Post by The Sandmen on Jan 22, 2014 21:46:54 GMT -5
Kazushi Sakuraba raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Carlos Condit raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Carlos Condit comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Kazushi Sakuraba and Carlos Condit touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Condit tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Carlos Condit 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 Carlos Condit
The fighters are clinching.
Condit grapple with Kazushi Sakuraba and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Kazushi Sakuraba managed to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Carlos Condit's ribs!
Carlos Condit's ribs shows the damage! Kazushi Sakuraba is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Carlos Condit 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.
Condit misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine and tries to pull guard...
Carlos Condit slips his head out and ends up in Kazushi Sakuraba's guard.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Carlos Condit is looking to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Carlos Condit gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Carlos Condit to fight back!
Good looking punches from Carlos Condit on the ground
deflected by Sakuraba.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Carlos Condit keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Condit gets a good position on the ground. ..
Sakuraba holds Carlos Condit arms and counters his opponent punches.
Carlos Condit gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Carlos Condit breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Carlos Condit. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Romexpo (Bucharest, Romania) are cheering for the fighters.
Condit wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Condit moves forward and holds Sakuraba
The fighters are clinching.
Carlos Condit 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 Carlos Condit
Condit clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine with an arm in...
Carlos Condit brings Kazushi Sakuraba down to the ground and pulls his head out.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Condit is taking this opportunity to rest.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Condit tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Sakuraba leans and gets Carlos Condit's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Condit clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Sakuraba attempts a triangle from bottom! Carlos Condit slips out. Sakuraba quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Carlos Condit slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Back to the beginning! Carlos Condit is standing now.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Condit is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Condit moves backwards and gestures for Kazushi Sakuraba to stand up.
Kazushi Sakuraba is on his feet again.
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Carlos Condit. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
A right hand from Carlos Condit
surprises Sakuraba!
Incredible high kick!
Sakuraba deflects and sidesteps.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Carlos Condit has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Sakuraba is wobbling!
Condit is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba loses balance and goes to the ground.
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Carlos Condit in his guard.
Carlos Condit keeps control and remains in side mount.
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Condit tries to open up Kazushi Sakuraba's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Sakuraba in the side of the head
Sakuraba has a small cut in his Forehead
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Condit's ribs.
Condit blocks those punches
Condit is trying to counter now!
Condit tries to open up Kazushi Sakuraba's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Sakuraba in the side of the head
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit looks to mount Kazushi Sakuraba...
Carlos Condit slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Carlos Condit is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Sakuraba breaks the lock showing some skills...
Carlos Condit is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit aggressively and repeatedly punches Sakuraba.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
That brutal impact left Sakuraba laid out on the mat! Carlos Condit's corner come in to congratulate him!
Sakuraba has a small cut in his Forehead
Winner is Carlos Condit by KO (GnP) at 4:21 Round 1
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 126 s
Statistics: Carlos Condit
Punches 2/2 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 12/21 (57%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 117 s
Wow, KOing Sakuraba is not an easy task, but on the ground via flash also kind of a big accomplishment. Condit is legit, which we knew.
Carlos Condit raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
Carlos Condit comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Kazushi Sakuraba and Carlos Condit touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
Condit tries to grapple
He puts Sakuraba in a double underhook!
The fighters are clinching.
Carlos Condit 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 Carlos Condit
The fighters are clinching.
Condit grapple with Kazushi Sakuraba and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Kazushi Sakuraba managed to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sakuraba launches a few hard punches to Carlos Condit's ribs!
Carlos Condit's ribs shows the damage! Kazushi Sakuraba is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Carlos Condit 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.
Condit misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine and tries to pull guard...
Carlos Condit slips his head out and ends up in Kazushi Sakuraba's guard.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Carlos Condit is looking to pass Kazushi Sakuraba's guard...
Carlos Condit gets his hips free and moves to half guard.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Carlos Condit to fight back!
Good looking punches from Carlos Condit on the ground
deflected by Sakuraba.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Carlos Condit keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Carlos Condit is in half guard over Sakuraba
Condit gets a good position on the ground. ..
Sakuraba holds Carlos Condit arms and counters his opponent punches.
Carlos Condit gets sloppy and Kazushi Sakuraba tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba moves to high guard and tries to close an armbar!
Carlos Condit breaks the lock, rolls on the ground and stands up quickly.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Carlos Condit. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Romexpo (Bucharest, Romania) are cheering for the fighters.
Condit wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Condit moves forward and holds Sakuraba
The fighters are clinching.
Carlos Condit 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 Carlos Condit
Condit clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Kazushi Sakuraba locks up a guillotine with an arm in...
Carlos Condit brings Kazushi Sakuraba down to the ground and pulls his head out.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Condit is taking this opportunity to rest.
Carlos Condit is in closed guard over Sakuraba
Condit tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Sakuraba leans and gets Carlos Condit's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Condit clumsily fails here and it's time for Kazushi Sakuraba to fight back!
Sakuraba attempts a triangle from bottom! Carlos Condit slips out. Sakuraba quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Carlos Condit slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
Back to the beginning! Carlos Condit is standing now.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Condit is standing while Sakuraba is on the ground on his back
Condit moves backwards and gestures for Kazushi Sakuraba to stand up.
Kazushi Sakuraba is on his feet again.
Sakuraba steps backwards away from Carlos Condit. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
A right hand from Carlos Condit
surprises Sakuraba!
Incredible high kick!
Sakuraba deflects and sidesteps.
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Carlos Condit has found an opening in the defense of Sakuraba, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Sakuraba is wobbling!
Condit is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba loses balance and goes to the ground.
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Carlos Condit in his guard.
Carlos Condit keeps control and remains in side mount.
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Condit tries to open up Kazushi Sakuraba's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Sakuraba in the side of the head
Sakuraba has a small cut in his Forehead
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Deep breaths from Kazushi Sakuraba who tries a hammer punch to Condit's ribs.
Condit blocks those punches
Condit is trying to counter now!
Condit tries to open up Kazushi Sakuraba's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Sakuraba in the side of the head
Carlos Condit is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit looks to mount Kazushi Sakuraba...
Carlos Condit slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 3:55 in the 1 round
Carlos Condit is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Sakuraba breaks the lock showing some skills...
Carlos Condit is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Carlos Condit aggressively and repeatedly punches Sakuraba.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
That brutal impact left Sakuraba laid out on the mat! Carlos Condit's corner come in to congratulate him!
Sakuraba has a small cut in his Forehead
Winner is Carlos Condit by KO (GnP) at 4:21 Round 1
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 3/4 (75%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/1 (0%)
Submissions 4/4 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 126 s
Statistics: Carlos Condit
Punches 2/2 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 12/21 (57%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 117 s
Wow, KOing Sakuraba is not an easy task, but on the ground via flash also kind of a big accomplishment. Condit is legit, which we knew.