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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentine Masterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego Sanchez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
49 - 24 - 3 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Valentine Masterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
49 - 24 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Masterson.
Masterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Masterson misses with a straight right.
Sanchez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Masterson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Masterson looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masterson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Masterson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Masterson tries to move into range but Sanchez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've been told by Masterson's head coaches at DJs Locker that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Masterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Masterson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masterson throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Masterson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Masterson dips to his left and cracks Sanchez with an uppercut!
Masterson misses the jab.
Masterson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masterson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Masterson lands with a nice body kick.
Masterson defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Masterson throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Masterson only half commits.
Masterson throws a head kick that Sanchez semi-blocks.
Masterson slips a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Masterson throws a counter high kick but Sanchez was just alert enough to avoid it.
Masterson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
letting Masterson counter with a right hand.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Masterson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Masterson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Masterson's head but Masterson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Masterson.
An attempted straight right counter from Masterson misses the target.
Valentine Masterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Masterson feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Masterson blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Masterson should have avoided that one.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Masterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Masterson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Masterson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Masterson scoring well with a low kick there.
Masterson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Masterson avoids it with no problem.
Masterson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Masterson to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Masterson ducks down to avoid it.
Sanchez needs to keep his hands up - Masterson had a free shot at his head there.
Masterson connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masterson moves into the clinch.
Masterson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masterson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez lands a left hand.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Masterson controls his hands.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Masterson blocks an uppercut.
Masterson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Masterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Masterson.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Masterson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Masterson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Masterson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masterson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Masterson on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Masterson.
Masterson tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Masterson scores with a shoulder strike.
Masterson lands with a short shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Masterson as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanchez looks winded!
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Masterson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Masterson drops Sanchez onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Sanchez is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Sanchez is rocked!
Masterson lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sanchez to his knees! Masterson keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valentine Masterson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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