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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Pablo Estrella (ranked 25838 p4p, 5369 weight class) and Sancho Bandito (ranked 547 p4p, 510 weight class). Estrella has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Pablo Estrella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Sancho Bandito!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandito fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Estrella, pushing him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bandito.
Estrella misses with a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bandito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Estrella breaks the clinch.
Bandito clinches up with Estrella and pushes him back against the cage.
Bandito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bandito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Estrella misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Estrella definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandito is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bandito effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Bandito clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrella has a couple of punches blocked by Bandito.
Bandito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bandito.
Estrella tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bandito's elbow.
Estrella misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Bandito.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Estrella.
Estrella fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Estrella is breathing heavily.
Bandito content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Estrella working aggressively here.
Estrella tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Estrella.
Estrella scores with a shoulder strike.
Bandito slowing the pace effectively.
Come on Bandito - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Estrella tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A bit of stalling here from Bandito.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Bandito.
Bandito receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Estrella lands with a short shot to the head.
Bandito leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bandito uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Estrella.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Estrella pushes him away.
Bandito slips under a jab from Estrella.
Estrella takes a swing at Bandito's ribcage but misses.
Estrella throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bandito sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bandito is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Bandito has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Estrella fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Estrella lands a hook to the side of the head.
Estrella tries to work over Bandito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bandito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito stalling.
Estrella swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Estrella swings wildly with an uppercut but Bandito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bandito is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Estrella.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bandito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bandito slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bandito displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Estrella throws out the jab.
Juan Pablo Estrella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrella throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bandito stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Estrella misses with a straight left.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Estrella misses with a straight left.
Estrella misses with a body kick.
Estrella throws a looping overhand right but Bandito ducks down to avoid it.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Estrella listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Estrella tries to keep at a distance but Bandito has taken the fight into the clinch.
Estrella is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bandito has Estrella pressed against the cage.
Come on Bandito - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Pablo Estrella dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bandito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Estrella catches Bandito with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Estrella throws a hook but Bandito blocks it.
Bandito moves into the clinch successfully.
Bandito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bandito avoiding damage.
Bandito slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandito stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Bandito ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Estrella goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandito clinches up against the cage.
Bandito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bandito pressing his opponent against the cage.
Estrella goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bandito stalling in the clinch.
Bandito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Estrella fails to land.
Estrella tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Estrella swings wildly with an uppercut but Bandito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bandito dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Estrella tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandito was well out of range. Poor timing from Estrella.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Estrella misses with a body kick.
Estrella moves in looking to clinch but Bandito pushes him off.
Estrella is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bandito.
Estrella throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bandito rushes Estrella and presses him up against the cage.
Bandito stalling in the clinch.
Bandito stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bandito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bandito leaning against his opponent.
Estrella misses with a punch on the inside.
Estrella working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bandito takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Estrella digs a right hand into Bandito's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bandito's gas tank.
Bandito leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
A telegraphed right hand from Estrella misses the target.
Estrella swings widly with a right hand
and Bandito moves into the clinch.
Estrella doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Estrella lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bandito or not.
Bandito content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrella tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Estrella lands a body punch in the clinch.
Estrella struggles to land a body shot inside as Bandito controls his hands.
Estrella manages to break the clinch.
Bandito has Estrella up against the cage in a clinch.
Bandito leaning against his opponent.
Come on Bandito - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bandito slows down the pace here.
Bandito leaning against his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bandito effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bandito is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sancho Bandito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Estrella scores with a nice head shot.
Estrella misses with a wild body shot.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Estrella tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandito was well out of range. Poor timing from Estrella.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Estrella pushes him away.
Bandito ducks under a wild hook from Estrella.
Estrella throws the kick towards the body but Bandito avoids it.
Estrella sets himself, and Bandito steps forward looking for the clinch! Estrella avoids it this time.
Estrella misses with a hook. Bandito ducked under it nicely.
Estrella sets himself, and Bandito steps forward looking for the clinch! Estrella avoids it this time.
Bandito forces Estrella back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bandito has Estrella pushed against the cage.
Bandito stalling in the clinch.
Bandito stalling against the cage.
Bandito effectively controlling the action here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrella presses Bandito against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bandito is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella lands a two punch combo.
Bandito forces Estrella back against the cage and clinches.
Estrella lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bandito avoiding damage.
Bandito taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bandito continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Bandito leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bandito is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Estrella tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bandito manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Estrella pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bandito swats away the attempt to clinch by Estrella.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Bandito moves out of range as Estrella strikes.
Estrella looks to throw the jab but Bandito is out of range.
Bandito wants to counter with a clinch but Estrella pushes him away.
Juan Pablo Estrella is winning the standup battle so far.
Bandito uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Estrella.
Bandito moves out of range of the body kick from Estrella.
Bandito tries to counter with a clinch but Estrella shakes him off and moves away.
Estrella wants to clinch up but Bandito keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito clinches up against the cage.
Bandito is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A bit of stalling here from Bandito.
Bandito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sancho Bandito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Estrella misses with the head strike.
Bandito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bandito avoiding damage.
Bandito taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sancho Bandito.
Nice defenses there by Bandito.
Bandito tries to close the distance and clinch up but Estrella swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Estrella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandito.
Bandito tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrella looks to throw the jab but Bandito is out of range.
Estrella throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bandito clinches.
Bandito's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bandito stalling against the cage.
Bandito takes a shot to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bandito stalling in the clinch.
Bandito blocking some punches.
Estrella throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Estrella fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Estrella being controlled against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Juan Pablo Estrella.
I think Estrella 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Pablo Estrella!
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hype
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pop
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