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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between August Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Zadarozhni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for August Sanchez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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236 lbs
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267 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Decent wrestler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, August Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Igor Zadarozhni!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zadarozhni drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Zadarozhni landing strikes.
Check out the look on Zadarozhni's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sanchez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sloppy strikes there by Zadarozhni.
Zadarozhni cracks Sanchez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.
Zadarozhni throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Zadarozhni lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sanchez is pushing Zadarozhni's head away, looking to escape. Zadarozhni manages to hold on to the position though.
You can see the frustration on Sanchez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Zadarozhni cracks Sanchez with a big right hand but Sanchez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez taking a bit of punishment here - Zadarozhni scoring with strikes.
Sanchez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Sloppy strikes there by Zadarozhni.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zadarozhni throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Zadarozhni in side control, throwing shots but Sanchez defends.
Check out the look on Zadarozhni's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Zadarozhni are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zadarozhni tries to score with some ground and pound. Sanchez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Zadarozhni.
Zadarozhni working the body and head with strikes.
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sanchez sneaks back into half guard.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Zadarozhni not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanchez taking some punishment here, with Zadarozhni in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Zadarozhni lands a nice short elbow.
Zadarozhni 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.
Sanchez trying to hold on to Zadarozhni's head to control him but Zadarozhni postures up.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Zadarozhni is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Zadarozhni with a nice head shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zadarozhni's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zadarozhni throws a big elbow that misses.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Zadarozhni working his ground and pound in the gym.
Zadarozhni working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zadarozhni landing some decent shots from guard.
Zadarozhni throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zadarozhni lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zadarozhni in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zadarozhni accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Zadarozhni missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zadarozhni working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Zadarozhni throws a big elbow that misses.
Zadarozhni preventing the sweep.
Zadarozhni lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zadarozhni works over Sanchez with some ground and pound from guard.
Zadarozhni loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zadarozhni postures up and lands a big shot to Sanchez's brow.
Zadarozhni working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zadarozhni trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zadarozhni with a nice head shot there.
Sanchez is rocked!
Zadarozhni loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zadarozhni loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Zadarozhni's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Zadarozhni connects with a couple of short punches.
Zadarozhni distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Zadarozhni postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Sanchez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zadarozhni keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Zadarozhni is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanchez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanchez tries to get out of the position.
Zadarozhni with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zadarozhni missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Zadarozhni with a nice head shot there.
Zadarozhni scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Zadarozhni dominated that round.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zadarozhni changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sanchez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zadarozhni in side control, throwing shots but Sanchez defends.
A big shot lands for Zadarozhni! That's hurt Sanchez! Will he recover? Zadarozhni fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Zadarozhni!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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