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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Tennant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lerry Sancio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sancio has chosen Faint as his entrance music. David Tennant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
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170 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Tennant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lerry Sancio!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sancio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tennant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tennant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tennant shoots in and bounces Sancio off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tennant throwing strikes from guard but Sancio blocks nicely.
Sancio is looking to stand up but Tennant isn't so interested in that idea.
Tennant throwing strikes but missing.
Tennant postures up in Sancio's guard and throws a big left but Sancio blocks it.
Tennant tries to free his leg and advance position but Sancio is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant lands a couple of elbows.
Tennant working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sancio's head.
Tennant throwing strikes from guard but Sancio blocks nicely.
Tennant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tennant postures up in Sancio's guard and throws a big left but Sancio blocks it.
Tennant missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tennant is looking to work some ground and pound but Sancio has wrist control.
Tennant cracks Sancio with a solid left hand.
Tennant wants to control from the top but Sancio keeps moving.
Tennant stops Sancio from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tennant throwing strikes from guard but Sancio blocks nicely.
Tennant chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sancio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tennant is looking to work some ground and pound but Sancio has wrist control.
Tennant seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tennant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tennant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant stops Sancio from standing up.
Sancio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tennant seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tennant postures up in Sancio's guard and throws a big left but Sancio blocks it.
Tennant stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sancio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tennant with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tennant prevents Sancio from getting back to his feet.
Tennant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tennant with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tennant loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tennant throws a big right hand that misses.
Tennant distracts Sancio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tennant lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tennant landing some decent shots from guard.
Tennant's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tennant preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tennant landing with the ground and pound.
Sancio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tennant's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Tennant dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A big left from Sancio misses.
Sancio lands a head kick. Tennant smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like David Tennant has been cut.
Tennant shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Tennant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tennant connects with a couple of short punches.
Tennant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tennant stopping the sweep attempt from Sancio.
Tennant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tennant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tennant content to stall in guard here.
Tennant lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sancio lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tennant!
Tennant tries to lock up and control but Sancio gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tennant slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sancio trying to control the action but Tennant is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennant controlling the position for now.
Sancio working over Tennant with some ground and pound. Tennant looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tennant tries to get to full guard but Sancio has control of the leg.
Tennant keeping control of the position.
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!
Tennant gets full guard.
Tennant has a closed guard, preventing Sancio from standing up.
Tennant looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sancio trying to control the position from guard on top but Tennant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sancio throws a lazy right hand but Tennant sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lerry Sancio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tennant misses with a double jab.
Tennant looks to land a right hand but Sancio moved out of range.
Tennant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tennant throws a series of punches but Sancio moves out of range.
Tennant shoots in but Sancio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sancio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sancio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tennant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
David Tennant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tennant misses with a hook. Sancio ducked under it nicely.
Tennant gets a double leg takedown into Sancio's guard.
Tennant showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
David Tennant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tennant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sancio wants to stand and escape but Tennant is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tennant missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tennant in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tennant is working Sancio over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Tennant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Tennant's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tennant lands with a nice body punch.
Sancio throws a right and a left that Tennant avoids nicely.
Tennant dodges the punch combination from Sancio.
Tennant throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sancio was covering up waiting for the punch and Tennant finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sancio trying to keep a closed guard but Tennant is proving a slippery customer.
Tennant chips away with some ground and pound.
Tennant passes Sancio's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tennant is trying to control. Sancio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancio makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Tennant throws a big shot that misses.
Lerry Sancio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tennant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tennant looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tennant connects with a crisp jab.
A leg kick checked by Tennant.
Tennant moves into the clinch.
Tennant wants to take the fight to the mat but Sancio manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Tennant lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tennant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sancio can do to turn this around?
Sancio working hard to break the clinch.
Tennant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sancio backwards.
It looks like Lerry Sancio has been cut.
Sancio misses with some punches.
Tennant is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sancio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tennant throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tennant connects with the punch.
Tennant misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sancio throws a leg kick but Tennant checks it.
Sancio misses with a low kick.
Tennant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tennant throws a jab when Sancio was well out of range.
Tennant just misses with a punch to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Tennant.
Sancio is rocked!
Sancio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sancio is still on wobbly legs! Can Tennant finish him?
Tennant misses the jab.
Sancio tries to clinch but Tennant is having none of it.
Tennant changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sancio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Check out the look on Tennant's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tennant throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Tennant scoring with punches and elbows.
Tennant throws a strike aimed at the side of Sancio's head but Sancio avoids it well.
Tennant prevents Sancio from escaping the position.
Sancio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sancio wants to control but Tennant postures up.
Tennant working the ground and pound from side control.
Sancio is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tennant is chipping away with strikes.
Tennant staying calm.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tennant landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Tennant! That's hurt Sancio! Will he recover? Tennant fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Tennant!
David Tennant retains his welterweight title!
After winning the bout, David Tennant thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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RATING
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