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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brady Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chico Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
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109 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brady Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chico Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sanchez checks a leg kick nicely.
Burns lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sanchez takes a step back to recover.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Burns manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Burns as he avoids it easily.
Sanchez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Burns throws a front kick aimed at Sanchez's knee but Sanchez avoids it well.
Burns lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Burns gets caught flat footed, as Sanchez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Burns is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
Burns might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Burns controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
Sanchez is fighting to break Burns's control of his arms but Burns is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Burns is on top in guard.
Burns is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sanchez is pulling down on Burns's head to control his posture.
Burns sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanchez's guard.
Burns prevents Sanchez from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position well.
Sanchez wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
Burns stalling.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Burns stalling.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns moves into the clinch.
Sanchez tries to break free but Burns pushes him back against the cage.
Burns lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burns is keeping busy.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Burns gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Burns, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
A head punch on the inside from Burns fails to land.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Burns has the dominant position.
Burns pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Burns connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A low kick from Burns is predictable there
and Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Burns presses Sanchez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Burns scores with a nice short uppercut.
Burns tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Burns blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Burns.
A short uppercut from Burns.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Burns throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Burns.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Burns dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Burns.
Sanchez is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Burns is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Burns tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Burns misses with a body kick.
Burns tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Sanchez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Burns is avoiding it.
Burns is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is looking to stall here but Burns recovers full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Burns is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns looking for a sweep. Not yet Burns, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Burns keeps moving.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Burns not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Burns's head.
Burns keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Burns tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Burns pushes Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Burns scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Burns working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Brady Burns has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Burns.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Burns is keeping busy.
Burns misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Burns can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns checks a leg kick.
Burns looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Burns gets caught napping as Sanchez dives in and scores a takedown. Burns manages to retain guard.
Burns is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as Burns sits in half guard.
Burns is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Sanchez is trying to stand back up but Burns is controlling him
Burns is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Burns is taking a breather. Sanchez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Burns moves into full mount! Sanchez won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brady Burns dominated that second round.
That's time! Burns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanchez is defended easily by Burns.
Burns misses with a body kick.
Sanchez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Burns with a body shot.
Burns circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez moves to clinch but Burns breaks away
and Burns counters with a nice leg kick.
Burns drives through and clinches with Sanchez against the cage.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Burns, against the cage.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch.
Burns lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Burns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Burns.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Burns gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Burns misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Burns keeps him there for the moment.
Burns misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Burns just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Burns avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Burns.
Sanchez tries to land knees in the clinch but Burns avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Burns has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Burns.
Burns misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Burns is controlling him.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Burns has the dominant position.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Burns.
Brady Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Burns.
Burns throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Burns misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Burns scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws an elbow that misses.
Burns throws an elbow that misses.
Sanchez has Burns pushed against the cage.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Sanchez is predictable there
enabling Burns to counter with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Burns, which made it look bad.
Burns wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Burns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burns moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sanchez has time to react.
Burns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Burns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burns scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Burns shows good takedown defense.
Brady Burns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chico Sanchez.
Burns with a jab.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burns looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brady Burns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Burns tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
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!
Sanchez has Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Chico Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Burns has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Burns lands with a short shot to the head.
Burns tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burns.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Burns showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Burns has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brady Burns!
Our winner, Brady Burns, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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