Post by The Sandmen on Feb 6, 2015 0:12:44 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Lawler while Josh Rosenthal recites the rules.
Kazushi Sakuraba looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sakuraba is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Robbie Lawler takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Lawler is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba loses balance and goes to the ground.
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Robbie Lawler in his guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to switch to full guard.
Robbie Lawler is in open guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to close his guard around Lawler
He is not able to do it
Robbie Lawler is in open guard over Sakuraba
Lawler moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
As the fight continues it seems that Robbie Lawler is taking the best of the fight.
Lawler launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Kazushi Sakuraba rolls over himself and stands up while Robbie Lawler rolls on his back.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Robbie Lawler. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Sakuraba looks to be in very good shape.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts a sweep single...
Kazushi Sakuraba catches Robbie Lawler's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Lawler
Sakuraba tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Lawler leans and gets Kazushi Sakuraba's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Robbie Lawler tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler 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 Lawler
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Lawler is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Sakuraba's ribs.
Sakuraba is noticing that and his face shows the pain.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler catch Kazushi Sakuraba's left arm and tries a kimura
Kazushi Sakuraba holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Robbie Lawler controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Robbie Lawler in his guard...
Robbie Lawler keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Robbie Lawler in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to move on the ground and shows Robbie Lawler a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Sakuraba uses his forearms to block the impact!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Lawler can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Lawler tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Sakuraba struggles and frees his leg!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler sits over his knees and pushes away Sakuraba's leg!
Robbie Lawler is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Kazushi Sakuraba, who is barely covering up!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Robbie Lawler tries to better his position on the ground...
Lawler is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler leans back...
He clobbers Kazushi Sakuraba's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Sakuraba's Right eye is beginning to swell
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Sakuraba's being punished here!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Robbie Lawler keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba 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 Lawler's moves.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Robbie Lawler looks to counter!
Good looking punches from Robbie Lawler on the ground
deflected by Sakuraba.
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Lawler goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Lawler
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Robbie Lawler.
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Round 2
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Robbie Lawler's mind is definitely in the fight, Sakuraba just got nailed! Robbie Lawler saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Sakuraba moves aside and dodges.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
High kick from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Lawler seems to be done!
Lawler has a small cut in his Right cheek
Sakuraba steps forward
Lawler feints.
Robbie Lawler 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.
Sakuraba avoids a dangerous strike from Lawler
and counters with a solid straight!
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Robbie Lawler pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Robbie Lawler circles to get the center of the cage
The two exchange wildly
Lawler is connecting with a few punches
Sakuraba wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba moves forward and holds Lawler
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Robbie Lawler.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Some nice shots from Kazushi Sakuraba
miss their mark.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Lawler tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Sakuraba moves backwards and circles around Robbie Lawler.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Lawler goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Lawler rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Robbie Lawler tries to take advantage...
Robbie Lawler 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.
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler 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.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Robbie Lawler 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.
Lawler misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Robbie Lawler against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Robbie Lawler struggles not allowing Kazushi Sakuraba improve his position.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler 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.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Robbie Lawler can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Lawler launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Sakuraba's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Josh Rosenthal has seen that!
Josh Rosenthal takes away one point from Robbie Lawler for eye poke.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to give Sakuraba time to recover. Kazushi Sakuraba seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
An overhand right from Robbie Lawler that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Sakuraba's stops that one with his face! How is Sakuraba standing?!
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba throws a combo
Robbie Lawler ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Sakuraba swings again, only to get countered once more! Sakuraba is looking bad here!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sakuraba was not intelligently defending himself!
Sakuraba's Chin is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Chin
Winner is Robbie Lawler by TKO (Punches) at 2:40 Round 2
Statistics: Robbie Lawler
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 10/22 (45%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 302 s
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 1/8 (12%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 302 s
And there goes my $100! What an upset! Robbie Lawler is the winner!
Lawler brought some A-game in this one. Sakuraba could not get anything going effectively, here. Unsure why how or when. I am sure, however, about the "And there goes my $100". You guys know when you see that, that it is program-generated, and I don't actually write that, right? Cause...ew.
Kazushi Sakuraba looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Sakuraba is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Sakuraba decides to launch some tentative punches
Robbie Lawler takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Lawler is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba loses balance and goes to the ground.
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to trap Robbie Lawler in his guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba manages to switch to full guard.
Robbie Lawler is in open guard over Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to close his guard around Lawler
He is not able to do it
Robbie Lawler is in open guard over Sakuraba
Lawler moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
As the fight continues it seems that Robbie Lawler is taking the best of the fight.
Lawler launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Kazushi Sakuraba rolls over himself and stands up while Robbie Lawler rolls on his back.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Robbie Lawler. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Sakuraba looks to be in very good shape.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts a sweep single...
Kazushi Sakuraba catches Robbie Lawler's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Sakuraba.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Lawler
Sakuraba tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Lawler leans and gets Kazushi Sakuraba's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Robbie Lawler tries to take advantage...
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler 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 Lawler
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Lawler is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against Sakuraba's ribs.
Sakuraba is noticing that and his face shows the pain.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler catch Kazushi Sakuraba's left arm and tries a kimura
Kazushi Sakuraba holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Robbie Lawler controls the situation despite Kazushi Sakuraba efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Robbie Lawler in his guard...
Robbie Lawler keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll to his side and trap Robbie Lawler in his guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to move on the ground and shows Robbie Lawler a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Sakuraba uses his forearms to block the impact!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Lawler can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Lawler tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Sakuraba struggles and frees his leg!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler sits over his knees and pushes away Sakuraba's leg!
Robbie Lawler is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Kazushi Sakuraba, who is barely covering up!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Forehead
Robbie Lawler is in side mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Lawler tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Robbie Lawler tries to better his position on the ground...
Lawler is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Robbie Lawler is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Sakuraba tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler leans back...
He clobbers Kazushi Sakuraba's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Sakuraba's Right eye is beginning to swell
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Lawler positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Sakuraba's being punished here!
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Robbie Lawler keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba 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 Lawler's moves.
Robbie Lawler is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
Poorly executed technique. Robbie Lawler looks to counter!
Good looking punches from Robbie Lawler on the ground
deflected by Sakuraba.
Josh Rosenthal stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Mellon Arena (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 4:35 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Lawler goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler tries to close his guard around Sakuraba
He succeeds!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Lawler
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Lawler tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
This round is clearly for Robbie Lawler.
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Round 2
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Robbie Lawler's mind is definitely in the fight, Sakuraba just got nailed! Robbie Lawler saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Sakuraba moves aside and dodges.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
High kick from Kazushi Sakuraba!
Lawler seems to be done!
Lawler has a small cut in his Right cheek
Sakuraba steps forward
Lawler feints.
Robbie Lawler 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.
Sakuraba avoids a dangerous strike from Lawler
and counters with a solid straight!
Sakuraba jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
Robbie Lawler pushes away Sakuraba trying to keep the fight at striking range
Sakuraba stumbles backwards and Robbie Lawler circles to get the center of the cage
The two exchange wildly
Lawler is connecting with a few punches
Sakuraba wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Sakuraba moves forward and holds Lawler
The fighters are clinching.
Sakuraba takes a break to breathe while holding Robbie Lawler.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Some nice shots from Kazushi Sakuraba
miss their mark.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Lawler tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Sakuraba moves backwards and circles around Robbie Lawler.
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to bring the fight to the ground
Lawler goes down.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Lawler rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Kazushi Sakuraba gets sloppy and Robbie Lawler tries to take advantage...
Robbie Lawler 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.
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler 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.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Robbie Lawler 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.
Lawler misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba pushes Robbie Lawler against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Robbie Lawler struggles not allowing Kazushi Sakuraba improve his position.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in open guard over Lawler
Lawler 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.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass to half guard...
Robbie Lawler can't prevent his opponent from passing. Sakuraba looks to work from half guard.
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Lawler launches a stiff jab!
That barely hits Sakuraba's face but it seems like one finger has poked his eye! Does the referee see that?
Josh Rosenthal has seen that!
Josh Rosenthal takes away one point from Robbie Lawler for eye poke.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to give Sakuraba time to recover. Kazushi Sakuraba seems to be ready to fight again. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
An overhand right from Robbie Lawler that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Sakuraba's stops that one with his face! How is Sakuraba standing?!
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Kazushi Sakuraba throws a combo
Robbie Lawler ducks under and catches him with a counter straight! Sakuraba swings again, only to get countered once more! Sakuraba is looking bad here!
Josh Rosenthal has seen enough! The fight is over! Sakuraba was not intelligently defending himself!
Sakuraba's Chin is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Chin
Winner is Robbie Lawler by TKO (Punches) at 2:40 Round 2
Statistics: Robbie Lawler
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 10/22 (45%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 302 s
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 1/8 (12%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/3 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 302 s
And there goes my $100! What an upset! Robbie Lawler is the winner!
Lawler brought some A-game in this one. Sakuraba could not get anything going effectively, here. Unsure why how or when. I am sure, however, about the "And there goes my $100". You guys know when you see that, that it is program-generated, and I don't actually write that, right? Cause...ew.