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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Pleasures (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Sensintaffar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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158 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Pleasures!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Sensintaffar!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sensintaffar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pleasures throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sensintaffar.
Pleasures drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sensintaffar wants to stand up but Pleasures is controlling him.
Pleasures with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pleasures missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sensintaffar looking for a guillotine here but Pleasures defends easily.
Sensintaffar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sensintaffar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sensintaffar has his feet on Pleasures's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Pleasures misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pleasures fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensintaffar swinging wildly here.
Pleasures fails with the takedown.
Sensintaffar displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pleasures.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Pleasures. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sensintaffar drives through and clinches with Pleasures against the cage.
Sensintaffar breaks the clinch.
Sensintaffar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sensintaffar misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pleasures takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
John Pleasures seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pleasures wants to clinch
and Sensintaffar counters with a low kick, right behind Pleasures 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures instigates a clinch.
Pleasures pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pleasures shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sensintaffar defends it nicely.
Daniel Sensintaffar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sensintaffar throws the kick towards the body but Pleasures avoids it.
Sensintaffar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pleasures tries to land a knee to the head but Sensintaffar blocks with his arms.
Pleasures fails to pull guard.
Pleasures has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sensintaffar is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pleasures wants a takedown but no success here.
Sensintaffar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pleasures scores with a takedown into Sensintaffar's guard.
Pleasures connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensintaffar controls Pleasures momentarily but Pleasures frees himself.
Pleasures looking to pass the guard.
Sensintaffar pushes Pleasures off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sensintaffar.
Sensintaffar lands a high kick!
Pleasures on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sensintaffar misses with a body kick.
Sensintaffar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pleasures closes the distance and clinches.
Sensintaffar misses with a knee to the head.
Sensintaffar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sensintaffar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensintaffar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by Pleasures misses
letting Sensintaffar counter with a right hand.
Pleasures scores a takedown into full mount!
Pleasures landing strikes from the mount.
Pleasures lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sensintaffar tries to lock up and control but Pleasures gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pleasures landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sensintaffar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pleasures lands a nice short elbow.
Pleasures is breathing heavily.
Sensintaffar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pleasures throws and elbow that misses. Sensintaffar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pleasures's guard. Nice move by Sensintaffar!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pleasures looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Pleasures will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pleasures clinches but Sensintaffar breaks the clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sensintaffar swinging wildly here.
Pleasures throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pleasures takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sensintaffar scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sensintaffar rushes Pleasures and presses him up against the cage.
Sensintaffar misses with a knee strike.
Pleasures tries a knee to the head but Sensintaffar blocks it.
Sensintaffar is trying to break the clinch but Pleasures has him pressed against the cage.
Sensintaffar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pleasures tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sensintaffar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sensintaffar prevents Pleasures from breaking the clinch.
Pleasures breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sensintaffar scores with a hook to the body. Pleasures takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pleasures shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Pleasures was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sensintaffar tries to buck Pleasures off but he can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensintaffar is trying to escape the mount.
Pleasures lands a nice shot to the head.
Pleasures breaks from Sensintaffar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sensintaffar is trying desperately to improve position.
Pleasures punching from mount but Sensintaffar doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sensintaffar blocking the ground and pound.
Sensintaffar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pleasures sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pleasures is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sensintaffar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pleasures unloads with some shots from mount but Sensintaffar bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensintaffar is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Sensintaffar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sensintaffar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pleasures unloading with bombs!
Sensintaffar is trying to stand up.
Pleasures lands a nice shot to the head.
Pleasures has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sensintaffar's face.
Pleasures in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sensintaffar trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pleasures with good strikes from the mount here!
Pleasures in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sensintaffar tries to lock up and control but Pleasures gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Pleasures unloading with bombs!
Pleasures landing strikes from the mount.
Sensintaffar is rocked!
John Pleasures overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pleasures lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sensintaffar is still in real trouble! Can Pleasures finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pleasures has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sensintaffar's face.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Pleasures! Sensintaffar is hurt baaadly! Pleasures is firing away with more strikes - Sensintaffar is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). John Pleasures!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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