Post by The Sandmen on Apr 30, 2018 8:42:13 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Sakuraba while John McCarthy recites the rules.
Thiago Alves is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Kazushi Sakuraba is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if he loses today.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
0:11 Round 1 and Sakuraba is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts a sweep single...
Thiago Alves was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
Sakuraba checks it.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Good front kick from Sakuraba!
Thiago Alves blocks
Thiago Alves tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Sakuraba looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Thiago Alves's punches
Sakuraba measures the resilience of Alves's chin with an uppercut while Alves lands some great crosses.
Alves has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Thiago Alves tries a high kick!
Sakuraba was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Sakuraba throws a lazy kick
Alves dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Sakuraba fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alves sprawls and remains on his feet.
Thiago Alves seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Incredible high kick!
Sakuraba is worried!
Thiago Alves tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sakuraba won't budge, forcing Alves to pull guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba tries to escape from closed guard...
Alves waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Kazushi Sakuraba! He is reversed and nor Thiago Alves is on half guard!
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Thiago Alves keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Sakuraba
Thiago Alves tries to free his leg...
Sakuraba rolls on the ground and moves to side mount! Awesome maneuver!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Thiago Alves, who is barely covering up!
Alves's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba fires a barrage of punches at Alves's head!
This is bad! Sakuraba is just pounding on Thiago Alves's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Thiago Alves gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba aggressively and repeatedly punches Alves.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Alves's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to posture up and open Thiago Alves's guard...
Thiago Alves has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba gets a good position on the ground. ..
Alves holds Kazushi Sakuraba arms and counters his opponent punches.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Thiago Alves to fight back!
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Thiago Alves can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves 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 Alves
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Alves can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Alves misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Thiago Alves's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba passes momentarily but Thiago Alves regains full guard.
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.
Alves pushes Kazushi Sakuraba and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Crisp uppercut by Alves followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Alves throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Sakuraba's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Thiago Alves throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Sakuraba's chin! That stops Sakuraba in his tracks!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Right eye
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sakuraba blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Kazushi Sakuraba's cheek! Sakuraba stumbles and the falls to the mat!
John McCarthy is asking Sakuraba to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Sakuraba.
Sakuraba's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Winner is Thiago Alves by TKO (Punch) at 4:25 Round 1
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 1/1 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/20 (60%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 121 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
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 121 s
Some shuffling at MW. Interesting.
Thiago Alves is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Kazushi Sakuraba is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if he loses today.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
0:11 Round 1 and Sakuraba is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts a sweep single...
Thiago Alves was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
The clock says 0:20 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Thiago Alves
Sakuraba checks it.
Poorly executed technique. Kazushi Sakuraba looks to counter!
Good front kick from Sakuraba!
Thiago Alves blocks
Thiago Alves tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Sakuraba looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Thiago Alves's punches
Sakuraba measures the resilience of Alves's chin with an uppercut while Alves lands some great crosses.
Alves has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Thiago Alves tries a high kick!
Sakuraba was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Sakuraba throws a lazy kick
Alves dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Sakuraba fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alves sprawls and remains on his feet.
Thiago Alves seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Incredible high kick!
Sakuraba is worried!
Thiago Alves tries to bring the fight to the ground
Sakuraba won't budge, forcing Alves to pull guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba tries to escape from closed guard...
Alves waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Kazushi Sakuraba! He is reversed and nor Thiago Alves is on half guard!
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba attempts to move to full guard
Thiago Alves keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Thiago Alves is in half guard over Sakuraba
Thiago Alves tries to free his leg...
Sakuraba rolls on the ground and moves to side mount! Awesome maneuver!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Thiago Alves, who is barely covering up!
Alves's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in side mount over Thiago Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to mount Thiago Alves...
Kazushi Sakuraba slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba fires a barrage of punches at Alves's head!
This is bad! Sakuraba is just pounding on Thiago Alves's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in full mount over Thiago Alves
Sakuraba is one of those men capable of pounding you into oblivion!
Thiago Alves tries to roll to his side and trap Kazushi Sakuraba in his guard...
Thiago Alves gets his hips out and gets to full guard.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba aggressively and repeatedly punches Alves.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Alves's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Kazushi Sakuraba looks to posture up and open Thiago Alves's guard...
Thiago Alves has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
Sakuraba gets a good position on the ground. ..
Alves holds Kazushi Sakuraba arms and counters his opponent punches.
Sakuraba clumsily fails here and it's time for Thiago Alves to fight back!
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves is in full mount over Kazushi Sakuraba
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to roll on the ground...
He makes a reversal!
Kazushi Sakuraba is in closed guard over Alves
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Thiago Alves can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves 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 Alves
Sakuraba cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Alves can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Sakuraba is in closed guard... Alves tries to roll on the ground!
Kazushi Sakuraba uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Alves misses a step and Kazushi Sakuraba sees an opportunity to counter him!
Kazushi Sakuraba tries to pass Thiago Alves's guard...
Kazushi Sakuraba passes momentarily but Thiago Alves regains full guard.
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.
Alves pushes Kazushi Sakuraba and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Crisp uppercut by Alves followed by a hard jab
Kazushi Sakuraba stumbles back.
Alves throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Sakuraba's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Thiago Alves throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Sakuraba's chin! That stops Sakuraba in his tracks!
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Right eye
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Thiago Alves launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Sakuraba blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Kazushi Sakuraba's cheek! Sakuraba stumbles and the falls to the mat!
John McCarthy is asking Sakuraba to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Sakuraba.
Sakuraba's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Winner is Thiago Alves by TKO (Punch) at 4:25 Round 1
Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 1/1 (100%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/20 (60%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 121 s
Statistics: Thiago Alves
Punches 8/11 (73%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
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 121 s
Some shuffling at MW. Interesting.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!