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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cees Overeem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolas Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Overeem might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Drowning Pool - Bodies (Let The Bodies Hit The Floor) . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
15 - 15 - 0 |
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260 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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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
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cees Overeem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nickolas Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Overeem tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Overeem tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Overeem's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Overeem scrambles back to his feet.
Overeem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanchez dips to his left and cracks Overeem with an uppercut!
Overeem moves forwards but Sanchez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cees Overeem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Overeem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Overeem wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Overeem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Overeem moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Overeem wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Overeem has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Overeem.
Overeem pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Overeem - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Overeem is controlling him.
Overeem breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Overeem is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overeem drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.
Overeem misses with a knee to the head.
Overeem lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Overeem scores with a knee to the head.
Overeem lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Nickolas Sanchez has been cut.
Overeem lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Overeem.
Overeem using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Overeem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Overeem utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Overeem lands a damaging elbow.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overeem slowing the pace effectively.
Overeem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Overeem breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Overeem forces Sanchez back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Overeem on the inside.
Sanchez is rocked!
Overeem lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanchez is still on wobbly legs! Can Overeem finish him?
Knees in the clinch landing for Overeem.
Overeem pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Overeem takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A fake to the body and Overeem gets the Thai clinch. He wastes no time and tries to connect with knees to the head. This is dangerous for Sanchez! He should get out! Another devastating knee and Sanchez falls head first to the ground. It's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cees Overeem!
Cees Overeem took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Global MMA Gear for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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