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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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179 cm
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176 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Martin Walter!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Walter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands strikes from half guard.
Walter is trying to stand.
Sanchez tries to pass to full mount but Walter defends it.
Sanchez is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Walter wants to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez 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 pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walter is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez won't allow Walter to get back to his feet.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Walter wants to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.
Walter has momentary wrist control but Sanchez slips an elbow through the middle.
Walter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Walter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Walter wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Walter keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Walter can't keep his opponent in guard - Sanchez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Walter tries to kick Sanchez off but Sanchez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Walter looks gassed!
Sanchez moves into full mount! Walter won't be happy about that!
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Walter hang on?
Walter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Walter?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Walter really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Walter hang on?
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Walter is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Walter is rocked!
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the head.
Walter is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Walter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee warns Walter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Walter wants to try and get back to his feet.
Walter seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez looking to finish Walter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Walter!
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanchez raining down shots from the mount!
Walter squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sanchez landing punches.
The referee warns Walter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Walter?
Walter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Walter is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Walter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Sanchez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Walter stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Walter is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Walter circles away and we're back to standing.
Walter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Walter lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Thiago Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walter punishes Sanchez's body with a nice straight punch.
Walter misses with a head kick.
Walter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thiago Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice takedown defense from Walter. No joy for Sanchez on that attempt.
Walter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez misses with a takedown
and Walter counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick misses from Walter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walter gets caught flat footed, as Sanchez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Walter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Walter is retaining full guard.
Walter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walter wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez works over Walter with some ground and pound from guard.
Walter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez stops Walter from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez passes Walter's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sanchez prevents Walter from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Walter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sanchez lands a big elbow.
Walter is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Walter wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Walter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sanchez raining down shots from the mount!
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Walter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Walter is trying to stand.
Sanchez raining down hammerfists from mount.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Walter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Walter?
Walter tries to buck Sanchez off but he can't manage it.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanchez looking to finish Walter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Walter!
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Walter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Thiago Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Walter takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Walter's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Walter is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Sanchez dominated that second round.
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 with a poor takedown
and Walter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown but Walter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sanchez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Walter pushes Sanchez away with a front kick.
Walter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Walter throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Walter scoring well with a low kick there.
Walter digs a good body shot into Sanchez's ribs.
Walter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Walter.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walter misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez shoots for a double leg takedown but Walter sprawls well. He's pushed Sanchez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Walter circles away easily
and Walter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walter cracks Sanchez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Walter.
Sanchez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Walter to the mat! Walter manages to get full guard.
Sanchez prevents Walter from getting back to his feet.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez slips nicely into half guard.
Sanchez wants to advance to full mount but Walter doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Walter is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a takedown
and Walter counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Walter lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanchez shoots in and bounces Walter off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Walter is retaining full guard.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Walter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sanchez is controlling him.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Walter is keeping the position for now.
Walter has his feet on Sanchez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez won't allow Walter to get back to his feet.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Walter is retaining full guard.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez postures up in Walter's guard and throws a big left but Walter blocks it.
Sanchez slips nicely into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sanchez connects with a nice short shot to Walter's temple.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walter can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez works his way into side control.
Sanchez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Walter sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sanchez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Walter to see if he's OK.
Sanchez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sanchez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Walter works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Walter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Walter is trying to stand up here but Sanchez is controlling him well.
Sanchez moves nicely into side control.
Sanchez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanchez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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