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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kevin mckinney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Du Hast. mckinney has chosen kiss my country ass as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergio Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, kevin mckinney!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mckinney throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
mckinney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but mckinney swivels and escapes.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
mckinney misses with a takedown attempt
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez not doing much here.
It looks like Sanchez is going to stand back up.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but mckinney is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
mckinney is looking to control Sanchez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can mckinney avoid being mounted?
Sanchez slows the pace down in half guard.
mckinney wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to stand and escape but mckinney is controlling the position.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. mckinney defending well though.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses
and mckinney makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez with a poor takedown
and mckinney moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
mckinney is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sanchez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Sanchez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez gets underhooks to prevent mckinney's takedown attempt.
Sanchez jumps guard but mckinney stands there with Sanchez around his waist. Sanchez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
mckinney misses with a body punch.
mckinney drags the fight down to the ground.
Sanchez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mckinney keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
mckinney bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanchez's guard.
mckinney wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
mckinney is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Sanchez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but mckinney puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
mckinney works his foot free and advances to mount.
mckinney controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez can't escape the position.
Sanchez tries to hold on but mckinney postures up.
Sanchez is squirming around, avoiding mckinney's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez reaches up to try and control the position but mckinney seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Sanchez rolls and tries to escape and now mckinney has his back!
Sanchez is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
mckinney is hanging on to Sanchez's back as he tries to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A bit of a pause in the action here. mckinney controlling the positon.
Sanchez turns into mckinney and is now in his guard.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez stands and steps away. mckinney gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
mckinney looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sanchez closes the distance looking to clinch
and mckinney counters with a body kick that stops Sanchez in his tracks momentarily.
Sanchez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and mckinney counters with a two punch combo.
Sanchez tries to clinch
and mckinney counters with a nice body shot.
Sanchez tries to clinch up
and mckinney counters with a slapping leg kick.
mckinney wants to clinch but Sanchez slips to the side
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez is keen to just control but mckinney is a slippery customer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
mckinney kicks Sanchez off and gets back to his feet.
mckinney with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sanchez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez won't allow mckinney to sweep him here.
mckinney lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sanchez!
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
mckinney lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanchez hang on?
mckinney with good strikes from the mount here!
mckinney prevents Sanchez from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee warns Sanchez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez can't escape the position.
mckinney breaks from Sanchez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
mckinney takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanchez is working to get back to half guard.
mckinney is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sanchez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to control mckinney's body but mckinney pushes him off. Sanchez squirms to his side and now mckinney has his back!
Sanchez trying to control the hands but mckinney breaks the grip.
mckinney controlling well, preventing Sanchez from escaping the position.
mckinney is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Sanchez surviving as best he can, preventing damage.
mckinney slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanchez avoids the strikes from mckinney.
Sanchez trying to control the hands but mckinney breaks the grip.
Sanchez breaks mckinney's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Sanchez won't allow mckinney to sweep him here.
Sanchez trying to move into half guard but instead mckinney has managed to sweep!
Sanchez controls mckinney momentarily but mckinney frees himself.
mckinney trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez controls mckinney momentarily but mckinney frees himself.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez darts in trying to clinch
and mckinney counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Sanchez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sanchez misses with a takedown
and mckinney counters by clinching up.
Sanchez gets underhooks to prevent mckinney's takedown attempt.
Sanchez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanchez pulls mckinney into guard.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
mckinney throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
mckinney preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
mckinney trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanchez's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing mckinney from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez wriggles free and stands up.
Sanchez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez gets to his feet - mckinney follows without any prompting.
mckinney fails in his attempt to clinch.
mckinney takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez gets caught flat footed, as mckinney shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
mckinney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sergio Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet but mckinney is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mckinney won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Sanchez wants to control the position but mckinney says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
mckinney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
mckinney seems to be working for a kimura but Sanchez defends the submission attempt.
mckinney looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sanchez pushes mckinney off looking to stand but mckinney dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
mckinney keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
mckinney is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanchez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sanchez trying to control here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sanchez shoots in and bounces mckinney off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sanchez trying to control but mckinney is working from the bottom.
Sanchez is really struggling to control mckinney but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
mckinney is looking to stand up but Sanchez isn't so interested in that idea.
mckinney wriggles free and stands up.
mckinney stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez scores with a takedown into mckinney's guard.
kevin mckinney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sergio Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez trying to control but mckinney is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanchez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergio Sanchez!
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