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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-15, boring fight between
Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock: it gets one star!
The 48-year-old Kazushi Sakuraba (4 years older than Shamrock) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-17-1 (88% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since December 29, 2015 when he was defeated by Shinya Aoki (=Sakuraba vs Aoki). He was the first man to defeat Royce Gracie in mma history (May 1, 2000) while in 2005 he beat also Ken Shamrock, Frank’s older brother.
His opponent, the former Ufc light-Hw and Strikeforce Mw champion Frank Shamrock, has an official record of 23-10-2 (70% finishing rate) and he is also not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2009 when he lost to Nick Diaz. Shamrock vs Sakuraba is a special match with grappling rules, undercard of Rena Kubota vs Andy Nguyen – Rizin FF 7. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-12-29, disappointing fight between
Kazushi Sakuraba and Shinya Aoki: it gets two stars.
The first man to defeat Royce Gracie in mma history Kazushi Sakuraba (he is 46 years old, 14 years older than Aoki) entered this fight with a professional mma record of 26-16-1 (88% finishing rate) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since September 9, 2011 when he was defeated by Yan Cabral (=Cabral vs Sakuraba); before this bout he had lost three consecutive bouts.
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and judo Shinya Aoki, has an official record of 38-6-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.19 lightweight in the world. He suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Eddie Alvarez at Bellator 66 (=Alvarez vs Aoki 2), since then he has collected eight consecutive victories winning the One Fc Lw belt against Kotetsu Boku in 2013 (=Aoki vs Boku) and defending it twice, the last one against Koji Ando (=Aoki vs Ando). Sakuraba vs Aoki is the main event of “Rizin FF 1 Saraba (Farewell) Fiesta”. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2011-09-24, pleasant fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Yan Cabral but it is not enough for our three stars. Yan Cabral defeated Sakuraba by submission in the second round, undercard of Shinya Aoki vs Rob McCullough (Dream 17). Watch the video!
