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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ric Sandoval (ranked 25134 p4p, 25102 weight class) and Colin Flair (ranked 451 p4p, 435 weight class). Sandoval comes to the cage accompanied by Dragostea Din Tei. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ric Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Colin Flair!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Flair closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Flair misses with a two punch combination.
Sandoval throws a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Sandoval. Those never looked like landing.
Flair will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Flair misses with a double jab
and Sandoval counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sandoval fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Flair on the side of the head.
Flair with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sandoval counters with a straight right hand.
Sandoval looks to land a combination. Flair sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sandoval lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sandoval. Flair does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flair with the counter takedown but Sandoval avoids it easily.
Flair wants to clinch
and Flair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Flair takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Flair tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sandoval counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sandoval comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sandoval looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sandoval moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sandoval scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Flair doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair tries to clinch there but Sandoval circles away.
Sandoval cracks Flair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sandoval digs a good body shot into Flair's ribs.
Flair instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandoval lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Flair backwards.
Flair fails to pull guard.
Ric Sandoval has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Colin Flair.
A bit of stalling here from Sandoval.
Flair jumps guard but Sandoval stands there with Flair around his waist. Flair gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sandoval has Flair pressed against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sandoval - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Flair misses with the head strike.
Sandoval leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sandoval avoids the elbow strike from Flair, against the cage.
Flair misses with a punch on the inside.
Sandoval dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Flair dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Flair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sandoval lands a left hand.
Flair stalls.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sandoval creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sandoval stops a takedown attempt from Flair.
Flair takes a shot to the head.
Sandoval stalling the fight.
Flair working aggressively here.
Flair jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sandoval walks away with a smile on his face. Flair gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Flair throws a combination that misses
and Sandoval counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ric Sandoval dominated that round.
That's time! Sandoval's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sandoval throws a combination. Flair tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Flair on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sandoval lands a jab to the head.
Flair throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Sandoval counter with a right hand.
Flair changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sandoval looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sandoval can't do much from the bottom here.
Sandoval wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Flair seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Sandoval is tapping! Wow, great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Colin Flair!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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