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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chen Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chen Sanders!
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, Frank Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jacobs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jacobs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jacobs lands the left hand.
Sanders forces Jacobs back against the cage and clinches.
Jacobs gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sanders.
Sanders jumps into guard, dragging Jacobs to the mat.
Jacobs avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jacobs must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Jacobs from controlling successfully.
Jacobs postures up in Sanders's guard and throws a big left but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jacobs stops Sanders from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Jacobs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs can't escape the position.
Jacobs manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jacobs scores with a few weak punches.
Sanders is tying to control. Jacobs wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jacobs regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sanders pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jacobs is keeping the position for now.
Jacobs working a defensive guard here.
Jacobs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanders is one step ahead there.
Sanders passes into half guard.
Jacobs makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jacobs.
Jacobs trying to keep a closed guard but Sanders is proving a slippery customer.
Sanders wants to pass the guard but Jacobs is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanders being controlled here momentarily.
Sanders is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Jacobs is trying to control the position but Sanders postures up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jacobs swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanders.
Horrible takedown by Sanders or perhaps it was just good defense by Jacobs which made him look bad.
Jacobs looks to land a combination. Sanders sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sanders has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jacobs lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jacobs circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
Jacobs misses with a series of wild punches.
Jacobs throws a right and a left that Sanders avoids nicely.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
Jacobs looks to land a left hand but Sanders moved out of range nicely.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jacobs as he avoids it easily.
Jacobs swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanders.
Jacobs misses with an uppercut.
Sanders fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs lands a nice shot that snaps Sanders's head back.
Jacobs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacobs stuffs the takedown.
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jacobs throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jacobs throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Sanders will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Jacobs.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Jacobs is avoiding it.
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.
Jacobs throws a series of punches but Sanders avoids them all with ease.
Jacobs tries to bum rush Sanders with a series of wild strikes but Sanders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jacobs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt - Jacobs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanders fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jacobs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jacobs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jacobs but Jacobs pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanders shoots in but Jacobs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacobs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Jacobs dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jacobs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacobs scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jacobs throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Frank Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Jacobs.
Jacobs lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jacobs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jacobs looks to land a right hand but Sanders moved out of range.
Sanders slips a jab and a cross from Jacobs.
Jacobs works Sanders's body with a nice hook.
Jacobs scores with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
Sanders takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jacobs lands a with a good body shot.
Jacobs throws a right and a left that Sanders avoids nicely.
Sanders slips a jab and a cross from Jacobs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jacobs.
Sanders is looking to clinch.
Sanders throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jacobs's waist but Jacobs gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanders off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Jacobs finds it's target.
Jacobs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Frank Jacobs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanders fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs lands a really nice looking cross but Sanders seems unphased.
Sanders shoots in but Jacobs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jacobs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jacobs scores with a jab to the body.
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sanders stands and steps away. Jacobs gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jacobs throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jacobs as he jumps to the side.
No joy there for Jacobs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacobs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jacobs scores with a body shot.
Jacobs throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Jacobs is avoiding it.
Jacobs scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jacobs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice cross by Jacobs.
Jacobs fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Jacobs. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanders slips a straight right by Jacobs.
Jacobs cracks a nice hook into Sanders's ribs.
Chen Sanders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but Jacobs shows good takedown defense.
Jacobs is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jacobs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanders fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanders fails with the takedown.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders tries to clinch but Jacobs moves out of range.
Sanders defending well as Jacobs loads up on a big left hand.
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Jacobs throws a series of punches but Sanders avoids them all with ease.
Sanders fails to land the takedown.
That's four 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.
A combination from Jacobs does no damage.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Jacobs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Jacobs as Sanders shoots in.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jacobs but Jacobs pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jacobs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jacobs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanders fails with the takedown.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt - Jacobs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jacobs.
Jacobs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanders fails with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Jacobs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Jacobs looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Jacobs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanders moves away.
Sanders looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jacobs is fending him off so far but Sanders persists. Nope, Jacobs circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanders fails with the takedown.
Sanders looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jacobs is fending him off so far but Sanders persists. Nope, Jacobs circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jacobs.
Jacobs looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jacobs missing with a left hand there. Sanders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jacobs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders wants to clinch.
Sanders moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jacobs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
Jacobs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs throws a series of punches but Sanders moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jacobs.
Sanders looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jacobs is fending him off so far but Sanders persists. Nope, Jacobs circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanders takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jacobs looks to land a combination. Sanders sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanders uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jacobs.
Sanders slips a jab and a cross from Jacobs.
No joy there for Jacobs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacobs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jacobs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanders wants to clinch.
A punch combination from Jacobs misses.
Sanders fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frank Jacobs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanders fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt - Jacobs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jacobs.
Jacobs misses with a series of wild punches.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jacobs as he jumps to the side.
Jacobs keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Jacobs.
Jacobs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A big left from Jacobs misses.
Jacobs tries to bum rush Sanders with a series of wild strikes but Sanders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jacobs throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
Jacobs misses with a looping left.
Jacobs lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sanders fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Jacobs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jacobs lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt - Jacobs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jacobs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jacobs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jacobs is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nice takedown defense from Jacobs. No joy for Sanders on that attempt.
Sanders closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jacobs circles away.
Jacobs throws a nice looking combination but Sanders bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacobs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanders tries to clinch there but Jacobs circles away.
Sanders fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Jacobs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jacobs stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanders. Sanders gets slowly back to his feet.
Jacobs connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A punch combination from Jacobs misses.
Sanders looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jacobs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanders tries to clinch up but Jacobs circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanders clinches with his opponent.
Jacobs prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sanders jumps into guard, dragging Jacobs to the mat.
Sanders is looking for a triangle but Jacobs pushes his legs off easily.
Sanders wants to sweep but no luck.
Chen Sanders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
A nice elbow there by Sanders.
Sanders fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Jacobs.
I've got Jacobs winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Jacobs!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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