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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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180 lbs
17 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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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
17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Valentine!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valentine throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Sanchez tries to score with a low kick but Valentine moves his leg out of the way.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Valentine misses with a low kick.
Valentine looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez misses the body punch
and Valentine counters with an outside leg kick.
Valentine scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Valentine counters with a nice uppercut.
Valentine missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Valentine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valentine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Valentine walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Valentine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valentine misses with a looping left.
Valentine lands a nice shot that snaps Sanchez's head back.
Sanchez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Valentine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez avoids it really well and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Valentine.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the body.
Sanchez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Valentine to the ground. Sanchez is now in Valentine's guard.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valentine keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez preventing the sweep.
Valentine 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.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Valentine is keeping the position for now.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Valentine controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Valentine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valentine keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Valentine is on top in guard.
Valentine stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanchez scores with a jab. Valentine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Valentine walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.
Valentine connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Valentine, right into the meat.
Valentine swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a thumping low kick.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. Valentine looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sanchez scores with a nice body kick.
Xavier Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Valentine avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez defending well as Valentine loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Valentine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez lands with a nice body kick.
Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Valentine prevents a takedown attempt there.
Valentine lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez gets through Valentine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Valentine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valentine motions for Sanchez to come forward. Valentine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Valentine back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Valentine blocks it.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valentine tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Valentine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Valentine taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Valentine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Valentine shoots in and drives through. Sanchez sprawls well.
A shot to the body from Valentine misses
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Valentine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Valentine throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanchez cracks a nice hook into Valentine's ribs.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.
Valentine throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sanchez.
Xavier Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Valentine lands a jab-cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a jab to Valentine's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valentine swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Valentine back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine throws a good cross that connects.
Valentine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez is looking to slow Valentine down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Sanchez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Valentine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez tries to land a body kick
and Valentine counters with a nice body shot.
Valentine on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valentine takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Valentine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
Valentine throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Valentine's front leg but catches the back leg as Valentine tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Valentine down.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A low kick from Valentine is predictable there
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Valentine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valentine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valentine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanchez scores with a hook.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Alexander Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine wants to slow Sanchez down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valentine.
Sanchez stuns Valentine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Valentine's front leg but catches the back leg as Valentine tries to avoid it.
Valentine throws a shot to the body.
Valentine throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Valentine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Valentine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine avoids a kick to the body.
Valentine misses with a straight left.
Valentine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanchez is looking to slow Valentine down with leg kicks.
Sanchez throws a sloppy body shot
and Valentine counters with a leg kick.
Sanchez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valentine on the side of the head.
Xavier Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valentine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Valentine duly obliges.
Valentine has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sanchez.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valentine avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valentine swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Valentine is defended easily by Sanchez.
Valentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentine. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexander Valentine.
Well Sanchez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Sanchez!
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RATING
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