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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barrington Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barrington Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Xavier looking to ground and pound but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Xavier cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanchez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Xavier pushes him away.
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Xavier has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Xavier pushes him away.
Xavier pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Xavier postures up.
Sanchez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sanchez wants to control but Xavier is keeping busy.
Xavier is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Xavier is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Xavier is working for a kimura but Sanchez is defending it quite comfortably.
Sanchez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Sanchez trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Xavier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Xavier scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sanchez is trying to control Xavier's posture but Xavier avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier in side control lands a decent elbow.
Xavier cracks Sanchez with a big right hand but Sanchez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sanchez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Xavier tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sanchez is trying to control Xavier's posture but Xavier avoids it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez sneaks back into half guard.
Xavier is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanchez sees it coming and defends easily.
Xavier looks gassed!
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position well.
Sanchez trying to hold on to Xavier's head to control him but Xavier postures up.
Xavier blocks the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Xavier lands strikes from half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Xavier.
Sanchez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanchez wants it to stay on the feet.
Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sanchez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Xavier controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Xavier keeps moving.
Xavier not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Xavier is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sanchez sitting in guard here, content to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barrington Xavier dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanchez shoots and misses
and Xavier counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Xavier must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Xavier is proving a slippery customer.
Sanchez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Xavier can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Xavier working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Xavier stands up over Sanchez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xavier tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.
Sanchez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Xavier shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Xavier showed some decent athleticism there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Xavier stands up from half guard.
Sanchez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Xavier to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Xavier stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Barrington Xavier has got the better of the ground game so far.
Xavier is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Xavier wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but Xavier slips an elbow through the middle.
Sanchez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanchez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanchez tries to get out of the position.
Xavier trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Xavier wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Xavier is one step ahead there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Xavier counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanchez's guard now.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Xavier is proving a slippery customer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Xavier working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier lands a couple of elbows.
Xavier cracks Sanchez with a solid left hand.
Xavier lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Xavier passes into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control from the bottom.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Xavier lands a nice short elbow.
Sanchez gets full guard.
Sanchez controls Xavier momentarily but Xavier frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xavier is stalling in the full guard.
Xavier lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier drops back looking for a leg! Sanchez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sanchez manages to kick Xavier off! Xavier jumps back into Sanchez's guard.
Xavier throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xavier working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez is trying to keep Xavier in close.
Xavier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Xavier shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanchez's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barrington Xavier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Xavier scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Xavier throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Xavier is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Xavier.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Sanchez seems keen to control Xavier's posture.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Xavier won't allow Sanchez to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Xavier gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Xavier working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Xavier scoring with punches to the head and body.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Xavier shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanchez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Xavier postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Xavier working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Xavier won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Xavier is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Xavier is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sanchez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanchez shoots and misses
and Xavier counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control here.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.
Xavier is pressing down on Sanchez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sanchez is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Xavier tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Sanchez.
Xavier working the head and body with strikes.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Barrington Xavier is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Xavier controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sanchez looking to control.
Xavier keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
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.
Xavier working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Xavier is one step ahead there.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Xavier throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jose Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Xavier shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Xavier would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jose Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Xavier escapes and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control!
And that's the end of the fight!
Barrington Xavier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Xavier 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Barrington Xavier!
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RATING
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