's leg.
The clock says 3:00 in the 4 round
Dan Henderson goes with a looping right hand while Kazushi Sakuraba jumps back and jabs
Sakuraba seems staggered and Dan Henderson runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Kazushi Sakuraba wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Henderson!
Henderson moves to shoot
but Kazushi Sakuraba delivers a knee that wrecks him!
Low kick by Dan Henderson to maintain his distance.
Bad move. That was far from landing.
The clock says 3:50 in the 4 round
Terrible one sided match... Henderson was not ready to fight a fighter of Kazushi Sakuraba caliber.
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes a punch and launches himself over Dan Henderson
Great move by Sakuraba who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
The fighters are clinching.
Kazushi Sakuraba is controlling the clinch and launches a vicious knee!
Crushing blow to Henderson's face.
Henderson seems a bit groggy... his movements are not very coordinated now.
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Dan Henderson's ribs!
Dan Henderson's ribs shows the damage! Kazushi Sakuraba is working his opponent ribs!
That punishment by Kazushi Sakuraba has left Henderson staggered! Kazushi Sakuraba should try push forward now and finish this!
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba has some bruises after a few exchanges with his opponent.
Sakuraba grabs Dan Henderson in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
Henderson has a small cut in his Nose
Dan Henderson 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.
The fighters are clinching.
You can see Henderson's blood making stains in the mat.
after measuring the distance Sakuraba jump forward with a flying knee
Kazushi Sakuraba's knee landed perfectly on Henderson's chest, from the look of his face that must have really hurt
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Kazushi Sakuraba launches a few punches towards Henderson's ribs while holds him in a double overhooks!
Dan Henderson receives a couple of blows in the ribs.
The clock says 4:50 in the 4 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Dan Henderson 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.
Henderson misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine and tries to pull guard...
Henderson's Nose is beginning to swell
Crippling lock!
That Standing Guillotine from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
It's deep! Dan Henderson cannot escape and taps before going out!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (Standing Guillotine) at 4:58 Round 4
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 27/37 (73%)
Kicks 8/10 (80%)
Clinch strikes 19/25 (76%)
Takedowns 2/4 (50%)
GnP strikes 4/4 (100%)
Submissions 3/3 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 322 s
Statistics: Dan Henderson
Punches 16/42 (38%)
Kicks 0/4 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/16 (62%)
Takedowns 1/3 (33%)
GnP strikes 5/17 (29%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 2/2 (100%)
Time on the ground 322 s
VERY impressive performance by Sakuraba. With a few small tweaks, I could see him winning this thing. Legits.