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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thery Sanon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Rosario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanon's entrance music is Singles Run. A fine choice. Thery Sanon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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142 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thery Sanon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Rosario!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rosario's waist but Rosario gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanon off to one side.
Sanon looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Danga de danga de dang - Rosario scores with a four punch combination!
Rosario moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sanon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rosario.
Sanon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rosario lands a jab-cross combination.
Good exchange - Rosario coming out on top.
Rosario looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rosario lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanon backs up against the cage.
Rosario lands a nice shot that snaps Sanon's head back.
A punch combination from Rosario misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosario catches Sanon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rosario looks to land a combination but Sanon avoids it well.
Rosario punishes Sanon's body with a nice straight punch.
Rosario scores with a one two! Sanon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jose Rosario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Rosario.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanon dodges the punch combination from Rosario.
Rosario fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Sanon.
Rosario scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sanon needs to keep his hands up - Rosario had a free shot at his head there.
Rosario is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rosario throws a series of strikes that have Sanon backpedaling.
Rosario moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice body punch from Rosario.
Rosario's corner calls for a 1-2. Rosario obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rosario fails to land with a series of punches.
Rosario closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rosario scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Decent striking displayed by Rosario there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rosario misses with a double jab
and Sanon moves into the clinch.
Sanon has Rosario pressed against the cage, preventing Rosario from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rosario tries to break the clinch but Sanon is controlling the position.
Sanon prevents Rosario from breaking the clinch.
Sanon breaks from the clinch.
Rosario throws a right hand that Sanon ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanon also avoids with ease.
Sanon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rosario scores with a nice right hand.
Rosario throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rosario lands a slapping body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rosario!
Rosario lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanon backs up against the cage.
Rosario sizes up Sanon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sanon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rosario.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanon slips a jab and a cross from Rosario.
Rosario will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rosario is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rosario lands with a nice body punch.
Rosario changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Rosario.
Rosario scores with a jab. Sanon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rosario's corner calls for a 1-2. Rosario obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rosario has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rosario.
Rosario clobbers Sanon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rosario!
Rosario scores with a three punch combo!
Rosario is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sanon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rosario lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
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.
Rosario rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rosario punishes Sanon's body with a nice straight punch.
Jose Rosario is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rosario fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rosario stalks Sanon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanon's face. Sanon staggers backwards, shaken.
A right-left combo lands from Rosario.
Rosario lands a nice hook to Sanon's body. Sanon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch combination from Rosario misses.
Rosario with a jab.
Sanon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rosario.
Sanon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanon is looking to clinch but Rosario is avoiding it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rosario lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rosario throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rosario throws a right hand that Sanon ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanon also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Rosario dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rosario bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rosario moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rosario lands a jab-cross combination.
Rosario lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sanon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rosario throws a series of strikes that have Sanon backpedaling.
Rosario wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rosario scores with a one two! Sanon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosario stuns Sanon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rosario.
Nice body punch from Rosario.
Sanon dodges the punch combination from Rosario.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rosario looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Rosario.
Rosario lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rosario scores with a jab to the body.
Rosario lands with a nice combination. Sanon backs away looking to recover.
Sanon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sanon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rosario.
Rosario scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rosario moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rosario scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanon is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rosario.
Sanon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rosario moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Rosario scores with a four punch combination!
No joy there for Rosario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rosario throws a series of punches but Sanon avoids them all with ease.
Sanon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rosario.
Sanon slips a jab and a cross from Rosario.
Rosario throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rosario punishes Sanon's body with a nice straight punch.
Rosario misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Rosario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rosario tries to bum rush Sanon with a series of wild strikes but Sanon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Rosario, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanon looks to throw the jab but Rosario is out of range.
Rosario uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanon has time to react.
That's four 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.
Rosario throws a nice looking combination but Sanon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rosario fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thery Sanon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rosario fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanon is defended easily by Rosario.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thery Sanon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rosario moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rosario throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanon.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rosario!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rosario goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sanon takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanon keeps control of Rosario as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Rosario showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rosario fails to land with a series of punches.
Rosario misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rosario.
Rosario scores with a body shot.
Rosario misses with a combination
and Sanon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanon prevents Rosario from improving his position.
Rosario is refusing to be controlled, as Sanon sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanon wants to stand up but Rosario is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario is trying to stand.
Rosario scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sanon manages to mount him!
Rosario has given up his back here.
Rosario staying busy and making it hard for Sanon to control.
Sanon has the hooks in. Rosario is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanon trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Sanon avoiding Rosario 's attempts to control his hands.
Sanon punches the canvas rather than the man.
Rosario wants to escape the position.
A lull in the action here.
Sanon is persistently looking for the submission but Rosario is defending it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanon has good solid back control here.
Rosario wants to control his opponent's hands but Sanon gets his hands free.
Rosario tries to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanon lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Rosario tries to break free.
Rosario controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
A lull in the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rosario tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thery Sanon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rosario has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Rosario!
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hype
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