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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Schillaci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Schillaci comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Soulja Boy - Pretty Boy Swag kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mauri Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, David Schillaci!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schillaci misses with a wild combination.
Schillaci swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Schillaci misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Schillaci lands a high kick!
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Schillaci breaks from the clinch.
Schillaci looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sanchez!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Schillaci works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Schillaci in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Sanchez is looking to regain half guard here but Schillaci keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Schillaci working the ground and pound.
Schillaci landing strikes.
Sanchez tries to bench press Schillaci off him but Schillaci keeps the position.
Sanchez is trying to buck Schillaci off.
Schillaci scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Schillaci scoring with punches from side control.
Sanchez parries the strikes from Schillaci easily there. Schillaci is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Sanchez to escape.
An elbow from Schillaci crashes against the mat.
Schillaci creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sanchez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schillaci misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schillaci advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Schillaci cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Schillaci throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sanchez because Schillaci loaded up on that one.
The referee warns Sanchez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schillaci lands a big shot there that rocks Sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Oh Sanchez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schillaci lands with some strikes.
Schillaci has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanchez takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Schillaci's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Schillaci!
A relieved looking David Schillaci thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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