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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen National Anthem as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez feints and as Martins raises his hands in defense, Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Martins blocks nicely.
Martins has a closed guard, preventing Sanchez from standing up.
Martins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Martins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Martins.
Martins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martins.
It looks like Chuck Sanchez has been cut.
Martins closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Sanchez trying to get back to full guard but Martins takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Sanchez taking shots to the head.
Martins breaks from Sanchez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sanchez's face.
Martins looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
Sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins with the ground and pound from mount.
Martins with good strikes from the mount here!
Martins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sanchez's face.
Martins raining down shots from the mount!
Martins lands a big shot there that rocks Sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Martins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Martins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martins is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sanchez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martins landing strikes, looking to finish!
Martins punishing his opponent with strikes.
Martins landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Martins looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Martins trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position but Martins isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanchez has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
Sanchez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martins can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Sanchez throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sanchez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martins prevents Sanchez from getting the reversal.
Martins 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.
Sanchez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Martins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Sanchez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Martins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Martins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Martins has passed into half guard!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Martins is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanchez gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Martins defends easily.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Martins defends easily.
Martins prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Martins won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Martins passes Sanchez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martins throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanchez's waist but Sanchez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martins off to one side.
Martins fails with the takedown
and Sanchez counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sanchez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danny Martins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Sanchez.
Sanchez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Martins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martins.
Martins lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Martins tries to avoid it but Sanchez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Martins to the ground. Martins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sanchez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Martins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Martins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Martins.
Martins scores with a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martins's guard.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez tries to stand but Martins is controlling from the bottom.
Martins trying to control the position.
Sanchez is looking to work some ground and pound but Martins has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez won't allow Martins to get back to his feet.
Sanchez distracts Martins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Martins controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martins.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martins swivels and escapes.
Martins moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Martins won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Martins trying to stall but Sanchez improves his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martins manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martins shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martins trying to control from Sanchez's half guard. Sanchez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny Martins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Sanchez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.
Martins doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a two punch combo.
Horrible takedown by Martins or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
Martins closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Martins keeps him under control.
Martins trying to control from half guard but Sanchez is working away.
Danny Martins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martins stands up from half guard.
Martins misses with a takedown attempt - Sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Martins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martins throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
A nice combination there by Martins.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Martins there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
enabling Martins to counter with a crisp jab.
Martins works the jab nicely.
Martins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martins tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Martins gets a clinch.
Martins is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Martins into the cage.
Martins tries to pull guard but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Martins holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanchez drops back down to his feet.
Martins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martins shoots for a takedown but Sanchez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Martins stuffs the takedown.
Martins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sanchez circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Martins looking to control.
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Sanchez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Martins wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Sanchez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Martins's waist but Martins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanchez off to one side.
Martins scores with a hook.
Martins fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sanchez passes Martins's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sanchez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sanchez prevents Martins from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanchez prevents Martins from standing back up.
Martins wants to stand back up but Sanchez manages to pass into side control.
Sanchez goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Martins rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sanchez's guard! Nice work there by Martins!
Martins forces his way into half guard.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Martins controlling him for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Martins.
Well Martins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Martins!
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