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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Van Varen Berg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
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195 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Claude Van Varen Berg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oswaldo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez clinches.
Van Varen Berg misses with a knee to the head.
Van Varen Berg tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Van Varen Berg using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Varen Berg lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Van Varen Berg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Varen Berg with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Varen Berg makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Varen Berg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Van Varen Berg or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Varen Berg misses with a knee to the head.
Van Varen Berg tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Van Varen Berg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Varen Berg is breathing heavily.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Varen Bergs head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Varen Berg lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Sanchez.
Van Varen Berg misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez pushes Van Varen Berg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Van Varen Berg tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Van Varen Berg is rocked!
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Oh Van Varen Berg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Van Varen Berg blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Varen Berg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Varen Berg backwards.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Varen Berg blocking some punches.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Varen Berg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Varen Berg blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Van Varen Berg seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Varen Berg being controlled here, momentarily.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Van Varen Berg is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Varen Berg manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswaldo Sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Van Varen Berg moves into the clinch.
Van Varen Berg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Varen Berg misses with a knee to the head.
Van Varen Berg swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Varen Berg pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
Oswaldo Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Van Varen Berg connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Van Varen Berg blocking some punches.
Sanchez gets through Van Varen Berg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez is working Van Varen Berg over against the cage.
Van Varen Berg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A body shot lands from Sanchez.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Van Varen Berg throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Sanchez.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Van Varen Berg with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
Van Varen Berg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanchez gets through Van Varen Berg's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Varen Berg backwards.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Van Varen Berg regains guard immediately.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez stays in close to Van Varen Berg's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Van Varen Berg blocks nicely.
Van Varen Berg looking for a sweep. Not yet Van Varen Berg, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Varen Berg keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Oswaldo Sanchez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Varen Berg throws a lazy body kick
and Sanchez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Van Varen Berg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Varen Berg working aggressively here.
Van Varen Berg tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Varen Berg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswaldo Sanchez 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!
Sanchez lunges at Van Varen Berg with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Varen Berg's hand.
Van Varen Berg misses with a right hand
and Sanchez counters by moving into the clinch.
Van Varen Berg throws a knee to the head but misses.
Van Varen Berg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Varen Berg tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Van Varen Berg has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Van Varen Berg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez works on Van Varen Berg's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Varen Berg scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez lands a big right hand that drops Van Varen Berg! The killer instinct kicks in and Sanchez finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Sanchez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oswaldo Sanchez!
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