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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap comes to the cage accompanied by Beach Party Vietnam. Sanchez has chosen Coming Home as his entrance music. Diago Sanchez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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158 lbs
5 - 5 - 1 |
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150 lbs
21 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Giap moved out of range.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Giap closes the distance but Sanchez moves to the side
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Giap tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Giap tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Giap has managed to clinch.
Giap throws an elbow that misses.
Giap avoids the elbow strike from Sanchez, against the cage.
Sanchez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Giap gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position but instead, Giap has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sanchez into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
Giap gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Giap is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Giap uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giap.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Giap, against the cage.
Giap lands a nice uppercut.
Giap is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Giap unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez is working for takedown but Giap is calmly controlling the position for now.
Giap lands a damaging elbow.
Giap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez wants to take the fight to the mat but Giap manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Vo Nguyen Giap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diago Sanchez.
Giap lands a right hand.
Giap tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Giap back against the cage.
Sanchez gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Giap regains guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giap lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Giap just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Giap landing knees to the head.
Giap lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Giap looking to stall.
Giap tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Giap back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Giap breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giap moves to clinch but Sanchez breaks away
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vo Nguyen Giap is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap closes the distance and pushes Sanchez back into the cage.
Giap lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Giap throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanchez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Giap pulls his leg out and moves away.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Sanchez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Giap fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanchez on the side of the head.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap takes the fight into the clinch.
Giap lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Giap throws a head punch that misses.
Giap throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giap.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Giap after a bit of a struggle.
Giap blocks an elbow strike.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Giap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giap working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Giap has double underhooks.
Giap misses with an elbow strike.
Giap breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giap closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Giap.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sanchez takes a swing at Giap's ribcage but misses.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Giap wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Vo Nguyen Giap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a hook but Giap avoids it easily.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Giap ducks down to avoid it.
Giap moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Giap is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap clinches with his opponent.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giap with a knee to the head.
Giap tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Giap is pressed up against the cage. Sanchez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Giap down to the mat. Giap avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Giap moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Giap is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Giap into the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanchez pushes Giap back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Diago Sanchez has been cut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Giap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Giap.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Giap tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Giap fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giap misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Giap.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Giap.
Giap prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Giap.
Vo Nguyen Giap has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Giap lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
Giap is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Giap lands with a right to the head.
Giap lands with a right to the head.
Giap tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giap just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Giap gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Giap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Giap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Giap working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Giap.
Giap lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giap on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Giap avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Giap improves position.
Giap breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giap rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez trying to stall but Giap improves his position.
Giap lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Giap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giap displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Giap misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez tries to score a body lock takedown but Giap shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giap lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Giap.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giap swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Giap gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Vo Nguyen Giap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diago Sanchez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Giap tries to clinch up
and Giap takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vo Nguyen Giap dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diago Sanchez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Giap moves to clinch but Sanchez breaks away
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giap is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Giap's front leg but catches the back leg as Giap tries to avoid it.
Giap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Giap moves out of range of the leg kick from Sanchez.
Giap is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Vo Nguyen Giap is winning the standup battle so far.
Giap moves out of range of the strikes.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Giap has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez lands an elbow that stopped Giap in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sanchez is looking for a takedown.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Giap throws knees to the body.
Giap lands an uppercut.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Giap lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giap.
Sanchez is rocked!
Giap lands a big right hand that drops Sanchez! The killer instinct kicks in and Giap finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Giap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vo Nguyen Giap!
Vo Nguyen Giap really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Charlie Wang's Nutrition and 95 % Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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