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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Seb Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Sankar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Seb Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Neil Sankar!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sankar shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sankar trying to mount his opponent but Williams defends it.
Sankar throws a strike but Williams avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Williams is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sankar is controlling him.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Sankar from controlling successfully.
Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williams is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williams is looking for a triangle but Sankar pushes his legs off easily.
Williams is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sankar defends well.
Williams wants to stand but Sankar is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Sankar trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Sankar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams controls Sankar momentarily but Sankar frees himself.
Sankar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sankar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sankar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sankar wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
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.
Sankar throws a strike but Williams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sankar looking to control.
Williams wants to control from the top but Sankar keeps moving.
Sankar trying to control the position.
Sankar keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sankar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Sankar working the head and body with strikes.
Sankar looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sankar stalling away here and it's allowed Williams to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Sankar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sankar trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Sankar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Sankar from controlling successfully.
Sankar postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Sankar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sankar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Williams controls Sankar momentarily but Sankar frees himself.
Sankar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Sankar from controlling successfully.
Sankar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
Sankar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sankar passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williams is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Sankar dominated that 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.
Sankar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sankar misses with a takedown
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sankar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sankar trying to move into half guard but instead Williams has managed to sweep!
Sankar wants to sweep but no luck.
Sankar trying to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sankar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sankar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Williams is one step ahead there.
Sankar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sankar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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.
Sankar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sankar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sankar unloading with bombs!
Williams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sankar landing punches.
Williams taking shots to the head.
Sankar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sankar landing punches.
Sankar wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but Sankar is having none of it.
Sankar landing shots from mount.
Sankar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sankar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sankar looking for a guillotine from mount but Williams is having none of it.
Sankar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
BOOM! Sankar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sankar scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sankar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sankar dominating with strikes here.
Sankar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sankar landing strikes from the mount.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sankar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sankar landing shots from mount.
Sankar cracks Williams with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sankar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sankar landing strikes from the mount and Williams is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Sankar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sankar lands a body shot.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Williams with a poor takedown
and Sankar counters with a single leg into guard. Williams didn't expect that.
Sankar scoring with some ground and pound.
Sankar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sankar trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams has his foot on Sankar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sankar works his way back into a safe position though.
Sankar wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.
Sankar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sankar stays in close to Williams's body and controls the position.
Sankar wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Neil Sankar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sankar throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
Sankar looking to pass the guard.
Sankar trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Sankar cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
Sankar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Sankar trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sankar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sankar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sankar trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Neil Sankar wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sankar changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Williams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sankar is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Williams's shoulder. That is not cool.
Check out the look on Sankar's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sankar trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sankar lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Williams is not content to let Sankar control the position.
Sankar 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 showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Williams tries to bench press Sankar off him but Sankar keeps the position.
Sankar trying to control the position but Williams is working away.
Neil Sankar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Neil Sankar hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sankar shoots for a double leg takedown but Williams sprawls well. He's pushed Sankar's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Seb Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sankar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Sankar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sankar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Sankar!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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