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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Omar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buford Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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271 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Omar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buford Sanford!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanford misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Omar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Omar wants to clinch up but Sanford keeps it at a distance.
Omar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanford swats away the attempt to clinch by Omar.
A nice inside leg kick there by Omar. That's going to slow Sanford down.
Sanford looks to clinch
and Omar counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford with a lazy takedown attempt
and Omar counters with an inside leg kick.
Sanford clinches with his opponent.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Sanford - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Omar missing with knees to the body.
Omar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Omar lands a nice knee to the body.
Omar with a knee to the head.
Omar could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Sanford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Omar connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanford's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Sanford pulls guard successfully.
Sanford controlling the position.
Omar wants to control from the top but Sanford keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Omar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Omar trying to move into half guard but instead Sanford has managed to sweep!
Omar keeping moving, preventing Sanford from controlling successfully.
Omar working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanford tries to stand but Omar is controlling from the bottom.
Sanford throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Omar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Omar working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanford doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanford manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sanford trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Omar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sanford has managed to clinch.
Sanford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omar crunches a lovely knee into Sanford's ribcage.
Sanford looks gassed!
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Sanford can't break the clinch.
Omar looking to slow down the pace here.
Sanford stalling against the cage.
Omar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Omar using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Omar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanford backwards.
Sanford takes a knee right on the jaw!
Omar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanford wants to break the clinch but can't.
Omar misses with a knee strike.
Sanford breaks the clinch.
Sanford tries to clinch
and Omar counters with a nice leg kick.
Sanford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Omar.
Omar tries a head kick but it misses.
Jose Omar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanford darts in and clinches Omar up against the cage.
Sanford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanford takes a kick to the side of the head.
Omar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omar tries to clinch but Sanford moves out of range.
Omar throws a right hand that Sanford ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanford also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Omar.
Sanford takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Omar throws a front kick that sends Sanford stumbling back into the cage.
Omar forces Sanford back against the cage and clinches.
Sanford is trying to stall.
Omar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanford lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Omar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanford.
Sanford is trying to break free.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Omar.
Sanford has had enough of the clinch but Omar keeps him there for the moment.
Omar missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Omar.
Omar scores with a hook to the body.
Sanford managing to block the knees to the body from Omar.
Sanford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Omar dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sanford misses with a hook to the body
and Omar counters by clinching up.
Omar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanford managing to block the knees to the body from Omar.
Omar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanford lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Omar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Omar works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanford breaks from the clinch.
Sanford clinches but Omar breaks the clinch
and Omar counters with a head kick. That will keep Sanford thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Omar slips a jab and a cross from Sanford.
Omar avoids a kick to the body.
Omar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sanford counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sanford trying to control but Omar is working from the bottom.
Omar can't keep his opponent in guard - Sanford advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sanford looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford lands strikes from half guard.
Omar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Omar.
Omar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanford's guard.
Omar passes into half guard.
Sanford has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Omar is working away from the top position though.
Omar is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanford's head.
Sanford tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Omar has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Omar looking to control but Sanford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanford is breathing heavily.
Omar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Omar looking to control but Sanford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omar throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sanford because Omar loaded up on that one.
Omar controlling his opponent.
Omar looking to control but Sanford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Omar controlling from mount.
Sanford is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four 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.
Sanford is desperately trying to improve his position but Omar has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanford takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Omar prevents Sanford from getting the reversal.
Omar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sanford has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Omar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sanford has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Omar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanford looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jose Omar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sanford shoots in for a takedown but Omar shows good takedown defense.
Sanford tries to clinch
and Omar counters with a thumping low kick.
Sanford tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Omar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Omar digs a right hand into Sanford's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanford's gas tank.
Omar landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Omar tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanford avoids the damage to the body.
Omar with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Omar tries a body shot but Sanford blocks it.
Omar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanford lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Omar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Omar crunches a lovely knee into Sanford's ribcage.
Omar missing with knees to the body.
Omar missing with knees to the body.
Omar letting Sanford take a breather here.
A short uppercut from Sanford.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanford.
Sanford manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford throws a leg kick that is checked
and Omar counters with a nice leg kick.
Sanford lands a jab to the nose.
Omar is rocked!
It looks like Jose Omar has been cut.
Sanford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Omar.
Oh Omar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Omar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sanford is looking to clinch but Omar is avoiding it.
Sanford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Omar seems to have got his legs back now.
Omar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sanford counters with a big right hand! Oh Omar is in trouble here! Sanford follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buford Sanford!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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