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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yize Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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265 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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191 cm
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272 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yize Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Li avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Li lands with a cross.
Li ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Li tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Li.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Li.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Li takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Li throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez clinches up with Li and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Li's efforts to push away.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Li uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Li makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez wants the takedown. Li is fighting it off but Sanchez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Li's guard against the cage.
Sanchez pushing down on Li's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sanchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Li is defending well.
Sanchez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Li avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Li.
Nice shot by Li.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Li circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez lands a jab to Li's midsection.
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Li is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheers as Sanchez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Li doesn't seem phased though.
Sloppy strikes from Li. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Li was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Li misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Li slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Li. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez swings for the body but Li moves out of range.
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Yize Li has been cut.
Yize Li seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Li is looking to wear down Sanchez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Li gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
Li wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Li swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Li should have avoided that one.
Li fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez lands a right hook to the body.
Li swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Li.
Li misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Li takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Li, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Li is trying to keep an underhook but Sanchez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez throwing shots but Li is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Li taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
Sanchez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yize Li'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.
A punch combination from Li misses.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
Diego Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Li misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez punishes Li's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez rushes Li and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Li letting Sanchez take a breather here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Li's brow.
Li keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez stands up over Li, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control. Li wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Li's head.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Li dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez working Li over with strikes.
Li trying to control from the bottom.
Well, if Sanchez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Li is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Alpha Elite Private Training, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Sanchez throwing shots but Li is blocking nicely.
Sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Li is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanchez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez is stalling here. Li is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sanchez seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Li has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sanchez struggling a bit here.
Sanchez tries to bench press Li off him but Li keeps the position.
Li goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sanchez rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Li's guard! Nice work there by Sanchez!
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanchez passes Li's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Li is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Li is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but Li defending well.
Sanchez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Li sees it coming and defends easily.
Diego Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Li keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Li taking some punishment here, with Sanchez in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to pass to mount but Li is defending the position.
Sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Li is defending well.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Li is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Li dodges it nicely.
Li is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Li's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yize Li's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Li looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Li throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Li.
Sanchez connects with a body shot that sends Li's belly button to the back.
Li lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Li throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Li misses its intended target.
Li walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanchez takes a swing at Li's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez tests Li's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Li waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Li will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in and gets a takedown into Li's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Li keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Li is retaining full guard.
Sanchez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Li's guard.
Li is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanchez throwing shots but Li is blocking nicely.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Li dodges it nicely.
Sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Li is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanchez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but Li defending well.
Sanchez throwing shots but Li is blocking nicely.
Sanchez is pressing down on Li's thigh, looking to free his foot. Li is holding on for now.
Sanchez works his foot free and advances to mount.
Li wants to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working Li over with strikes here.
Li is rocked!
Sanchez looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Li covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanchez!
An out of breath Diego Sanchez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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RATING
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