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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sexyama Hama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Sanchez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sexyama Hama!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hama drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hama stays in close to Sanchez's body and controls the position.
Hama preventing the sweep.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hama manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez won't allow Hama to sweep him here.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hama swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez is stalling in the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hama holds on and takes a little breather.
Sanchez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sanchez preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hama keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Hama has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Hama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hama is pulling down on Sanchez's head. It's preventing any offense from Sanchez, at least for the moment.
Hama wants to stand up but Sanchez is controlling him.
Sanchez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Hama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
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.
Hama keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez passes Hama's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hama controlling the position for now.
Sanchez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hama knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hama wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hama can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hama tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sanchez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Hama moves into full guard.
Sanchez stopping the sweep attempt from Hama.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hama is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hama is on top in guard.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hama stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanchez is on top in guard.
Sanchez passes into half guard.
Sanchez throwing shots but Hama is blocking nicely.
Hama controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hama works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sanchez thows a big elbow that misses.
Sanchez trying to control but Hama is working from the bottom.
Hama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hama pulls Sanchez in to control the position.
Sanchez trying to control but Hama is working from the bottom.
Hama pulls Sanchez in close to prevent any damage.
Sanchez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hama is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez decides to stand and escape the position.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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 Miguel Sanchez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanchez fails with the takedown
and Hama counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanchez won't be happy with that.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Sanchez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hama's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Hama is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sanchez trying to control from the bottom.
Hama looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hama really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Sexyama Hama just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Hama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez looking for a takedown.
Hama leaning against his opponent.
Hama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez letting Hama take a breather here.
Nice body punch from Hama - that landed with a thud.
Hama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanchez or not.
Hama tightens his grip and picks Sanchez up, before dumping him to the ground. Sanchez manages to land in guard.
Hama pushes down on Sanchez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hama in particular looking to stall.
Sanchez gets full guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Hama wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to control.
Sanchez wants to control the position but Hama says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Sanchez wants to control but Hama is keeping busy.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hama's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hama's back!
Sanchez doesn't have the hooks in and Hama manages to turn into his guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Hama controlling him for the moment.
Hama must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Hama tries to pass.
Hama slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hama slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hama controlling from side mount.
Hama passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sanchez!
Sanchez tries to reverse the position but Hama maintains control.
Hama controlling from mount.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Hama postures up.
Sanchez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Hama controlling from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to hold on but Hama pushes him away.
Sanchez is looking to get to half guard.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Hama pushes him away.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position but Hama isn't that keen on the idea.
Hama controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Hama is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez is trying to stand.
Sanchez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hama is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sexyama Hama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hama clinches up against the cage.
Hama has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Sanchez regains guard immediately.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Hama from controlling successfully.
Sexyama Hama has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sanchez looking to control.
Hama wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Hama looking to pass the guard.
Hama content to stall in guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hama stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is working hard here to advance position.
Sanchez trying to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Hama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hama looking for a takedown.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez fails to pull guard.
Hama breaks from the clinch.
Sexyama Hama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hama fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hama rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez has hold of one of Hama's legs. Hama is fighting the takedown attempt but Sanchez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Hama is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hama tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Sanchez presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sanchez working for a guillotine from mount but Hama is in no mood to give up.
Hama tries to lock up and control but Sanchez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
Hama is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hama is looking to escape.
Hama doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Let's hope that Hama has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hama is looking to escape.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound but Hama is blocking nicely.
Hama tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez tries to control but Hama wriggling away.
Hama wants to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
Hama holds on for dear life.
Hama tries to reverse the position but Sanchez maintains control.
Sanchez fails to advance to Hama's back.
Hama wants to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hama bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hama stands and steps away. Sanchez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A punch combination from Hama misses.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hama is looking to escape.
Hama is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hama is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Sexyama Hama just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sanchez throws a head kick that Hama semi-blocks.
Hama misses with a few strikes there.
Hama misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hama moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Hama forces Sanchez back against the cage and clinches.
Sanchez successfully pulls guard.
Hama preventing the sweep.
Sanchez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hama sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hama decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sanchez, up you get!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hama throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Sanchez passes to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Hama is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanchez looking to control but Hama is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hama?
Hama is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanchez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hama tries to lock up and control but Sanchez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hama might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sanchez kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Hama is squirming around nicely.
Hama is trying to escape the mount.
Hama wants to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
Sanchez has hold of Hama's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hama manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hama tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Hama is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hama is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez has hold of Hama's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hama manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sanchez looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids the attempt from Hama to control.
Sanchez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hama tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hama is looking to escape.
Hama is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hama manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hama is trying is best to control the position here.
Sanchez prevents Hama from improving his position.
Hama slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sanchez distracts Hama with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four 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.
Hama preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hama utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Hama misses.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A punch lands to the side of Hama 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hama looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sanchez trying to control the position but Hama is working away.
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Hama struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Sanchez had his way with Sexyama Hama in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Hama changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sanchez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hama decides to stand back up.
Sanchez fails with the takedown
and Hama counters with a takedown into side control.
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez is looking to control Hama's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sanchez avoid being mounted?
Hama prevents Sanchez from improving his position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hama trying to control from half guard but Sanchez is working away.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Hama circles away.
Sanchez feints and as Hama raises his hands in defense, Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hama is trying to control the position but Sanchez postures up.
Hama wants to sweep but no luck.
Hama manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
Hama controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control the position but Hama postures up.
Hama looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Despite being in the dominant position, Sexyama Hama just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez shoots and misses
and Hama counters with a shoot takedown. Sanchez fights it but they end up in guard.
Sanchez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hama stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez is trying to keep Hama in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Hama avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hama passes Sanchez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Sanchez is trying to control the position but Hama postures up.
Hama slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hama wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Hama controlling him for the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sanchez holds on and takes a little breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez controls Hama momentarily but Hama frees himself.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Hama decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sanchez's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miguel Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Hama from controlling successfully.
Hama stays in close to Sanchez's body and controls the position.
Sanchez can't keep his opponent in guard - Hama advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hama keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hama looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hama decides to stand and escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hama tries to clinch
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hama won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hama gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sanchez wants to take a breather but Hama is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sexyama Hama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hama 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 47:48
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:48
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sexyama Hama!
Sexyama Hama is the new bantamweight champion!
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