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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyka's entrance music is http://youtu.be/qeFocnqhnQM. A fine choice. 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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158 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yuri Boyka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Boyka.
Sanchez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Boyka moved away.
Sanchez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sanchez slips a jab from Boyka.
Boyka looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Boyka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Boyka missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Boyka misses its intended target.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Boyka is out of range.
Boyka is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sanchez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Boyka avoids it well.
Boyka misses with a looping right.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boyka.
Sanchez lands a head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boyka moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Sanchez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boyka swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Donk. Boyka catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boyka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyka throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Boyka walks into a left hand.
Boyka ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Boyka misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Boyka.
Boyka slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Boyka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yuri Boyka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boyka misses with a left hand
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boyka misses with a straight right.
Sanchez moves out of range as Boyka strikes.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Boyka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Boyka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Boyka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez slips a straight right by Boyka.
Boyka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Boyka's shoulder, as Boyka tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boyka.
Sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boyka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Boyka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boyka throws out the jab.
Boyka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A combination from Boyka does no damage.
Boyka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Boyka is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sanchez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Boyka throws a big shot that misses.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boyka. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Boyka had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Boyka loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
A punch combination from Boyka misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Yuri Boyka has been cut.
Sanchez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Boyka lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into range.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Boyka.
A jab from Boyka does it's job there.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanchez.
Boyka throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Boyka throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boyka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boyka is rocked!
Boyka misses with a left hand
and Sanchez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Boyka.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Boyka missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
Boyka looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Boyka throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Boyka is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Sanchez.
Oh Boyka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boyka seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sanchez cracks Boyka with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Boyka falls to his knees and Sanchez doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanchez!
Diego Sanchez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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