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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tanto Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan has chosen Kamikaze Kush- War Cry as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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151 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Esteban Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tanto Khan!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Franklyn Lucas and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Khan sprawls well initially but Sanchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.
Khan won't allow Sanchez to pass to mount.
Sanchez is trying to control. Khan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanchez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Khan won't allow Sanchez to pass to mount.
Still in half guard, Sanchez seems content to control.
Esteban Sanchez has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Khan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Khan but Khan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Esteban Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Khan trying to control here.
Khan is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Khan is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
Sanchez is thwarting Khan's attempts to control the position.
Khan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sanchez.
Khan 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Sanchez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Khan taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan is in trouble now - Sanchez has advanced to mount!
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.
Sanchez tries to control but Khan wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Khan taking shots to the head.
Khan is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Khan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Khan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Khan is rocked!
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Khan is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Khan for as long as he can get away with.
Khan seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Khan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Khan is trying desperately to improve position.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban Sanchez dominated that round.
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 changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Khan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sanchez controls the position.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Sanchez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sanchez lands a big elbow.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Khan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Khan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez working Khan over with strikes here.
Esteban Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Khan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanchez controlling from the full mount.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez looking to control but Khan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Khan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Khan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sanchez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanchez moves nicely into side control.
Sanchez working the ground and pound but Khan is defending the strikes.
Khan is trying to escape the position but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Khan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Khan can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
Sanchez advances nicely into full mount.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Khan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Khan is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan taking shots to the head.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Esteban Sanchez dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!
Khan misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Khan looks a forlorn figure.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The referee warns Khan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sanchez working Khan over with strikes here.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Khan taking shots to the head.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan taking shots to the head.
Sanchez controlling his opponent.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Sanchez working Khan over with strikes here.
Sanchez content just to control the position here.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount and Khan is in trouble!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Khan badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sanchez around the waist but Sanchez pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sanchez is the winner by TKO! Sanchez jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Esteban Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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