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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between TRINIDAD SANCHEZ (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that TRINIDAD SANCHEZ has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily TRINIDAD SANCHEZ seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, TRINIDAD SANCHEZ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawk keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
SANCHEZ shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hawk wants to get back to full guard.
Hawk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
SANCHEZ blocks the strikes from Hawk.
Hawk works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hawk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from SANCHEZ.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
SANCHEZ stopping the sweep attempt from Hawk.
Hawk has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hawk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
SANCHEZ landing with the ground and pound.
Hawk trying to keep a closed guard but SANCHEZ is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SANCHEZ scoring with some ground and pound.
SANCHEZ postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hawk is on top in guard.
Hawk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hawk postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hawk thows a big elbow that misses.
SANCHEZ keeping moving, preventing Hawk from controlling successfully.
Hawk preventing the sweep.
SANCHEZ trying to control the position.
SANCHEZ will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
SANCHEZ is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hawk misses with a takedown attempt
and SANCHEZ counters by moving into the clinch.
SANCHEZ manages to break the clinch.
Hawk connects with a high kick.
SANCHEZ gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hawk to score an easy takedown into full guard.
SANCHEZ is breathing heavily.
SANCHEZ thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
SANCHEZ not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
SANCHEZ throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hawk trying to control but SANCHEZ is working from the bottom.
Hawk passes into half guard.
SANCHEZ is staying active underneath Hawk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
SANCHEZ kicks off Hawk and gets to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
SANCHEZ moves in looking to clinch but Hawk pushes him off.
TRINIDAD SANCHEZ seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
SANCHEZ cracks Hawk with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hawk fails in his attempt to clinch.
SANCHEZ tries to clinch but Hawk moves out of range.
Hawk looks for a takedown but SANCHEZ sprawls well.
SANCHEZ fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hawk connects with a solid leg kick.
A slow jab from Hawk misses its intended target.
Hawk closes the distance and clinches up with SANCHEZ, looking for a takedown. Hawk pushes SANCHEZ against the cage but SANCHEZ circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
TRINIDAD SANCHEZ has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Hawk.
Nice sprawl there from Hawk as SANCHEZ shoots in.
Hawk throws a sloppy head kick
and SANCHEZ counters with an outside leg kick.
Hawk lands a head kick!
SANCHEZ pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk has a takedown stuffed.
SANCHEZ wants to clinch.
Hawk drives through and clinches with SANCHEZ against the cage.
SANCHEZ pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hawk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice takedown defense from Hawk. No joy for SANCHEZ on that attempt.
Hawk closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming SANCHEZ to the mat! SANCHEZ manages to get full guard.
SANCHEZ not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
SANCHEZ keeping moving, preventing Hawk from controlling successfully.
Hawk is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Hawk wants to stand and escape but instead SANCHEZ has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Hawk dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
SANCHEZ tries to clinch there but Hawk circles away.
SANCHEZ avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hawk takes the fight into the clinch.
Hawk has hold of one of SANCHEZ's legs. SANCHEZ is fighting the takedown attempt but Hawk gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
SANCHEZ trying to keep a closed guard but Hawk is proving a slippery customer.
SANCHEZ has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
SANCHEZ throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
SANCHEZ trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
SANCHEZ looking to control.
SANCHEZ looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hawk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
SANCHEZ preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.
Hawk connects with a good right hand that stumbles SANCHEZ. SANCHEZ circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hawk clinches with his opponent.
SANCHEZ gets underhooks to prevent Hawk's takedown attempt.
Hawk goes for a takedown attempt but SANCHEZ pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
SANCHEZ lands with a nice body punch.
Hawk shoots in but SANCHEZ avoids the takedown attempt easily.
TRINIDAD SANCHEZ has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Hawk.
SANCHEZ uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hawk has time to react.
SANCHEZ with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
SANCHEZ is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Hawk.
SANCHEZ clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
SANCHEZ tries to land knees in the clinch but Hawk avoids the damage to the body.
SANCHEZ breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Hawk.
SANCHEZ takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hawk with a poor takedown
and SANCHEZ counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hawk has him pressed against the cage.
Hawk looking for a takedown.
Hawk jumps into guard, dragging SANCHEZ to the mat.
SANCHEZ connects with a couple of short punches.
SANCHEZ drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and SANCHEZ jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
SANCHEZ postures up.
Hawk wants to sweep but no luck.
SANCHEZ is working Hawk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
SANCHEZ wanted to stand there but Hawk had control of the position.
SANCHEZ gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk avoids the body shot from SANCHEZ.
Hawk misses with a takedown attempt
and SANCHEZ counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hawk is trying to stand up here but SANCHEZ is controlling him well.
Hawk gets full guard.
SANCHEZ stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
SANCHEZ gets to his feet - Hawk follows without any prompting.
Hawk dives in and grabs SANCHEZ's left leg, looking for a takedown. SANCHEZ pushes down on Hawk's head and hops out.
A head kick from Hawk lands but SANCHEZ takes it in his stride.
Hawk fails with the takedown.
Hawk takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hawk doesn't manage to clinch there - SANCHEZ circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hawk is defended easily by SANCHEZ.
SANCHEZ tries for a takedown but Hawk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hawk lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Hawk. No joy for SANCHEZ on that attempt.
SANCHEZ tries to clinch up.
SANCHEZ tries to close the distance and clinch but Hawk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawk tries to close the distance and clinch up but SANCHEZ swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
SANCHEZ avoids the head kick by Hawk.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Hawk with that takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawk lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hawk.
SANCHEZ scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TRINIDAD SANCHEZ dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
SANCHEZ with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hawk counters with a head kick.
Hawk misses with a few strikes there.
Hawk closes the distance and pushes SANCHEZ back into the cage.
Hawk changes levels and goes for a takedown here. SANCHEZ fights it off and pushes away nicely.
SANCHEZ closes the distance and clinches up with Hawk, looking for a takedown. SANCHEZ pushes Hawk against the cage but Hawk circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
SANCHEZ tries to clinch there but Hawk circles away.
SANCHEZ is looking to clinch but Hawk is avoiding it.
Hawk tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Hawk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hawk!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
SANCHEZ scores with a takedown into Hawk's guard.
Hawk working a defensive guard here.
SANCHEZ throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
SANCHEZ scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
SANCHEZ missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hawk controlling the position.
Hawk is trying to control the position from the bottom.
SANCHEZ stands up and waves to Hawk to follow him.
Hawk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but SANCHEZ moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hawk misses with a wild body shot.
SANCHEZ rushes Hawk and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
SANCHEZ lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
SANCHEZ pulls guard successfully.
Hawk trying to control the position from guard on top but SANCHEZ is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
SANCHEZ thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hawk wants to control from the top but SANCHEZ keeps moving.
SANCHEZ scores with a short punch from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hawk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
SANCHEZ keeping full guard, as Hawk tries to pass.
SANCHEZ can't keep his opponent in guard - Hawk advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hawk is working for a submission of some sort.
Hawk misses with a head shot. SANCHEZ uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
SANCHEZ doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
SANCHEZ thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
SANCHEZ wants to get back to his feet but Hawk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hawk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as SANCHEZ works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hawk trying to stand up but can't free himself from SANCHEZ's guard.
SANCHEZ looking for a guillotine here but Hawk defends easily.
SANCHEZ wriggles free and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
SANCHEZ misses with a takedown attempt - Hawk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TRINIDAD SANCHEZ. That's going to take a lot out of him.
SANCHEZ wants to clinch up but Hawk keeps it at a distance.
Hawk will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hawk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
SANCHEZ fails with an attempt to clinch.
SANCHEZ shoots in for a takedown but Hawk shows good takedown defense.
SANCHEZ blocks a head kick by Hawk.
Hawk avoids a kick to the body.
SANCHEZ gets the takedown into side control.
SANCHEZ lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hawk down.
And that's the end of the fight!
TRINIDAD SANCHEZ showed his dominance in that final round.
I think SANCHEZ 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... TRINIDAD SANCHEZ!
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