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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes into the arena with Step into a world - KRS One blaring out of the sound system. Sanchez has chosen PELIMUSA as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
22 - 8 - 1 |
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153 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimbo Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nelson blocks the body kick.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Nelson slips the punch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nelson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Jose Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Nelson.
Nelson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nelson avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sanchez, pushing him back against the cage.
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 throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nelson.
Nelson throws an elbow but it misses.
Nelson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Nelson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanchez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Nelson.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Nelson, against the cage.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez landing knees to the head.
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!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nelson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Nelson lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Nelson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Nelson.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez keeps control of Nelson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nelson breaks the clinch.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sanchez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Nelson counters by moving into the clinch.
Nelson lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Nelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Nelson.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Nelson lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Nelson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nelson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanchez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nelson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanchez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nelson.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Kimbo Nelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nelson thumps Sanchez with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nelson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanchez misses with a kick to the body.
A lazy left from Nelson finds it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Sanchez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sanchez.
Nelson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
Nelson lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice shot that snaps Nelson's head back.
Sanchez takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kimbo Nelson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jose Sanchez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nelson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nelson misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Jose Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Nelson manages to break the clinch.
A big right from Nelson misses.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nelson is defending well for now.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Nelson lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
Nelson working hard to break the clinch.
Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nelson connects with a single shot there.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.
Sanchez closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Nelson's guard.
Nelson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sanchez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Nelson pushes Sanchez away with a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Nelson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanchez looks for a takedown but Nelson sprawls well.
Sanchez moves out of range as Nelson throws a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jose Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez thuds his shin into the meat of Nelson's side.
Nelson scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Nelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nelson.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nelson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nelson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nelson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice body kick there by Nelson.
Sanchez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Nelson connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick
and Nelson counters with a solid body kick.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nelson.
Nelson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nelson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson throws out a powerful jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Nelson misses with a hook.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Nelson circles away.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Nelson scores with a three punch combo!
Sanchez blocks the body kick.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Nelson slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.
Nelson cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nelson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nelson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nelson cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Nelson lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nelson throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimbo Nelson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Sanchez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez with a jab.
Nelson lands a really nice looking cross but Sanchez seems unphased.
Nice shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Nelson circles away and keeps his distance.
Nelson clinches with his opponent.
Nelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nelson being controlled against the cage.
Nelson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Nelson avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Nelson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Nelson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Sanchez.
Nelson works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Nelson.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Nelson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez throws a wild body kick that Nelson sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Nelson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez walks into a straight right hand from Nelson.
Nelson scores with a body shot.
Nelson lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Nelson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nelson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nelson slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanchez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nelson is looking to slow Sanchez down with leg kicks.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Nelson catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nelson scores with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nelson.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nelson.
Sanchez jabs Nelson right on the nose. Nelson blinks but takes it well.
Jose Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nelson lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Nelson scores with the left hand. Sanchez knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Sanchez throws a sloppy body shot
and Nelson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nelson closes the distance and pushes Sanchez back into the cage.
Nelson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Nelson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Nelson.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nelson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nelson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Kimbo Nelson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nelson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nelson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nelson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
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?
Nelson feints a jab promting Sanchez to slip. Nelson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sanchez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nelson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kimbo Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nelson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimbo Nelson!
Kimbo Nelson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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