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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Petruzinni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willy Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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206 lbs
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187 cm
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212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Willy Sanchez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Seth Petruzinni!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petruzinni is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Petruzinni, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Petruzinni against the cage but Petruzinni circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Petruzinni shows good takedown defense.
Some wild striking there from Petruzinni.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown. Petruzinni tries to sprawl out of it but Sanchez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Petruzinni manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Petruzinni wants to stand and escape but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Petruzinni blocks nicely.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Petruzinni working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Petruzinni is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sanchez is controlling him.
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.
Sanchez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petruzinni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petruzinni misses with a low kick.
Petruzinni takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Seth Petruzinni is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Petruzinni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petruzinni misses with a head kick.
Petruzinni misses with a kick to the body.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanchez prevents Petruzinni from getting back to his feet.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanchez prevents Petruzinni from getting back to his feet.
Petruzinni looks gassed!
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Petruzinni is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sanchez is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Petruzinni throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petruzinni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Petruzinni throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Petruzinni waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Petruzinni throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in for a double leg but Petruzinni sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Petruzinni throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Petruzinni as he jumps to the side.
Seth Petruzinni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petruzinni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Petruzinni pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Petruzinni misses with a double jab.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Petruzinni throws a leg kick that misses.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Petruzinni but Petruzinni pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Petruzinni scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Petruzinni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Petruzinni connects with a looping right hand.
Petruzinni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Petruzinni misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Petruzinni.
Petruzinni looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sanchez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Petruzinni is just riding it out for now. Sanchez eventually gives up the hold.
Petruzinni taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Petruzinni.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Petruzinni.
Petruzinni just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Petruzinni.
Petruzinni tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez shoots for a double leg takedown but Petruzinni sprawls well. He's pushed Sanchez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Petruzinni missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sanchez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Petruzinni trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Petruzinni's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez dominating with strikes here.
Sanchez stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Petruzinni as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Petruzinni sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Petruzinni tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Petruzinni to the mat! Petruzinni manages to get full guard.
Sanchez stands and throws Petruzinni's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sanchez working the ground and pound.
Sanchez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanchez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanchez throws a strike aimed at the side of Petruzinni's head but Petruzinni avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petruzinni wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez cracks Petruzinni with a big right hand but Petruzinni just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sanchez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sanchez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Petruzinni is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sanchez asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchez scoring with punches and elbows.
Sanchez tries for a kimura but Petruzinni is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petruzinni is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sanchez has hold of Petruzinni's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Petruzinni seems comfortable defending it but Sanchez has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Petruzinni is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Petruzinni is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Sanchez couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Willy Sanchez!
Willy Sanchez is the new light heavyweight champion!
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