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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radamen Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PEDRO BALA (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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180 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Radamen Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, PEDRO BALA!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BALA gets caught flat footed, as Sanchez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanchez content to stall in guard here.
BALA looking for a sweep. Not yet BALA, not yet.
BALA seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sanchez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. BALA swivels though and keeps the full guard.
BALA is controlling Sanchez's posture.
Sanchez trying to control but BALA is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BALA is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Sanchez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
BALA looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
BALA looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sanchez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sanchez works his way into side control.
Sanchez taking a breather here.
BALA throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sanchez just content to control the position.
BALA tries to get back to half guard but can't.
BALA looks to move to half guard but instead Sanchez has passed into mount! Damn!
BALA wants to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BALA is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BALA is looking to get to half guard.
BALA wants to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
BALA is looking to get to half guard.
BALA looks gassed!
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanchez avoids the attempt from BALA to control.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Radamen Sanchez just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radamen Sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
BALA swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
BALA takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but BALA circles away and keeps his distance.
Radamen Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
BALA tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
BALA will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but BALA swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Radamen Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez gets caught flat footed, as BALA shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanchez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
BALA is breathing heavily.
Sanchez wants to stand up but BALA is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BALA trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez controlling BALA's posture.
BALA trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
BALA passes Sanchez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
BALA is just content to waste time from the top position. Sanchez takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Sanchez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing BALA from controlling successfully.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but BALA is one step ahead there.
Sanchez managing to control the position.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. BALA manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez stays in close to BALA's body and controls the position.
BALA pulls Sanchez in close to prevent any damage.
Sanchez controlling from the top position.
Sanchez gets to his feet - BALA follows without any prompting.
Sanchez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sanchez decides to return to a standing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez cracks the inside of BALA's front leg.
Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like PEDRO BALA has been cut.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BALA tries to pull guard but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks BALA to the ground! Sanchez dives into full mount looking to finish!
BALA is rocked!
BALA wants to try and get back to his feet.
BALA is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
BALA is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BALA is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
BALA seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radamen Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on PEDRO BALA's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez lands a head kick!
Sanchez clinches up with BALA and pushes him back against the cage.
BALA working aggressively here.
Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
BALA wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but BALA circles away easily
and BALA counters with a shoot takedown. Sanchez fights it but they end up in guard.
BALA wants to stand but Sanchez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
BALA won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing BALA from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as BALA tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez has control of BALA's left arm, preventing BALA from doing any damage.
BALA won't allow Sanchez to get back to his feet.
BALA trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
BALA sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and BALA counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
BALA sitting in guard here, content to control.
BALA trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BALA pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
BALA wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
BALA advances to half guard.
Sanchez wants to control but BALA passes into side.
BALA is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sanchez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sanchez dodges the ground and pound from BALA.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sanchez keeps BALA under control for a moment.
Sanchez tries to buck BALA off but BALA is having none of it.
BALA is looking to take a break and control but Sanchez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sanchez is looking to regain half guard here but BALA keeps moving and retains side control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
BALA scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sanchez is trying to get back to half guard.
Sanchez is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BALA working away.
Sanchez regains half guard.
BALA drops an elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
PEDRO BALA has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez trying to hold on to BALA's head to control him but BALA postures up.
BALA thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
Sanchez preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
BALA wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
BALA is just content to waste time from the top position. Sanchez takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
PEDRO BALA comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radamen Sanchez!
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energy
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FIGHT
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