Post by The Sandmen on Sept 6, 2013 16:44:13 GMT -5
Kazushi Sakuraba is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
Brian Stann raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
All American is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
All American tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
All American takes a break to breathe while holding Kazushi Sakuraba.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Sakuraba shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Brian Stann.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
All American tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba jump forward with his knee rising
hard impact to the face!!! that strike sents Brian Stann to the mat
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
All American tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Brian Stann is on his feet again.
A wicked punch by Brian Stann
goes awry.
Sakuraba follows Brian Stann
All American fakes a move.
Brian Stann gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba showing excellent timing, blasts Brian Stann with a right hand.
Great hook by Kazushi Sakuraba! Brian Stann is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba moves backwards and gestures for Brian Stann to stand up.
Brian Stann is on his feet again.
Kazushi Sakuraba and All American engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Sakuraba pushes Brian Stann and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
A wicked punch by Brian Stann
goes awry.
Brian Stann circles around Sakuraba
Brian Stann and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Sakuraba fires low kicks
punishing All American's legs repeatedly.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a high kick!
All American was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
All American's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Sakuraba fires low kicks
punishing All American's legs repeatedly.
Inside leg kick from Sakuraba
that lands on Brian Stann's leg.
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.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Brian Stann.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Kazushi Sakuraba was tooling Brian Stann for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Brian Stann lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to cut off All American with punches
All American reels from the strikes.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Sakuraba showing excellent timing, blasts Brian Stann with a right hand.
Great hook by Kazushi Sakuraba! Brian Stann is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba opts to jump inside All American's guard.
All American didn't see that coming. Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over All American now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over All American
Sakuraba tries to jump to side mount.
Brian Stann closed his guard around Kazushi Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Brian Stann...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Brian Stann 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.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
All American struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Brian Stann tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
All American 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!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Kazushi Sakuraba controls the situation despite Brian Stann efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Terrible one sided match... All American was not ready to fight a fighter of Kazushi Sakuraba caliber.
Brian Stann tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Sakuraba catch Brian Stann's right arm and tries a kimura
All American's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Crippling lock!
All American struggles to free himself
All American Hyper-extended his arm
Punishing hold!
Brian Stann holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Sakuraba.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Brian Stann is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Sakuraba into his guard.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over All American
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Brian Stann's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over All American
Sakuraba launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
All American is covering himself! Sakuraba tries to force the situation and All American clumsily gives his back!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American
All American has given his back to Kazushi Sakuraba who is trying to get one hook in!
Kazushi Sakuraba has one hook in!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with one hook in
Sakuraba has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for All American.
Nicely done! Sakuraba now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
Sakuraba is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate All American, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Sakuraba moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to All American's face!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
All American is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sakuraba tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sakuraba's is smart enough to counter him.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his arm under Brian Stann's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Brian Stann pulls down on Kazushi Sakuraba's hand and staves off danger
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Brian Stann can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Brian Stann doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sakuraba's moves.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) are cheering for the fighters.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with All American
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
All American tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Brian Stann launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Brian Stann. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Nice punches from Kazushi Sakuraba.
All American staggers backwards. Sakuraba wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
All American has a small cut in his Right cheek
Sakuraba is holding Brian Stann's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Brian Stann loses balance and goes to the ground.
All American Hyper-extended his left arm
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Brian Stann's left arm looking for an armbar...
That armbar looks tight...
All American's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Punishing hold!
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar looks tight...
Brian Stann manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Kazushi Sakuraba lost his dominant position.
Brian Stann is in open guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to close his guard around All American
He succeeds!
Brian Stann is in closed guard over Sakuraba
All American is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Brian Stann!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
The pain forces All American to tap! This is over!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (armbar) at 3:06 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 17/20 (85%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 175 s
Statistics: Brian Stann
Punches 3/9 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 206 s
I always underestimate Sakuraba. When he comes to play, he comes to play.
Brian Stann raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
All American is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
All American tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
All American takes a break to breathe while holding Kazushi Sakuraba.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Sakuraba shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Sakuraba moves forward looking for some action
Kazushi Sakuraba shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Brian Stann.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
All American tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba jump forward with his knee rising
hard impact to the face!!! that strike sents Brian Stann to the mat
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
All American tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Brian Stann is on his feet again.
A wicked punch by Brian Stann
goes awry.
Sakuraba follows Brian Stann
All American fakes a move.
Brian Stann gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba showing excellent timing, blasts Brian Stann with a right hand.
Great hook by Kazushi Sakuraba! Brian Stann is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba moves backwards and gestures for Brian Stann to stand up.
Brian Stann is on his feet again.
Kazushi Sakuraba and All American engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
Sakuraba pushes Brian Stann and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
A wicked punch by Brian Stann
goes awry.
Brian Stann circles around Sakuraba
Brian Stann and Sakuraba engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Sakuraba fires low kicks
punishing All American's legs repeatedly.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries a high kick!
All American was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
All American's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Sakuraba fires low kicks
punishing All American's legs repeatedly.
Inside leg kick from Sakuraba
that lands on Brian Stann's leg.
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.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Brian Stann.
Josh Rosenthal sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Kazushi Sakuraba was tooling Brian Stann for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Brian Stann lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to cut off All American with punches
All American reels from the strikes.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Sakuraba showing excellent timing, blasts Brian Stann with a right hand.
Great hook by Kazushi Sakuraba! Brian Stann is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
Sakuraba is standing while All American is on the ground on his back
Sakuraba opts to jump inside All American's guard.
All American didn't see that coming. Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over All American now.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over All American
Sakuraba tries to jump to side mount.
Brian Stann closed his guard around Kazushi Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Brian Stann...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Brian Stann 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.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
All American struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Brian Stann tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
All American 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!
Sakuraba tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Kazushi Sakuraba controls the situation despite Brian Stann efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Terrible one sided match... All American was not ready to fight a fighter of Kazushi Sakuraba caliber.
Brian Stann tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Sakuraba catch Brian Stann's right arm and tries a kimura
All American's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Crippling lock!
All American struggles to free himself
All American Hyper-extended his arm
Punishing hold!
Brian Stann holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Sakuraba.
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Round 2
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The clock says 0:10 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Brian Stann is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Sakuraba into his guard.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over All American
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Brian Stann's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to get his leg free and moves to half guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in half guard over All American
Sakuraba launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
All American is covering himself! Sakuraba tries to force the situation and All American clumsily gives his back!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American
All American has given his back to Kazushi Sakuraba who is trying to get one hook in!
Kazushi Sakuraba has one hook in!
The clock says 0:50 in the 2 round
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with one hook in
Sakuraba has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for All American.
Nicely done! Sakuraba now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
Sakuraba is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate All American, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Sakuraba moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
Kazushi Sakuraba fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to All American's face!
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
All American is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Sakuraba tries to use some of his tricky moves but Sakuraba's is smart enough to counter him.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his arm under Brian Stann's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Punishing hold!
Brian Stann pulls down on Kazushi Sakuraba's hand and staves off danger
Sakuraba is in rear mount over All American with two hooks in
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Brian Stann can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Brian Stann doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Sakuraba's moves.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) are cheering for the fighters.
Kazushi Sakuraba leans forwards and tries to grapple with All American
Sakuraba shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
All American tries to take Kazushi Sakuraba down... Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Brian Stann launches a few punches...
Kazushi Sakuraba dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Brian Stann. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Nice punches from Kazushi Sakuraba.
All American staggers backwards. Sakuraba wants to finish this and continues launching bombs!
All American has a small cut in his Right cheek
Sakuraba is holding Brian Stann's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Brian Stann loses balance and goes to the ground.
All American Hyper-extended his left arm
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba isolates Brian Stann's left arm looking for an armbar...
That armbar looks tight...
All American's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Kazushi Sakuraba appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in All American's eyes...
Punishing hold!
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar looks tight...
Brian Stann manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Kazushi Sakuraba lost his dominant position.
Brian Stann is in open guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to close his guard around All American
He succeeds!
Brian Stann is in closed guard over Sakuraba
All American is in closed guard... Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Brian Stann!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Brian Stann
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
The pain forces All American to tap! This is over!
Winner is Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (armbar) at 3:06 Round 2
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 17/20 (85%)
Kicks 8/8 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 1/1 (100%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 175 s
Statistics: Brian Stann
Punches 3/9 (33%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 206 s
I always underestimate Sakuraba. When he comes to play, he comes to play.