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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Reverend Jim Ignatowski (ranked 600 p4p, 966 weight class) and Marcos Sanchez (ranked 15 p4p, 30 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Sanchez !
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ignatowski goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've been informed that Sanchez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ignatowski. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignatowski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez .
Sanchez lands a front kick.
Sanchez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Ignatowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ignatowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ignatowski's head backwards.
Sanchez cracks Ignatowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Ignatowski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ignatowski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sanchez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ignatowski staying out of range there.
Ignatowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ignatowski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ignatowski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ignatowski is looking to counter with a body kick.
Marcos Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ignatowski paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ignatowski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ignatowski throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ignatowski cracks Sanchez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ignatowski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ignatowski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ignatowski.
A big right from Ignatowski misses.
Ignatowski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez . That did some damage!
Ignatowski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez . That did some damage!
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Ignatowski is out of range.
Ignatowski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ignatowski lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ignatowski misses with a leg kick.
Ignatowski bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski misses with a kick to the body.
Ignatowski is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez throws a body shot but no joy.
Ignatowski wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Ignatowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Ignatowski.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Ignatowski clobbers Sanchez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sanchez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ignatowski is looking to land body kicks.
Ignatowski backing away here, and Sanchez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Ignatowski slips under a jab.
Ignatowski missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatowski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ignatowski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ignatowski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ignatowski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez . That did some damage!
A cross from Sanchez lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez checks a low kick from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Ignatowski scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ignatowski. Ignatowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ignatowski slips a jab from Sanchez .
Ignatowski checks a leg kick.
Ignatowski cracks Sanchez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez .
Ignatowski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez .
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ignatowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Ignatowski scores with a jab. Sanchez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatowski is looking to chop away at Sanchez 's legs.
A low kick from Sanchez misses
and Ignatowski counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanchez with the inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ignatowski checks it well.
Sanchez checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ignatowski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez .
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Ignatowski's front leg but catches the back leg as Ignatowski tries to avoid it.
Ignatowski defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Ignatowski's head but Ignatowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanchez .
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Ignatowski clinches.
Ignatowski takes a shot to the head.
Ignatowski is struggling to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ignatowski makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ignatowski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ignatowski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sanchez 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatowski counters with a nice uppercut.
Ignatowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez .
Ignatowski was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ignatowski on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ignatowski misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Sanchez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ignatowski throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Ignatowski has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ignatowski connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ignatowski lands with a shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a right hand that misses
and Ignatowski counters with an outside leg kick.
Ignatowski connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Ignatowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ignatowski tries to score with a low kick but Sanchez moves his leg out of the way.
Sanchez swings for the body but Ignatowski moves out of range.
Ignatowski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignatowski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ignatowski scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Ignatowski counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ignatowski moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ignatowski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ignatowski throws a quick counter kick to the body but Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Sanchez checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Ignatowski moves out of range easily.
Ignatowski moves away from the strike by Sanchez .
Ignatowski lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Sanchez sizes up Ignatowski with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Ignatowski saw that one coming.
Ignatowski moves away from the strike by Sanchez .
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ignatowski slips a straight right by Sanchez .
Nice shot lands for Ignatowski.
Ignatowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
A leg kick checked by Sanchez .
Ignatowski misses with a kick to the body.
Ignatowski slips a jab from Sanchez .
Ignatowski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ignatowski throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez 's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Ignatowski moves away and avoids it.
Ignatowski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanchez is able to avoid easily.
Sanchez throws a jab when Ignatowski 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.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Ignatowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Ignatowski counters with a quick kick to the body but Sanchez blocks it.
Ignatowski stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Ignatowski checks it
and Ignatowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Ignatowski as he connects with a hook.
Sanchez takes a swing at Ignatowski's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Ignatowski didn't see that one coming.
Ignatowski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez 's head.
Nice uppercut there from Ignatowski.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez .
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignatowski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ignatowski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez works on Ignatowski's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Ignatowski.
Ignatowski misses with a body punch.
Ignatowski gets through Sanchez 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ignatowski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Ignatowski displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Ignatowski on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ignatowski takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanchez .
Ignatowski lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Ignatowski throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez throws a hook but Ignatowski blocks it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ignatowski checks a leg kick.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Ignatowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatowski throws a low kick, looking for Sanchez 's leg but Sanchez calmly moves out of range.
Ignatowski throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Sanchez .
Sanchez throws a hook but Ignatowski avoids it easily.
Sanchez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Ignatowski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ignatowski tries to work over Sanchez 's front leg with a kick but Sanchez checks it.
Ignatowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Ignatowski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanchez s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ignatowski.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Ignatowski moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanchez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ignatowski has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ignatowski.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that The Reverend Jim Ignatowski 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sanchez tests Ignatowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez blocks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.
Sanchez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ignatowski.
Ignatowski drops his hands momentarily and Sanchez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ignatowski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanchez takes a step back to recover.
Ignatowski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez .
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ignatowski appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ignatowski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez .
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Ignatowski looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ignatowski lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Ignatowski.
Ignatowski motions for Sanchez to come forward. Ignatowski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ignatowski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ignatowski can pounce on him.
Sanchez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ignatowski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez .
Ignatowski digs a good body shot into Sanchez 's ribs.
Ignatowski checks a low kick from Sanchez .
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ignatowski.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ignatowski.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ignatowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ignatowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ignatowski throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range and Ignatowski settles back down.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Ignatowski is out of range.
Sanchez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ignatowski connects with a leg kick.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Ignatowski slips the punch.
Ignatowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ignatowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Ignatowski tenderised Sanchez 's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ignatowski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez .
Ignatowski throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatowski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Ignatowski moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Ignatowski throwing a counter right hand but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski slips a jab from Sanchez .
Ignatowski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ignatowski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ignatowski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ignatowski throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Ignatowski moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Ignatowski counters with a good low kick that Sanchez was not able to check.
Nice defenses there by Ignatowski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Ignatowski.
Sanchez wants to slow Ignatowski down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick
and Ignatowski counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ignatowski feints and then cracks Sanchez 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Ignatowski in a clinch.
Ignatowski has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marcos Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head kick misses from Sanchez .
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ignatowski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez .
Ignatowski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ignatowski slips under a jab.
Ignatowski jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
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 needs to keep his hands up - Ignatowski had a free shot at his head there.
Sanchez lands with a slapping head kick.
Ignatowski scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a left hand
and Ignatowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanchez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ignatowski in his tracks.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Ignatowski seems unphased.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Ignatowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ignatowski.
Ignatowski slips a jab from Sanchez .
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Ignatowski checks it
and Ignatowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Ignatowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ignatowski lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanchez takes a step back to recover.
Sanchez walks into a straight right hand from Ignatowski.
Sanchez is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ignatowski thuds a left hand into Sanchez 's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ignatowski darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez is still on wobbly legs! Can Ignatowski finish him?
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Ignatowski checks it
and Ignatowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Ignatowski ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez .
And that's the end of the fight!
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ignatowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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