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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lincoln Oppenheimer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Childish Gambino - R.I.P.. Rico Sanchez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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178 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Dangerous knees
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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
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lincoln Oppenheimer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oppenheimer misses the shot to the body.
Oppenheimer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Oppenheimer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oppenheimer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Oppenheimer moves out of range easily.
Sanchez throws a jab when Oppenheimer was well out of range.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oppenheimer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oppenheimer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oppenheimer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oppenheimer clinches up with Sanchez and pushes 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!
Oppenheimer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Oppenheimer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oppenheimer avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez pushes Oppenheimer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oppenheimer is defending well for now.
Oppenheimer takes a shot to the head.
Oppenheimer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Oppenheimer is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oppenheimer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oppenheimer backwards.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oppenheimer blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Oppenheimer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
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!
Oppenheimer blocks an uppercut.
Oppenheimer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oppenheimer misses with a knee to the head.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Oppenheimer misses with a knee strike.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer lands a nice elbow.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
Oppenheimer avoids the elbow strike from Sanchez, against the cage.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oppenheimer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oppenheimer misses with a punch to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanchez obliges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Oppenheimer throws an elbow but misses.
Oppenheimer lands a left hand.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oppenheimer looking to stall.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oppenheimer blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands an elbow that stopped Oppenheimer in his tracks for a moment.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Oppenheimer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez working Oppenheimer over with knees to the body.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oppenheimer or not.
Oppenheimer avoids the elbow strike from Sanchez, against the cage.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oppenheimer backwards.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oppenheimer.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez gets through Oppenheimer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oppenheimer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oppenheimer is defending well for now.
Oppenheimer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Oppenheimer blocks it.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Oppenheimer missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Oppenheimer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oppenheimer tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Oppenheimer 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.
Oppenheimer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
Oppenheimer moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oppenheimer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanchez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oppenheimer connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oppenheimer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Oppenheimer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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 tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Oppenheimer avoids it.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Oppenheimer avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
Oppenheimer lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oppenheimer blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez tries to work over Oppenheimer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sanchez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
A short left from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Oppenheimer's head.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oppenheimer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oppenheimer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oppenheimer's brow.
Oppenheimer prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Oppenheimer into the cage.
Oppenheimer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Oppenheimer wants to stall.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
Oppenheimer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Oppenheimer blocks it with crossed arms.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oppenheimer swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oppenheimer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Oppenheimer avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanchez as Oppenheimer tries to tie him up.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oppenheimer managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Oppenheimer.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sanchez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sanchez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oppenheimer's defenses.
Oppenheimer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rico Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Oppenheimer is blocking nicely.
Oppenheimer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Oppenheimer's defenses.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Oppenheimer avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oppenheimer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Oppenheimer's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez digs a right hand underneath Oppenheimer's ribcage. Oppenheimer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
Sanchez misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Sanchez.
Sanchez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Oppenheimer's face.
Sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oppenheimer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Oppenheimer managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oppenheimer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sanchez tests Oppenheimer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oppenheimer misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Some wild striking there from Oppenheimer.
Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Oppenheimer is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Oppenheimer into the cage.
Oppenheimer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Oppenheimer blocks with his arms.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oppenheimer backwards.
Oppenheimer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oppenheimer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oppenheimer misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Oppenheimer is defending well for now.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Oppenheimer.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Oppenheimer throws knees to the body.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside that Oppenheimer shrugs off.
Oppenheimer dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez lands an elbow just above Oppenheimer 's eye.
Oppenheimer tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Oppenheimer lands a nice uppercut.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Oppenheimer backwards.
Oppenheimer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oppenheimer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez tries to work over Oppenheimer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oppenheimer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Oppenheimer dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Oppenheimer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oppenheimer misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oppenheimers head.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oppenheimer backwards.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oppenheimer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanchez pushes Oppenheimer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Oppenheimer, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oppenheimer misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Oppenheimer's head.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oppenheimer looking to slow down the pace here.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Rico Sanchez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oppenheimer takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez lands an elbow just above Oppenheimer 's eye.
Oppenheimer with a knee to the head.
Sanchez working Oppenheimer over with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Oppenheimer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oppenheimer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oppenheimers head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
Sanchez pushes Oppenheimer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oppenheimer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oppenheimer dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Oppenheimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Oppenheimer managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
Lincoln Oppenheimer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oppenheimer tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sanchez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Sanchez!
Rico Sanchez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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