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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baek Do San (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by No Pity For A Coward. Baek Do San will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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205 lbs
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198 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent |
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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Baek Do San!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Do San sprawls well.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Do San sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do San throws a one two combo.
Do San is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Do San as he jumps to the side.
Do San clinches up with Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez jumps into guard, dragging Do San to the mat.
Do San must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanchez had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Do San is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Sanchez Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Do San's back instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Will Sanchez go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is persistently looking for the submission but Do San is defending it well.
Do San trying to control the action but Sanchez just sinks the hooks in.
Do San can't escape the position.
A lull in the action here.
Do San 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.
Sanchez misses with an elbow to the head.
Do San looking very determined here, making life difficult for Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Do San to escape the position.
Sanchez looking for the choke but no joy.
Sanchez punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control but Do San is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Sanchez stands up from mount. Strange move.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Do San as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Do San as Sanchez shoots in.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Do San.
Do San stuffs the takedown.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Do San goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Do San has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez wants a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do San lands a nice knee to the body.
Do San scores a nice knee to the body.
Do San landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Do San lands a body shot in the clinch.
Do San lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do San lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Do San scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sanchez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Do San scores with a knee to the head.
Do San wants a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Do San won't allow it.
Do San working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Do San wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Do San pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Do San holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Do San.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Do San just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sanchez fails to pull guard.
Do San wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Baek Do San will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Do San stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez stalling.
Sanchez prevents Do San from improving his position.
Sanchez trying to control from half guard but Do San is working away.
Do San pushes Sanchez off looking to stand but Sanchez dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez stands up and beckons Do San to join him on the feet.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is working for a guillotine from mount but Do San frees his head quite easily.
Sanchez tries to control but Do San wriggling away.
Sanchez looking to secure an arm triangle but Do San defends it well.
Sanchez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Do San can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sanchez has hold of Do San's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Do San manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Do San takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Do San stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Do San circles away.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Do San sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sanchez forces Do San back against the cage and clinches.
Sanchez pulls guard successfully.
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 manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sanchez is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Do San is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Do San circles away and we're back to standing.
Do San tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sanchez counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Do San!
Sanchez wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Sanchez trying to control but Do San is having none of it.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Do San is staying in there.
Sanchez looking to control but Do San is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.
Marco Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez tries to control but Do San wriggling away.
Sanchez landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do San is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Sanchez has taken his back.
Sanchez working for the choke.
Sanchez is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Do San knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Do San for a finish.
Sanchez struggling to keep hold of the position.
Sanchez looking for the choke from the back. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do San looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Do San takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Do San fending off the submission attempt from Sanchez.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do San rolls, trying to escape but Sanchez keeps control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Sanchez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez trying to mount his opponent but Do San defends it.
Sanchez wants to control but Do San is keeping him busy.
Sanchez escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Do San looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sanchez trying to control from half guard but Do San is working away.
Do San trying to control from the bottom.
Sanchez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sanchez uses his free foot to push down on Do San's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Do San.
Sanchez is working for a guillotine from mount but Do San frees his head quite easily.
Do San is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez wants to finish this one by submission but Do San is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do San takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanchez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Do San is trying to escape the mount.
Sanchez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Do San manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sanchez advances to mount.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Do San is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanchez looking to secure an arm triangle but Do San defends it well.
Sanchez goes for an armbar but Do San turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Do San.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Do San is one step ahead there.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Do San defends easily.
Do San preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Do San manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sanchez stands and steps away. Do San gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Do San keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Do San as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Do San tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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