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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denis Rasic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roman Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Denis Rasic!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rasic throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Rasic.
Rasic just misses with a punch to the body.
Rasic throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Rasic throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Sanchez stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Rasic follows into mount!
Sanchez is rocked!
It looks like Roman Sanchez has been cut.
Rasic wants to stand but Sanchez is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Oh Sanchez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rasic wants to control but Sanchez has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Rasic wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Sanchez uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Rasic gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Rasic throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rasic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rasic cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Rasic looks gassed!
Rasic will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanchez drives through and clinches with Rasic against the cage.
Sanchez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rasic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rasic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Rasic is having none of it.
Sanchez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Rasic is avoiding it.
Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rasic has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Rasic back into the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rasic has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
Rasic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Rasic.
Rasic takes the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rasic keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rasic is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Rasic prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Rasic won't allow it.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
That's four 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.
Rasic is trying to break free.
Rasic tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Rasic tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rasic is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
Rasic is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rasic breaks from the clinch.
Rasic closes the distance but Sanchez moves to the side
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denis Rasic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roman Sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rasic tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Rasic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez counters by clinching up.
Rasic being controlled against the cage.
Rasic is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Sanchez has Rasic pressed against the cage, preventing Rasic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.
Rasic wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Rasic's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rasic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sanchez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rasic is breathing heavily.
Sanchez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Rasic is avoiding it.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Rasic circles away.
Sanchez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rasic.
Rasic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rasic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Rasic backpedaling.
Jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice combination there by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rasic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Rasic gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez leaning against his opponent.
Rasic is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez wants to break free but Rasic has control.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Rasic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rasic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rasic on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rasic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rasic being controlled against the cage.
Sanchez has Rasic pressed against the cage, preventing Rasic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
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.
Rasic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez rushes Rasic and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rasic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Denis Rasic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez sizes up Rasic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rasic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez dips to his left and cracks Rasic with an uppercut!
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body. Rasic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Rasic.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Rasic is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Rasic 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roman Sanchez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sanchez lands a nice hook to Rasic's body. Rasic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanchez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanchez gets a clinch.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Sanchez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rasic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Rasic.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rasic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Rasic.
Rasic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Roman Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Rasic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rasic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Rasic is controlling him.
Rasic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Rasic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Rasic is controlling him.
Rasic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Rasic is having none of it.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Rasic circles away.
Rasic on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rasic swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rasic has time to react.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Rasic circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
Rasic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rasic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rasic has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rasic there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Rasic swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Rasic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanchez keeps control of Rasic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Rasic has the dominant position.
Rasic breaks the clinch.
Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rasic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Rasic's body.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Rasic backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!
Sanchez scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Donk. Sanchez catches Rasic right on the button with a cross.
Jab by Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Rasic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rasic takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanchez throws a combination. Rasic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanchez moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Rasic is controlling the position.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Rasic is controlling him.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Rasic has double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Sanchez!
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