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Saturday, May 3, 2008

In One Night- Sakuraba's UFC Tourney Win

A great HL put together of Sakuraba's UFC Ultimate Japan tournament win.

8 comments:

TaskMaster said...: ohh big john making a huge mistake, bet he learned a lot from that one.; May 3, 2008 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: i think big john didn't do his homework on sakuraba but would the debision be overturned if the fight was outside japan?
i like sakuraba but being a hero in japan and having the fight in japan was a factor
it was a plus that tank got hurt but why weren't there alternate fighters; May 3, 2008 1:14 PM
Anonymous said...: "but would the debision [sic] be overturned if the fight was outside japan?"

Well damn, I would hope so-- it's one of the most egregious bad stoppages ever.; May 3, 2008 5:43 PM
Anonymous said...: i love saku, but come on.

ge only fought 2 fights that night to become the tourny winner?

nice arm bar, he just had one leg across the guys chest to lock the arm bar up. this shit looks like a set up.; May 3, 2008 2:48 PM
Anonymous said...: If only UFC would use instant replay like that these days...

And PUHLEEZ post that whole fight(s)! It's one of the first UFC's I ever saw and it was just amazing. That tourney is what got me started loving MMA...; May 4, 2008 11:10 AM
tylr said...: This is the biggest mistake that Big John has ever made.

I've almost always agreed with him except this time, and I'm glad Saku got to redeem himself.; May 4, 2008 5:44 PM
Tony said...: It's totally possible to finish an armbar with only one leg across the face. It's amazing how saku out grappled that guy though, because that guy was supposedly a BJJ world champion and was way bigger than Saku.; May 4, 2008 6:21 PM
Anonymous said...: I was pretty heated when I saw this the first time. Saku beat the 1994 BJJ champion, and he was out weighed.; May 4, 2008 10:46 PM

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