Post by The Sandmen on Jun 4, 2020 8:51:34 GMT -5
Kyoji Horiguchi raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Alexander Volkanovski raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Alexander Volkanovski and Horiguchi engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Horiguchi studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Horiguchi goes to the body...
He punishes Volkanovski's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Kyoji Horiguchi launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Poorly executed technique. Alexander Volkanovski looks to counter!
Horiguchi steps forward
Volkanovski feints.
Horiguchi avoids a dangerous strike from Volkanovski
and counters with a solid straight!
Volkanovski wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The fighters are clinching.
Volkanovski has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Volkanovski is launching some bone breaking punches to Horiguchi's ribs while in the clinch.
Horiguchi blocks.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Horiguchi throws a lazy kick
Volkanovski dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski checks it.
Volkanovski pushes Kyoji Horiguchi and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Alexander Volkanovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Horiguchi throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
Middle kick from Volkanovski.
Horiguchi receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Horiguchi steps forward
Alexander Volkanovski catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Horiguchi's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Horiguchi has a small cut in his Right cheek
Horiguchi throws a lazy kick
Volkanovski dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski and Horiguchi engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Alexander Volkanovski is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Shovel hook by Alexander Volkanovski
tags Horiguchi.
Horiguchi steps forward
Alexander Volkanovski catches him with an uppercut to the face!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Alexander Volkanovski moves forward looking for some grappling action
Volkanovski has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alexander Volkanovski postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Horiguchi hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Horiguchi struggles and launches a few punches to Volkanovski's head
Nothing from this... Kyoji Horiguchi seems frustrated.
Kyoji Horiguchi gets sloppy and Alexander Volkanovski tries to take advantage...
Alexander Volkanovski tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Kyoji Horiguchi
well done Horiguchi falls hard on the mat
Volkanovski is standing while Horiguchi is on the ground on his back
Volkanovski cartwheels towards Horiguchi!
He lands in side mount over a surprised Kyoji Horiguchi.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi measures the resilience of Volkanovski's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Volkanovski blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Kyoji Horiguchi launches a few punches to Volkanovski's cheek from the guard.
Alexander Volkanovski uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Horiguchi has a small cut in his Forehead
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski storms over Horiguchi with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Volkanovski doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Horiguchi's face with his elbows!
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 2
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0:14 Round 2 and Volkanovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Several good body shots
are evaded by Horiguchi.
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Kyoji Horiguchi tries to take advantage...
Horiguchi wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Volkanovski wants nothing of that and pushes Horiguchi.
Volkanovski fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kyoji Horiguchi didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Alexander Volkanovski can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Volkanovski is taking this opportunity to rest.
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski pushes Kyoji Horiguchi against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Volkanovski jumps and tries to free his leg! Horiguchi doesn't allow this but Alexander Volkanovski is able to get half guard here.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in half guard over Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Horiguchi from the side mount!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski looks to mount Kyoji Horiguchi...
Alexander Volkanovski slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Alexander Volkanovski controls the situation despite Kyoji Horiguchi efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Kyoji Horiguchi shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Kyoji Horiguchi breaks that americana attempt!
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski looks to be in very good shape.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Horiguchi's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That armbar from Alexander Volkanovski appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in Horiguchi's eyes...
Horiguchi's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The pain forces Horiguchi to tap! This is over!
Winner is Alexander Volkanovski by Submission (armbar) at 1:53 Round 2
Statistics: Kyoji Horiguchi
Punches 6/8 (75%)
Kicks 1/3 (33%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 139 s
Statistics: Alexander Volkanovski
Punches 8/17 (47%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/8 (38%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 7/9 (78%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 129 s
The Vulcan gets it done.
Alexander Volkanovski raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Alexander Volkanovski and Horiguchi engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Horiguchi studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Horiguchi goes to the body...
He punishes Volkanovski's ribs with a couple of hooks.
Kyoji Horiguchi launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Poorly executed technique. Alexander Volkanovski looks to counter!
Horiguchi steps forward
Volkanovski feints.
Horiguchi avoids a dangerous strike from Volkanovski
and counters with a solid straight!
Volkanovski wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The fighters are clinching.
Volkanovski has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Volkanovski is launching some bone breaking punches to Horiguchi's ribs while in the clinch.
Horiguchi blocks.
Josh Rosenthal separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
Horiguchi throws a lazy kick
Volkanovski dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Solid kick to the leg from Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski checks it.
Volkanovski pushes Kyoji Horiguchi and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Alexander Volkanovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Horiguchi throws a low kick
He switches targets and lands a superb body kick!
Middle kick from Volkanovski.
Horiguchi receives a solid kick right below his ribs.
Horiguchi steps forward
Alexander Volkanovski catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Horiguchi's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Horiguchi has a small cut in his Right cheek
Horiguchi throws a lazy kick
Volkanovski dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
The clock says 2:55 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski and Horiguchi engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Alexander Volkanovski is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Shovel hook by Alexander Volkanovski
tags Horiguchi.
Horiguchi steps forward
Alexander Volkanovski catches him with an uppercut to the face!
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Alexander Volkanovski moves forward looking for some grappling action
Volkanovski has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Alexander Volkanovski postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Horiguchi hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Horiguchi struggles and launches a few punches to Volkanovski's head
Nothing from this... Kyoji Horiguchi seems frustrated.
Kyoji Horiguchi gets sloppy and Alexander Volkanovski tries to take advantage...
Alexander Volkanovski tries a Foot Sweep takedown on Kyoji Horiguchi
well done Horiguchi falls hard on the mat
Volkanovski is standing while Horiguchi is on the ground on his back
Volkanovski cartwheels towards Horiguchi!
He lands in side mount over a surprised Kyoji Horiguchi.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi measures the resilience of Volkanovski's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Volkanovski blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Kyoji Horiguchi launches a few punches to Volkanovski's cheek from the guard.
Alexander Volkanovski uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Horiguchi has a small cut in his Forehead
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski storms over Horiguchi with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Volkanovski doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Horiguchi's face with his elbows!
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to move to full mount!
Nice move. He is in full mount now.
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 2
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0:14 Round 2 and Volkanovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Several good body shots
are evaded by Horiguchi.
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Kyoji Horiguchi tries to take advantage...
Horiguchi wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Volkanovski wants nothing of that and pushes Horiguchi.
Volkanovski fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Kyoji Horiguchi didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
The fight was awfully one sided. Matchmakers should take this into account for future fights.
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Alexander Volkanovski can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Volkanovski is taking this opportunity to rest.
Alexander Volkanovski is in open guard over Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski pushes Kyoji Horiguchi against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Volkanovski jumps and tries to free his leg! Horiguchi doesn't allow this but Alexander Volkanovski is able to get half guard here.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in half guard over Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling Horiguchi from the side mount!
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in side mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski looks to mount Kyoji Horiguchi...
Alexander Volkanovski slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Alexander Volkanovski controls the situation despite Kyoji Horiguchi efforts for escaping from the full mount.
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Horiguchi tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Horiguchi's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Alexander Volkanovski takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Kyoji Horiguchi shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
Kyoji Horiguchi breaks that americana attempt!
Alexander Volkanovski is in full mount over Kyoji Horiguchi
Volkanovski looks to be in very good shape.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Horiguchi's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
That armbar from Alexander Volkanovski appears to be unbreakable
You can see the pain reflected in Horiguchi's eyes...
Horiguchi's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The pain forces Horiguchi to tap! This is over!
Winner is Alexander Volkanovski by Submission (armbar) at 1:53 Round 2
Statistics: Kyoji Horiguchi
Punches 6/8 (75%)
Kicks 1/3 (33%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/1 (0%)
Time on the ground 139 s
Statistics: Alexander Volkanovski
Punches 8/17 (47%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 3/8 (38%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 7/9 (78%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 129 s
The Vulcan gets it done.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!