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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hektor Bombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into the arena with In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Bombard's choice of entrance music: Bonaparte - Boycott Everything . Hektor Bombard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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174 cm
26
195 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oswaldo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hektor Bombard!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bombard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bombard misses with a looping right.
Nice jab there from Bombard.
Bombard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Bombard's ribs.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bombard.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bombard misses with a jab to the body
and Sanchez counters with a good, hard body kick but Bombard shrugs it off.
Bombard throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Bombard saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bombard throws an off balance right hand
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bombard was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bombard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanchez's head backwards.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Bombard keeps it at a distance.
Bombard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Bombard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bombard to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombard throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bombard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bombard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bombard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bombard counters with a left and a right that stings Sanchez.
Bombard throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a good low kick that Bombard was not able to check.
Bombard throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a solid body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bombard misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bombard misses with a right hand
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
Bombard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a low kick, right behind Bombard 's knee.
Bombard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bombard throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
Sanchez with a jab.
Bombard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Bombard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bombard thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombard with a jab.
Sanchez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bombard lands a head shot.
Bombard throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Sanchez takes a swing at Bombard's ribcage but misses.
Bombard misses with a hook to the body
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Bombard does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bombard misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bombard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Oswaldo Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bombard takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bombard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bombard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bombard.
Bombard takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Bombard throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
Bombard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bombard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bombard misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bombard misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a good, hard body kick but Bombard shrugs it off.
Bombard throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Bombard seems unphased.
Sanchez lands a jab to the nose.
A punch lands to the side of Sanchez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bombard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bombard tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombard misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez counters with a good, hard body kick but Bombard shrugs it off.
Bombard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bombard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bombard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bombard misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Bombard.
Bombard misses with a combination
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bombard really felt that one!
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Bombard.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Bombard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bombard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a body kick that stops Bombard in his tracks momentarily.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bombard misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Bombard throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bombard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanchez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bombard is breathing heavily.
Sanchez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bombard if he has to take too many more of those.
Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Bombard in a clinch.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bombard's elbow.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bombard prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez is working Bombard over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombard blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Bombard controls the action.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Bombard blocks it.
Sanchez is leaning against Bombard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez gets through Bombard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Bombard takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Bombard should have avoided that one.
Bombard misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot by Bombard.
Bombard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswaldo Sanchez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bombard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bombard misses with a hook
and Sanchez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bombard thinking.
Sanchez connects with an inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bombard throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bombard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanchez fakes the leg kick and cracks Bombard in the body.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Bombard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bombard misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bombard's knee momentarily.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Bombard misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bombard blocks the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bombard's sensitive parts.
Bombard misses with a body shot
and Sanchez counters with a low kick, right behind Bombard 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bombard throws a poor cross that misses
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Bombard connects with a jab.
Bombard throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez lands a right hook to the body.
Sanchez works Bombard's body with a nice hook.
Bombard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bombard throws a lazy uppercut
and Bombard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oswaldo Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Bombard off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bombard.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Bombard moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Bombard throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a nice leg kick.
Hektor Bombard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bombard has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sanchez.
Bombard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bombard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez counters with a right hand to the body.
Bombard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bombard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Bombard throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oswaldo Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bombard misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bombard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bombard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez tests Bombard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Bombard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bombard misses with a series of wild punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oswaldo Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanchez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oswaldo Sanchez!
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