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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rorion Liborio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Streetlight Manifesto - A Moment of Violence as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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210 lbs
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187 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rorion Liborio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez cracks the inside of Liborio's front leg.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liborio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sanchez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Liborio wants to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Liborio avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sanchez.
Liborio gets back to half guard.
Sanchez is just content to waste time from the top position. Liborio takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Liborio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez wants to stand and escape but Liborio is having none of it.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Liborio wants to stand but Sanchez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez pushes Liborio off and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Liborio shoots in but Sanchez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marco Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Liborio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Liborio in a clinch.
Sanchez landing knees to the body.
Sanchez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Liborio tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanchez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rorion Liborio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Liborio up against the cage.
Liborio is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sanchez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Liborio to the mat. Liborio regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Liborio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanchez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanchez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Liborio looking to control.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liborio looking for a sweep. Not yet Liborio, not yet.
Sanchez postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Liborio, up you get!
Liborio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez gets the takedown into side control.
Sanchez working away.
Liborio is breathing heavily.
Liborio manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sanchez's best efforts.
Liborio is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez tries to pass to full mount but Liborio defends it.
Sanchez slows the pace down in half guard.
Sanchez is keen to just control but Liborio is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liborio wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Liborio manages to get to full guard.
Liborio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liborio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez wanted to stand there but Liborio had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Liborio shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanchez's guard.
Liborio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Liborio controlling the position.
Sanchez tries to improve position but can't.
Sanchez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Liborio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sanchez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Liborio trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Marco Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Liborio keeps him under control.
Liborio is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sanchez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Liborio.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanchez looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Liborio pushes past his half guard into mount!
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Liborio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Liborio landing strikes from the mount.
Liborio wants to finish this one by submission but Sanchez is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Liborio.
Liborio wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Liborio has a good base and remains in mount.
Liborio wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Liborio can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liborio has control of Sanchez's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Sanchez regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sanchez can't escape the position.
Liborio gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Liborio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liborio's sensitive parts.
Liborio shoots in but Sanchez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez drives through and clinches with Liborio against the cage.
Liborio is working for takedown but Sanchez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Liborio prevents a takedown attempt there.
Liborio has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sanchez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rorion Liborio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Rorion Liborio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Liborio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rorion Liborio dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Crunch! Sanchez slams his shin into Liborio's torso.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Liborio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Liborio tries to buck Sanchez off but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Liborio is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Liborio is trying to get back to half guard.
Liborio sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez moves nicely into side control.
Liborio sneaks back into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liborio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Liborio manages to get to full guard.
Sanchez is pushing down on Liborio's leg trying to pass to half guard. Liborio is fighting to maintain full guard but Sanchez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Liborio trying to control here.
Liborio kicks Sanchez off and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Liborio is having none of it.
Liborio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A telegraphed right hand from Liborio misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Liborio sprawls well initially but Sanchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Liborio looking for submissions off his back.
Sanchez blocks the strikes from Liborio.
Sanchez decides to stand and escape the position.
Liborio shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sanchez's guard.
Liborio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Liborio sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanchez's guard.
Liborio passes into side control, despite Sanchez's attempt to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liborio stands up.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Liborio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sanchez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Liborio on the side of the head.
Sanchez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sanchez showed some decent athleticism there.
Liborio is refusing to be controlled, as Sanchez sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Liborio is looking to control Sanchez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Liborio avoid being mounted?
Liborio flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sanchez is looking to advance position but Liborio won't allow it.
Liborio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liborio trying to control from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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