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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephan Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Gladiator Main Theme. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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181 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Julio Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephan Walter!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Walter has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sanchez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Walter looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez postures up in Walter's guard and throws a big left but Walter blocks it.
Walter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Walter working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanchez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanchez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Walter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter working for a triangle but Sanchez defends it easily.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Walter's head.
Walter looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sanchez passes into half guard.
Walter has hold of Sanchez's hands but Sanchez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sanchez seems to be working for a kimura but Walter defends the submission attempt.
Sanchez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Walter sees it coming and defends easily.
Sanchez throwing shots but Walter is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Walter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Walter is looking for a sweep. Sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Walter looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walter looks gassed!
Sanchez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Walter taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
Sanchez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Walter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanchez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Walter looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanchez is looking for a kimura but Walter is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sanchez to get the leverage.
Walter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working over Walter with some ground and pound. Walter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Walter actively working from the bottom here.
Sanchez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Walter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sanchez pulls his head out easily.
Sanchez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sanchez is working for a kimura but Walter is defending it quite comfortably.
Walter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sanchez seems to be working for a kimura but Walter defends the submission attempt.
Sanchez is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Walter dodges it nicely.
Walter looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sanchez is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Walter doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanchez.
Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Walter is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sanchez pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Sanchez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Walter looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Walter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stephan Walter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walter fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Walter misses the target.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walter misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Walter as he jumps to the side.
Sanchez shoots in but Walter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Walter misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Walter is breathing heavily.
Sanchez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sanchez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Walter working for a triangle but Sanchez defends it easily.
Walter looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Sanchez is in close to Walter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanchez drops back looking for a leg! Walter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Walter manages to kick Sanchez off! Sanchez jumps back into Walter's guard.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Walter's head.
Walter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Walter's brow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Walter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Walter has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Walter keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Walter has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Walter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
Sanchez scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sanchez drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Sanchez seems to have locked his on tight now - Walter screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sanchez, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Julio Sanchez!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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