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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deepen Cider (ranked 2245 p4p, 1889 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 335 p4p, 288 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Duele El Carazon as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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25 - 26 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Deepen Cider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 26 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sanchez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cider wants to control but Sanchez postures up.
My spies in Bloody death gym inform me that Sanchez has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Cider prevents Sanchez from moving into mount.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Cider is working from the bottom.
Sanchez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez wants to control but Cider is keeping him busy.
Sanchez is trying to get an arm triangle but Cider is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position but Cider is working away.
Sanchez tries to move to mount but Cider blocks the move with his legs.
Sanchez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cider prevents Sanchez from improving position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez wants to control but Cider is keeping him busy.
Sanchez tries to move to mount but Cider blocks the move with his legs.
Sanchez keeps trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Cider is working from the bottom.
Sanchez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanchez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cider keeps working.
Sanchez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Cider!
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Cider is squirming around nicely.
Cider wants to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Cider is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Cider tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Sanchez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Cider counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cider sprawls well. Cider wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Cider looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Cider scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Cider counters with a nice uppercut.
Deepen Cider has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Sanchez.
Sanchez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cider tries to avoid it but Sanchez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cider to the ground. Cider escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cider misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cider throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Jesus Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cider sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanchez somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Cider connects with a single shot there.
Cider lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanchez backs up against the cage.
Sanchez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Cider!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez working away.
Sanchez advances nicely into full mount.
Sanchez trying to control but Cider is having none of it.
Cider on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cider tries to get out of the position.
Sanchez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sanchez won't let Cider get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cider is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez wants to control but instead Cider manages to regain half guard.
Sanchez passes to full mount!
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Sanchez tries to control but Cider wriggling away.
Cider knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanchez on the ground.
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.
Sanchez prevents Cider from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez looking to control but Cider is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jesus Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cider is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez has control of Cider's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cider regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cider is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanchez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Cider tries to buck Sanchez off but he can't manage it.
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cider tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Cider turns into him and now he's in Sanchez's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Deepen Cider dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cider throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez drives through with a takedown into Cider's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sanchez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Cider!
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Sanchez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cider defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Sanchez swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cider is now in Sanchez's guard. A big mistake from Sanchez there, giving up the dominant position!
Cider stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Cider has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanchez is on top in guard.
Sanchez is looking to advance position but Cider has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Sanchez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cider is thwarting Sanchez's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Cider is staying active.
Cider prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Sanchez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sanchez.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Cider defends easily.
Sanchez is trying to control the position but Cider postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Cider won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Sanchez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Cider keeps moving.
Sanchez advances to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez is looking for a kimura but Cider is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sanchez to get the leverage.
Sanchez wants to take a breather but Cider is having none of it.
Sanchez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Sanchez!
Jesus Sanchez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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