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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin Walter told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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182 lbs
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176 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue 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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Walter!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walter darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
Walter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walter working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Walter.
Walter blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Walter.
Walter tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Walter clinches up with Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Walter avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez is trying to push Walter away but Walter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Walter controls his hands.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
Walter connects with a body shot.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter fails to land with a series of punches.
Walter blocks a jab.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Walter lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into rage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Walter tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Walter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with the left hand. Walter knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Walter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Walter misses with a series of wild punches.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Walter throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Walter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Walter thows a body shot but no joy.
Walter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Walter is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Walter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanchez backs up against the cage.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Walter avoids nicely.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Walter. That one must have hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Walter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Walter.
Walter moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walter throws a head kick that Sanchez semi-blocks.
Walter tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Walter misses with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Walter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walter moves into the clinch.
Walter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Walter landing knees to the body.
Walter manages to break the clinch.
Walter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Walter misses.
Walter throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Walter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sanchez lands with a right hand.
Sanchez throws a hook but Walter avoids it easily.
Walter lands a high kick!
Sanchez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Walter tries to clinch up.
Walter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez scores with a one two! Walter had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Walter doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Walter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Sanchez digs a right hand into Walter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walter's gas tank.
Walter lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Walter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Walter is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Walter.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Walter has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Walter keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Walter breaks the clinch.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Walter tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Walter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter throws a head kick that misses.
Walter tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Walter blocks a jab.
Walter fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Walter.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Walter.
Walter blocks a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Walter darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Walter dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Walter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Walter manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Walter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Walter darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walter is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
Walter keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walter blocks an uppercut.
Walter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Walter connects with a knee to the head.
Walter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Walter avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Walter controls the action.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Walter won't allow it.
Walter is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walter misses with a low kick.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Walter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Walter walks into a jab.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Walter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walter tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Walter moved out of range.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walter.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Walter throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walter tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Walter has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Walter has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Walter avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Walter prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Walter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walter throws a one two combo.
Walter rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Walter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walter breaks the clinch.
Walter throws a one two combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Walter slips the punch.
Walter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin Walter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanchez throws a hook but Walter avoids it easily.
Walter tries to clinch up.
Walter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Walter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Walter wants to clinch.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Walter.
Walter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sanchez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Walter is controlling the position.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Walter lands a body shot.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Walter has him pinned against the cage.
Walter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Walter has double underhooks.
Walter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Walter with a series of wild strikes but Walter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walter pushes Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Walter keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez moves out of range as Walter throws a body kick.
Walter goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick from Walter lands but Sanchez takes it in his stride.
Walter tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Walter lands a head kick. Sanchez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Walter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walter scoring well with a low kick there.
Walter lands a jab-cross combination.
Walter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thiago Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez cracks Walter with a good jab.
Sanchez lands a two punch combo.
A head kick from Walter lands but Sanchez takes it in his stride.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Walter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
No joy there for Walter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walter wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez needs to keep his hands up - Walter had a free shot at his head there.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Walter.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walter connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Walter.
Walter throws a head kick that half lands.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Walter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Walter.
Sanchez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Walter.
Walter scores with a head kick. Sanchez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Walter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Walter clinches.
Walter breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a two punch combo.
Walter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Walter breaks the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Walter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Walter. That's going to slow Sanchez down.
Walter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Walter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walter has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Walter manages to break the clinch.
Walter is looking to clinch.
Walter plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Walter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Walter.
Walter moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Walter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez is trying to push Walter away but Walter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Walter has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Walter.
Walter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Walter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Walter dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Walter scores with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Walter.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Walter misses with a body shot.
Walter slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez takes a kick to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Walter misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanchez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Walter misses with the combination.
Walter slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
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 circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter wants to clinch.
Walter takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Sanchez.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Walter.
Martin Walter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice shot by Walter.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Walter.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Walter is just out of range.
Walter closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walter scores with a three punch combo!
Sanchez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sanchez.
Walter avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Walter is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Thiago Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Walter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Walter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Walter 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Walter!
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