Post by The Sandmen on Mar 6, 2017 10:13:59 GMT -5
ManMMA Middleweight Championship
Robbie Lawler looks very relaxed.
Kazushi Sakuraba looks very relaxed.
Now Robbie Lawler put his title in contention against Sakuraba.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Lawler 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 Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Lawler and Sakuraba move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
Sakuraba looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Robbie Lawler's punches
Sakuraba is on the receiving end of a great combo by Lawler.
Robbie Lawler swings...
hard impact to Sakuraba's face!
Sakuraba fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Lawler sprawls and remains on his feet.
Kazushi Sakuraba goes with a looping right hand while Robbie Lawler jumps back and jabs
Sakuraba seems staggered and Robbie Lawler runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Nice punch by Robbie Lawler
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Lawler is holding Kazushi Sakuraba's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Kazushi Sakuraba shows great balance while pushing away Robbie Lawler
Sakuraba tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
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.
Kazushi Sakuraba's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Lawler is throwing a flurry of punches!
Kazushi Sakuraba just can't get away!
Sakuraba's Right cheek is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Right cheek
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Robbie Lawler tries to control Kazushi Sakuraba in the clinch and use his dirty boxing
Lawler pushes the back of Kazushi Sakuraba's head with one hand and punches his head a few times with the other, that surely hurts him
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Robbie Lawler grapple with Kazushi Sakuraba and tries a Outer Leg Sweep
Sakuraba manage to maintain his balances and avoid the takedown
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Lawler 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 fighters are clinching.
Robbie Lawler is absolutely terrifying with his power in the clinch, and is violently punishing Sakuraba with uppercuts!
Nothing that Sakuraba must fear as he blocks nicely
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Lawler is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Lawler takes a break to breathe while holding Kazushi Sakuraba.
Dan Miragliotta sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Robbie Lawler throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Sakuraba's chin! That stops Sakuraba in his tracks!
Sakuraba crumples to the mat and Lawler moves in to finish him. The referee jumps in and stops the fight!
Sakuraba's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Winner is Robbie Lawler by KO (Punch) at 2:18 Round 1
Statistics: Robbie Lawler
Punches 10/14 (71%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 9/14 (64%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/2 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/1 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Robbie Lawler defends the Middleweight title!
I feel like Sakuraba inexplicably sucked here. Like, really bad. He is better than that though. Sooo, wtf KazSak?