Sakuraba vs. Lima

[The Sandmen]

Kazushi Sakuraba is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Douglas Lima raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Kazushi Sakuraba is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.

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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!


Douglas Lima moves forward and launches a high kick!
Vicious high kick!
Sakuraba's Left cheek is beginning to swell


Douglas Lima throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Sakuraba's chin! That stops Sakuraba in his tracks!
Kazushi Sakuraba seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Douglas Lima!


A wicked punch by Douglas Lima
rocks Sakuraba!
Sakuraba's Left eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Kazushi Sakuraba's Left eye
That punishment by Douglas Lima has left Sakuraba staggered! Douglas Lima should try push forward now and finish this!


The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.


Kazushi Sakuraba launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Lima tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Superb haymaker by Lima
that lands on Sakuraba's face like a cannon ball!
Sakuraba hit the ground like he got hit with a baseball bat! Douglas Lima knocks Sakuraba out cold in a stunning fashion!
Sakuraba's Mouth is beginning to swell
Sakuraba has a small cut in his Mouth

Winner is Douglas Lima by KO (Haymaker) at 1:02 Round 1

Statistics: Kazushi Sakuraba
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s

Statistics: Douglas Lima
Punches 3/3 (100%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s


I cannot think of anyone who has destroyed Sakuraba as quickly and efficiently as this. If someone wants to check the fight history and see if anyone has, I would be interested in that information. This was no flash KO, Lima just beat the living shit out of Sakuraba here.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Owie... lol

[Deleted]

Now that is what I like to see Amazing fight Lima

[The Sandmen]

That'll move him into a ranked position too, where he probably belongs. He just had to prove it and this win did just that.

[Deleted]

Good nice to hear.

[The Sandmen]

[xx - Team GAP]

Hmm... I'd like to dominate my fights like this.

[The Sandmen]

Maxing guys out can do that. Or not. Welcome to the crapshoot, fellas.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Nov 22, 2014 5:21:03 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Maxing guys out can do that. Or not. Welcome to the crapshoot, fellas.

I disagree. The only maxed out fighter without atleast one championship, or atleast even looks promising for them to win a title, is D'Alelio. So saying it's a crapshoot isn't entirely accurate at all.

[The Sandmen]

Marloes Coenen, Miesha Tate, Douglas Lima, Fedor Emelianenko. You know, 37% of the Currently Capped Fighter list.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Nov 24, 2014 14:26:06 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Marloes Coenen, Miesha Tate, Douglas Lima, Fedor Emelianenko. You know, 37% of the Currently Capped Fighter list.

Coenen could win the title... as could Fedor with Overeem as the champion right now; there's quite a few guys that are able to beat Overeem at this moment in time... Lima looks to be well on his way to being another BS Bulldozers phenom, so that leaves Tate, who I had no idea was capped since she received upgrades prior to her D'Alelio fight... and even then, she has more of a chance of winning the belt than D'Alelio does at this point based on history. So again, how is it a crapshoot?

[The Sandmen]

Because being a champ is not about being good enough to beat the current champ - it's about winning a tournament then beating the champ. I don't think Fedor could take out JDS or Jones or Couture, or about 7 other people in the division who are uncapped. Tate lost to uncapped Carano, Coenen has lost to about everyone, as has D'Alelio. Cyborg is better than half of this list and is about the farthest from capped in the league in terms of legit fighters. It's a crapshoot. If you upgrade them right, they are good. If not, back to the drawing board.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Nov 24, 2014 14:47:38 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Because being a champ is not about being good enough to beat the current champ - it's about winning a tournament then beating the champ. I don't think Fedor could take out JDS or Jones or Couture, or about 7 other people in the division who are uncapped. Tate lost to uncapped Carano, Coenen has lost to about everyone, as has D'Alelio. Cyborg is better than half of this list and is about the farthest from capped in the league in terms of legit fighters. It's a crapshoot. If you upgrade them right, they are good. If not, back to the drawing board.

You keep saying this "if you upgrade them right" bullshit but I didn't upgrade D'Alelio wrong at all, yet she still perpetually loses; Kedzie atleast you have/had a point with, but not D'Alelio. It's not a crapshoot when the fighters you mentioned, minus Fedor and basically Lima cuz he's still relatively new, are consistently still making it to championship fights and you can't sit there claim Tate won't be there now because you "upgraded her right". Well, the fact is that it seems that you and only folks that take YOUR advice on how to upgrade these fighters are the only ones that ever win any titles, unless they somehow luck out or they've already got a good fighter to begin with, which is absolute bullshit because you're not the only one on this site that knows anything about MMA.

[The Sandmen]

Nov 24, 2014 15:12:12 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

You keep saying this "if you upgrade them right" bullshit but I didn't upgrade D'Alelio wrong at all, yet she still perpetually loses

And yet, when you removed points and fine-tuned her, she did significantly better, beating people she previously lost to. What does that tell you?

Nov 24, 2014 15:12:12 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

and you can't sit there claim Tate won't be there now because you "upgraded her right".

Huh? I didn't upgrade her correctly at all. I have said several times I will be levelling about 10-15 points out of her and restructuring her build. She got destroyed by Carano, and she should be better. I screwed her up royally and am going to try something completely different.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Nov 24, 2014 16:47:56 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Nov 24, 2014 15:12:12 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

You keep saying this "if you upgrade them right" bullshit but I didn't upgrade D'Alelio wrong at all, yet she still perpetually loses

And yet, when you removed points and fine-tuned her, she did significantly better, beating people she previously lost to. What does that tell you?

I wouldn't say significantly at all, cuz the only one she beat that she hadn't before was Nakai. So if the changes were/are as significant as you claim, she would've beat Murphy and lasted longer than the 1st round with Carano twice. So don't give me this "significantly better" crap. lol I mean we'll see more as the season progresses, but we haven't seen anything that significant yet.

Nov 24, 2014 16:47:56 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Nov 24, 2014 15:12:12 GMT -5 xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club said:

and you can't sit there claim Tate won't be there now because you "upgraded her right".

Huh? I didn't upgrade her correctly at all. I have said several times I will be levelling about 10-15 points out of her and restructuring her build. She got destroyed by Carano, and she should be better. I screwed her up royally and am going to try something completely different.

Everyone gets destroyed by Carano... lol So you I can't really claim that as a screw up.