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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Crusty Pelican (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raul Sanchez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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146 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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147 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Crusty Pelican!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raul Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Pelican misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Pelican is avoiding it.
Sanchez slips a jab from Pelican.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Pelican misses with a looping right.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pelican thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pelican throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Pelican moves out of range.
Pelican looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Pelican misses with a hook.
A jab from Pelican does it's job there.
Sanchez moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelican managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pelican has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Pelican lands an uppercut.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pelican blocks it with crossed arms.
Pelican avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Pelican avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Pelican is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sanchez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
Pelican digs a right hand underneath Sanchez's ribcage. Sanchez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pelican managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Pelican takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Pelican.
Sanchez trying to stall but Pelican improves his position.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pelican is defending well for now.
Sanchez looks gassed!
A body shot lands from Pelican.
Sanchez gets underhooks to prevent Pelican's takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Pelican fails to land.
Pelican throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pelican taking a breather.
Pelican misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pelican is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Pelican into the cage.
Pelican swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pelican is trying to break free.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pelican lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pelican has hold of one of Sanchez's legs. Sanchez is fighting the takedown attempt but Pelican gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Pelican might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pelican scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanchez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pelican 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 utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pelican thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Pelican distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pelican postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sanchez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Pelican, into his guard.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pelican has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sanchez doesn't defend quickly enough and Pelican has managed to lock this one up! Can Sanchez escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Pelican on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Crusty Pelican!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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