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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Garbutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by Foo Fighters- My Hero. Garbutt has chosen Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Estefan Sanchez has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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195 cm
34
218 lbs
14 - 21 - 1 |
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193 cm
26
215 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Estefan Sanchez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kevin Garbutt! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Garbutt. Estefan Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sanchez throws a head kick that Garbutt semi-blocks.
Garbutt takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Garbutt misses with a low kick. Garbutt closes the distance and clinches up with Sanchez, looking for a takedown. Garbutt pushes Sanchez against the cage but Sanchez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Sanchez feinted with a counter takedown. Sanchez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Garbutt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanchez won't be happy with that. Garbutt works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sanchez is trying to get back to his feet. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Garbutt trying to control the position but Sanchez is working away. Garbutt lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Garbutt throwing shots but missing, from side control. Garbutt working the head and body with strikes. Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Sanchez tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops. Garbutt lands a shot to the head. Garbutt scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Garbutt keeps control of the position as Sanchez tries to break free.
Garbutt lands a shot to the body. Sanchez takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Garbutt lands a good shot there. Sanchez covers up! Garbutt smells blood and goes for the finish - the referee warns Sanchez to improve his position but he's not intelligently defending himself and the referee has no choice but to step in and end the fight! Garbutt jumps to his feet and celebrates the important win with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Garbutt! A very excited looking Kevin Garbutt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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RATING
52% |
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