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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anton Egorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anton Egorov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anton Egorov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egorov drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.
Egorov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Egorov is pushing Sanchez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Egorov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Egorov is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Egorov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Egorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Egorov tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Egorov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Egorov looking to stall.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egorov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egorov.
Egorov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanchez.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Egorov is breathing heavily.
Egorov is pushing Sanchez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anton Egorov.
Sanchez throws a one two combo.
Egorov walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Egorov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Egorov off the cage and back into rage.
Egorov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Egorov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.
Egorov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Egorov rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Egorovs head.
Egorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Egorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Egorov throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Egorov stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Egorov is blocking nicely.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Egorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Egorov controls his hands.
Egorov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Egorov blocks it.
Sanchez tries to land knees in the clinch but Egorov avoids the damage to the body.
Egorov wants to stall.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez digs a right hand into Egorov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Egorov's gas tank.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Egorov is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Egorov.
Egorov looking to slow down the pace here.
Egorov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Egorov tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Egorov is stalling here.
Egorov managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Egorov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanchez up against the cage.
Egorov tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Egorov misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Egorov or not.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanchez works on Egorov's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Egorov.
Egorov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Egorov managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Egorov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Egorov, against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanchez as Egorov tries to tie him up.
Egorov misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez landing knees to the body.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Egorov is defending well for now.
Egorov managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egorov avoids it.
Sanchez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Egorov's face.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Egorov blocks with his arms.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Sanchez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sanchez jabs Egorov right on the nose. Egorov blinks but takes it well.
Egorov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Anton Egorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egorov misses with a double jab
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Egorov misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters by clinching up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Egorov backwards.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Egorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez pushes Egorov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Anton Egorov has been cut.
Egorov is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Egorov into the cage.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez pushes Egorov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Egorov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Egorov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Egorov managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Egorov misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egorov avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Egorov throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Egorov.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Egorov prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez pushes Egorov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez digs a right hand into Egorov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Egorov's gas tank.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Egorov blocks with his arms.
Egorov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanchez.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Egorov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egorov avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Egorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Egorov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Egorov avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Sanchez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sanchez. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Egorov stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Egorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Egorov trying to control the position but instead, Sanchez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Egorov into the cage.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Sanchez.
Egorov slows down the pace here.
Egorov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Egorov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez lands a good knee to the midsection. Egorov won't want to take too many of those.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Jose Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez scores with a knee to the head.
Egorov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Egorov avoids it.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Egorov.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Egorovs head.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
Egorov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Egorov backwards.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Egorov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Egorov lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Egorov backwards.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Egorov.
Egorov taking a breather.
Egorov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Egorov managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Egorov tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Egorov's ribcage.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Egorov looking to stall.
Sanchez tries to land knees in the clinch but Egorov avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanchez obliges.
Egorov misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Egorov is blocking nicely.
Come on Egorov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sanchez lands a good knee to the midsection. Egorov won't want to take too many of those.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Egorov backwards.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anton Egorov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Egorov misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.
Sanchez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Egorov rather than just go for the knockout.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Egorov falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Egorov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Egorov on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egorov moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez swings for the body but Egorov moves out of range.
Egorov throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Sanchez. Beautiful body shot.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Egorov at a distance.
Egorov throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Egorov misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Egorov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Egorov.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Egorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Egorov is defending well for now.
Egorov avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez gets through Egorov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Egorov is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Egorov into the cage.
Egorov avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anton Egorov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez letting Egorov take a breather here.
Sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Egorov's ribcage.
Egorov misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez gets through Egorov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Egorov lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a good knee to the midsection. Egorov won't want to take too many of those.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Egorov taking a breather.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Egorov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Egorov.
Nice body punch from Sanchez - that landed with a thud.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egorov taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Egorov trying to stall but Sanchez improves his position.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Egorov.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Egorov blocks it.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Egorov blocks it with crossed arms.
Egorov lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Egorov blocks with his arms.
Egorov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Egorov.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Egorov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Egorov.
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Egorov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
That's four 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.
Egorov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Egorov blocks with his arms.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Egorov is blocking nicely.
Sanchez tries to work over Egorov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The referee calls for Egorov to work.
Sanchez landing knees to the head.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Egorov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egorov misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Egorov has Sanchez pushed against the cage.
Sanchez digs a right hand underneath Egorov's ribcage. Egorov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sanchez is working Egorov over against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Egorov is trying to stall.
Sanchez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sanchez presses Egorov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Egorov avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Egorov throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Sanchez!
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