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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fumando Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen "Shake Da Spot" King T as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jason Ellis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jason Ellis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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201 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jason Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fumando Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez tries to pass to full mount but Ellis defends it.
Ellis punching from the bottom.
Sanchez wants to pass to mount but Ellis is defending the position.
Ground and pound from Sanchez.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis is looking for a sweep. Sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanchez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sanchez is looking to pass Ellis's guard but actually Ellis recovers to full guard.
Sanchez trying to control but Ellis is working from the bottom.
Sanchez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sanchez trying to control the position but Ellis is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez cracks Ellis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Ellis pushes Sanchez away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sanchez gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ellis is letting Sanchez control him for a moment.
Sanchez misses with the ground and pound.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ellis down.
A lull in the action here as Sanchez stalls from top position.
Sanchez scoring with punches and elbows.
Ellis is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries for a kimura but Ellis is defending well.
Sanchez swings around for an armbar but Ellis sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez trying to control the position here.
Sanchez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ellis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ellis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ellis defends well.
Ellis trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ellis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez scores a takedown into full mount!
Ellis tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Ellis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ellis is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Ellis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez looking to finish Ellis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ellis!
Ellis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Ellis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Fumando Sanchez 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.
Ellis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanchez lands with a punch from half guard.
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ellis keeps working.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ellis trying to control here.
Sanchez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Sanchez seems content to control.
Sanchez moves nicely into side control.
Ellis sneaks back into half guard.
Ellis punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez wants to free his trapped foot but Ellis is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sanchez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sanchez stops Ellis from getting back to his feet.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Ellis is defending well.
Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Ellis is defending well.
Sanchez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ellis is trying to control but Sanchez passes into side control!
Sanchez scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Ellis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ellis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanchez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ellis's shoulder. That is not cool.
Sanchez working the ground and pound.
Sanchez looks up at the clock and then as Ellis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sanchez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Ellis takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sanchez wants to control but Ellis is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sanchez landing strikes.
Ellis wants to control but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ellis keeps working.
Sanchez works to advance to full mount. Ellis defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Fumando Sanchez 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!
Sanchez is looking to slow Ellis down with leg kicks.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ellis napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sanchez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ellis tries to improve position but can't.
Fumando Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Sanchez tries for a kimura but Ellis is defending well.
Sanchez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ellis struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ellis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ellis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanchez decides to stand back up. Sanchez steps back and let's Ellis get back to his feet.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown. Ellis tries to sprawl out of it but Sanchez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ellis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Ellis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ellis doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Sanchez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Ellis is keeping the position.
Sanchez is pushing down on Ellis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ellis is fighting to maintain full guard but Sanchez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sanchez is keen to just control but Ellis is a slippery customer.
Ellis wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ellis is pressing down on Sanchez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ellis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ellis keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Ellis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sanchez passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sanchez passes to full mount!
Sanchez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ellis is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ellis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanchez prevents Ellis from getting the reversal.
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanchez breaks from Ellis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ellis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Sanchez dominating with strikes here.
Ellis tries to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ellis looks a forlorn figure.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Ellis tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fumando Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fumando Sanchez!
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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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