Post by The Sandmen on Jun 15, 2015 19:41:38 GMT -5
ManMMA Lightweight Championship
Shinya Aoki looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Mac Danzig raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
And here we go with the title fight!
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Aoki is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.
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Round 1
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Aoki and Danzig move forward as the bell signals the beginning of the fight!
The clock says 0:10 in the 1 round
A right hand from Mac Danzig
misses its target.
Danzig misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Shinya Aoki!
Danzig ducks under...
Shinya Aoki attempts a sweep single...
Shinya Aoki catches Mac Danzig's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Aoki.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Danzig
Aoki struggles on the ground and tries to break Mac Danzig's guard...
Shinya Aoki is in Danzig open guard now
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Aoki is in open guard over Danzig... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Aoki is locking that Kneebar...
That Kneebar looks tight...
Danzig rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Shinya Aoki. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Zalgiris Arena (Kaunas, Lithuania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:10 in the 1 round
Mac Danzig and Aoki engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Shinya Aoki is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Shinya Aoki tries to bring the fight to the ground
Danzig goes down.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Mac Danzig can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Mac Danzig gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Aoki moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki aggressively and repeatedly punches Danzig.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki tries to free his leg
Mac Danzig moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Zalgiris Arena (Kaunas, Lithuania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Danzig has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Mac Danzig goes with a looping right hand while Shinya Aoki jumps back and jabs
Aoki seems staggered and Mac Danzig runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Shinya Aoki shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Mac Danzig is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Aoki into his guard.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Danzig
Aoki use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Zalgiris Arena (Kaunas, Lithuania) is cheering him!
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Danzig misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki looks to pass to mount...
Danzig creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mac Danzig is setting up a throw
No dice, Aoki breaks free.
Danzig clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Shinya Aoki is setting up a throw
He nearly drops Danzig on his head!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Danzig misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki pushes Mac Danzig against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Aoki jumps and tries to free his leg! Danzig doesn't allow this but Shinya Aoki is able to get half guard here.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Danzig is moving on the ground...
Aoki tries to counter Danzig's moves on the ground.
The clock says 3:40 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Danzig launches a few weak punches
Aoki blocks them effectively.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki tries to pass Mac Danzig's guard...
Shinya Aoki manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Danzig measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki goes for an americana!
You can see the pain reflected in Danzig's eyes...
Danzig breaks free.
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig attempts to trap Shinya Aoki in his guard.
Shinya Aoki keeps control and remains in side mount.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig attempts to trap Shinya Aoki in his guard.
Shinya Aoki keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Shinya Aoki attempts a sweep single...
Mac Danzig was ready and shrugs off the takedown attempt.
Danzig is trying to counter now!
Mac Danzig fakes a punch and launches himself over Aoki!
Shinya Aoki is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Danzig and pushes him away!
Danzig is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Mac Danzig is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Mac Danzig looks to pass to mount...
Danzig slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Shinya Aoki.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Shinya Aoki has to be confident that he won that round.
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Round 2
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Aoki fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Mac Danzig didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
0:24 Round 2 and Aoki is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Danzig is able to break the lock.
The clock says 0:35 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
1:01 Round 2 and Aoki is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Shinya Aoki tries to finish with a leg lock!
Danzig is able to break the lock.
Danzig is trying to counter now!
Mac Danzig overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Aoki pulls his arm out of danger.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig launches a few weak punches
Aoki blocks them effectively.
Danzig misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki tries to pass to half guard...
Mac Danzig can't prevent his opponent from passing. Aoki looks to work from half guard.
Dan Miragliotta 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 Zalgiris Arena (Kaunas, Lithuania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Aoki is holding Mac Danzig's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Mac Danzig loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Danzig tries to show some ground skills
Aoki uses his strength to keep Aoki at a disadvantage
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki isolates Mac Danzig's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Mac Danzig is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Danzig is trying to counter now!
Danzig tries to show some ground skills
Aoki uses his strength to keep Aoki at a disadvantage
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Danzig measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Danzig clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Shinya Aoki looks to mount Mac Danzig...
Shinya Aoki slides his knee across and gets to mount.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Aoki catch Mac Danzig's right arm and tries a kimura
Punishing hold!
Mac Danzig holds his own arm and struggles until he gets free
The clock says 2:15 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Danzig breaks the lock showing some skills...
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig tries to roll to his side and trap Shinya Aoki in his guard...
Shinya Aoki keeps good control and remains in full mount.
The clock says 2:35 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
The fans are in for a real treat now. It's always fun to watch Shinya Aoki work his BJJ game.
Aoki suddenly holds Mac Danzig's arm and tries an armbar!
Danzig's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Crippling lock!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
Danzig struggles to free himself
Danzig can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Shinya Aoki!
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Danzig pulls his arm out of danger.
Shinya Aoki gets sloppy and Mac Danzig tries to take advantage...
Mac Danzig fakes some punches
Aoki ties him up.
Dan Miragliotta stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki was tooling Mac Danzig for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Mac Danzig lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Danzig steps forward
Shinya Aoki catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Nice punch by Shinya Aoki
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Incredible haymaker from Mac Danzig!
It misses by a mile.
Danzig misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki tries a hook to the body
and hits Danzig ribs hard
The clock says 3:25 in the 2 round
Mac Danzig leans forwards and tries to grapple with Aoki
Aoki wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
Solid low kick from Shinya Aoki.
For sure, that had to hurt!
Shinya Aoki attempts a sweep single...
Shinya Aoki catches Mac Danzig's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Aoki.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Danzig
Aoki tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Shinya Aoki fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Good looking punches from Shinya Aoki on the ground
deflected by Danzig.
Shinya Aoki gets sloppy and Mac Danzig tries to take advantage...
Mac Danzig attempts to move to full guard
Shinya Aoki keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki hooks Danzig's right leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Crippling lock!
Danzig struggles to free himself
Mac Danzig manages to kick Aoki away and scrambles on top!
Mac Danzig is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki measures the resilience of Danzig's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Danzig's side.
The clock says 4:30 in the 2 round
Mac Danzig is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki measures the resilience of Danzig's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Danzig's side.
Mac Danzig is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to close his guard around Danzig
He succeeds!
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Aoki tries an armbar from the bottom!
Crippling lock!
Mac Danzig breaks the lock and moves himself to side control.
Mac Danzig is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Aoki tries to show some ground skills
Shinya Aoki put Danzig in half guard.
Mac Danzig is in half guard over Aoki
Danzig launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Shinya Aoki blocks the elbows and tries to cool down the fight.
Poorly executed technique. Shinya Aoki looks to counter!
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
Dan Miragliotta separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
The round is for Aoki, who walks calmly to his corner.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
Brilliant combination from Mac Danzig
Aoki is showing some dodging skills avoiding that ones.
Aoki looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Mac Danzig's punches
Danzig is on the receiving end of a great combo by Aoki.
Mac Danzig is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Mac Danzig fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Aoki blocks that. It was easy!
Mac Danzig gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Aoki jumps over his opponent and tries to grapple
Shinya Aoki pushes his opponent against the fence in a plum position
The fighters are clinching.
Mac Danzig pushes Aoki against the cage and tries to work his dirty boxing
Aoki pushes Danzig away and circle away
Shinya Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Mac Danzig jumps backwards and frees his leg.
The clock says 1:05 in the 3 round
Shinya Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Danzig is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki tries to pass to half guard...
Mac Danzig can't prevent his opponent from passing. Aoki looks to work from half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig 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 Aoki's moves.
The clock says 1:40 in the 3 round
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to stand up!
Aoki doesn't allow him!
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig 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 Aoki's moves.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig is a submission wizard. He has forgotten more BJJ than most fighters have learned.
Danzig measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Aoki blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Danzig clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Aoki tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki isolates Mac Danzig's left arm looking for an armbar...
Mac Danzig manages to sit up and pull his arm out of danger! Shinya Aoki lost his dominant position.
Mac Danzig is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki looks to be in very good shape.
Aoki tries to close his guard around Danzig
He succeeds!
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Aoki switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
That Triangle Choke looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Danzig struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Danzig is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Mac Danzig!
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki aggressively and repeatedly punches Danzig.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
Danzig has a small cut in his Mouth
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Aoki goes for an armbar!
Mac Danzig breaks the lock and pushes away Shinya Aoki, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Shinya Aoki. 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.
Shinya Aoki goes with a looping right hand while Mac Danzig jumps back and jabs
Danzig seems staggered and Shinya Aoki runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Mac Danzig swings...
...no good.
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Shinya Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Danzig is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki was tooling Mac Danzig for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Mac Danzig lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Aoki is in open guard over Danzig... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
Crippling lock!
That Kneebar looks tight...
Danzig hyper-extended his leg
That Kneebar looks tight...
Danzig rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Danzig climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Danzig is standing while Aoki is on the ground on his back
Mac Danzig steps back and allows Aoki to get back to his feet.
Shinya Aoki is on his feet again.
Shinya Aoki tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Danzig is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Mac Danzig launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Shinya Aoki uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Danzig tries to close his guard around Aoki
He is not able to do it
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Aoki is in open guard over Danzig... he fakes a move and then tries a kneebar!
Danzig rolls on the ground trying to get free and after a few kicks of his own he escapes.
Shinya Aoki gets sloppy and Mac Danzig tries to take advantage...
Danzig switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Aoki struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Aoki moves on the ground
Shinya Aoki moves to side mount
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki looks to mount Mac Danzig...
Shinya Aoki slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Aoki is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Danzig's Left eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dan Miragliotta saw it!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to give Danzig time to recover. Mac Danzig seems to be ready to fight again. 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 buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Aoki is the winner of this round.
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Round 4
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Danzig grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Aoki struggles... Mac Danzig is unable to take him down
Aoki is trying to counter now!
Aoki moves forward looking for some action
Shinya Aoki shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
0:19 Round 4 and Aoki is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Shinya Aoki shoots and grab both of Mac Danzig's leg, attempting to take him down with a Double Leg
Aoki lifted Danzig's off his feet and throws him on the mat
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Danzig
Aoki moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Danzig
Shinya Aoki tries to pass Mac Danzig's guard...
Shinya Aoki manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Mac Danzig
Shinya Aoki looks to mount Mac Danzig...
Shinya Aoki slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Danzig works on the ground with his fingers over Aoki's face
Aoki shakes his head and continues fighting on the ground.
The clock says 1:05 in the 4 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Mac Danzig
Aoki fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Mac Danzig's arm and tries an armbar!
Crippling lock!
That Armbar looks tight...
Crippling lock!
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Danzig struggles to free himself
Aoki is locking that Armbar...
That Armbar from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
That Armbar from Shinya Aoki appears to be unbreakable
Danzig hold his own hand and breaks Aoki's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Shinya Aoki.
Mac Danzig is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to trap Mac Danzig in his guard.
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Mac Danzig is looking to pass Shinya Aoki's guard...
Shinya Aoki has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Mac Danzig is in closed guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki throws up a triangle attempt!
Aoki is locking that Triangle...
He locks it in! Mac Danzig is in trouble! He struggles for a few seconds before tapping. That's all she wrote, folks.
Winner is Shinya Aoki by Submission (Triangle) at 1:49 Round 4
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 13/20 (65%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 9/11 (82%)
GnP strikes 12/17 (71%)
Submissions 18/18 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 692 s
Statistics: Mac Danzig
Punches 4/19 (21%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/5 (0%)
Takedowns 1/3 (33%)
GnP strikes 2/32 (6%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/2 (0%)
Time on the ground 683 s
Shinya Aoki defends the Lightweight title!
A rather dominating title defence from the champion. Danzig was just not ready for this calibre of fight.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!