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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Njord Freyr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Njord Freyr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sanchez.
Freyr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Freyr can't do much from the bottom here.
Freyr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Freyr tries to get out of the position.
Freyr tries to buck Sanchez off but Sanchez is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Freyr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Freyr regains half guard.
Freyr controlling the position for now.
Freyr tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr is controlling Sanchez's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Freyr is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanchez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Freyr is holding on to half guard well.
Freyr is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Freyr is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Freyr misses with an uppercut.
Freyr looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Freyr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanchez is fighting to break Freyr's control of his arms but Freyr is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Freyr has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sanchez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Freyr looking for a sweep. Not yet Freyr, not yet.
Freyr controlling Sanchez's posture.
Freyr looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Freyr swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Freyr wants to sweep here but Sanchez controlling him for the moment.
Freyr wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Njord Freyr just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Freyr throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Freyr misses with a wild combination.
Freyr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Freyr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Freyr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sanchez!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Njord Freyr dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanchez has managed to clinch.
Sanchez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanchez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Freyr misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Freyr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Freyr pinned against the cage. Freyr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
A nice combination there by Freyr.
It looks like Dan Sanchez has been cut.
Freyr lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Freyr tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freyr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanchez as he avoids it easily.
Freyr lunges at Sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanchez's hand.
Freyr shoots in but Sanchez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Freyr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Freyr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Freyr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanchez is fending him off so far but Freyr persists. Nope, Sanchez circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Njord Freyr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Freyr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez rushes Freyr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Freyr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freyr.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sanchez cracks Freyr with a good jab.
Freyr misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Freyr.
Freyr fails to land the takedown.
Sanchez jabs at Freyr's body.
Freyr has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Freyr misses with a hook to the body
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Freyr throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freyr tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Freyr.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Freyr throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a two punch combo.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Freyr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Freyr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice shot lands for Sanchez.
Freyr misses with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a shoot takedown. Freyr fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freyr wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr looking for a sweep. Not yet Freyr, not yet.
Sanchez is fighting to break Freyr's control of his arms but Freyr is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Freyr's brow.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Freyr holds on and takes a little breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Njord Freyr just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Freyr thows a body shot but no joy.
Freyr misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Freyr takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Freyr throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Freyr.
Freyr cracks Sanchez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Freyr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freyr throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freyr lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into rage.
Freyr shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanchez as he jumps to the side.
Freyr swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dan Sanchez's cut.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Freyr slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez instigates a clinch.
Freyr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sanchez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Freyr misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters by clinching up.
Sanchez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Freyr smiles and moves away.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Freyr holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanchez drops back down to his feet.
Freyr misses with a body punch.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Freyr's elbow.
Freyr tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez trying to stall but Freyr improves his position.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Freyr misses with a wild body shot.
Freyr misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez swinging wilding here.
Njord Freyr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freyr looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Freyr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Freyr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Freyr sprawls well.
Njord Freyr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Sanchez.
Freyr ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circle momentarily. Freyr darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
A punch combination from Freyr misses.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Freyr circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Freyr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Freyr.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Freyr.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Freyr looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Freyr connects with a nice looking jab.
Njord Freyr is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Freyr throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters by moving into the clinch.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Freyr misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a big head kick but Freyr shrugs it off.
Freyr throws a sloppy body shot
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Freyr swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Sanchez finds it's way through Freyr's defenses.
Freyr throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Freyr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Njord Freyr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Freyr misses with a hook
and Sanchez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Freyr thinking.
Sanchez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Freyr shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Freyr misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Freyr's waist but Freyr gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanchez off to one side.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Freyr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freyr misses with a series of wild punches.
Freyr closes the distance and clinches up with Sanchez, looking for a takedown. Freyr pushes Sanchez against the cage but Sanchez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Freyr throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Freyr misses with a straight left.
A shot to the body from Freyr misses
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Sanchez takes a swing at Freyr's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez drops his hands momentarily and Freyr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Freyr shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Freyr is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freyr looking to pass the guard.
Freyr stays in close to Sanchez's body and controls the position.
Freyr passes Sanchez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Freyr looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Freyr prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Freyr is very close to passing his half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Njord Freyr.
I think Freyr has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Njord Freyr!
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RATING
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