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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Sanchez (ranked 733 p4p, 91 weight class) and Roy Batty (ranked 642 p4p, 81 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Duele El Carazon. Batty has chosen I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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183 cm
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175 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Batty!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batty with a hook.
Sanchez lands a jab to the nose.
Sanchez scores with a body shot.
Sanchez tests Batty's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Batty misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Batty.
Batty rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sanchez jumps guard.
Sanchez controls Batty momentarily but Batty frees himself.
Batty throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Batty stacks Sanchez on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Batty!
My spies in Brazilian Elite Team inform me that Batty has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sanchez manages to get back to half guard.
Sanchez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Batty's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Batty's back!
Batty is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez looking for the RNC.
Sanchez misses with punches from the back.
Batty tries to escape but Sanchez has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Batty takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez looking for the RNC.
Sanchez loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Batty hold on?
Sanchez lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Batty.
Batty is really stuck here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Batty has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Sanchez patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Batty rolls, trying to escape but Sanchez keeps control of the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanchez lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Batty hold on?!
Sanchez looking to break Batty's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Batty remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Sanchez will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Batty looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Sanchez controlling well, preventing Batty from escaping the position.
Batty is still trying to improve position.
Sanchez working for the choke.
Sanchez has the hooks in. Batty is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
Batty is really stuck here.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Batty knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Batty for a finish.
Sanchez is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Batty defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Sanchez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Batty tries to escape the position.
Sanchez lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Batty hold on?!
Sanchez is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Batty knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Batty for a finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sanchez scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sanchez is looking for the choke from the back position but Batty is controlling his hands well.
Sanchez scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Batty is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Sanchez avoiding Batty 's attempts to control his hands.
Sanchez has got his arm under Batty's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Batty has spun round into Sanchez's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Batty postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesus Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Batty lands a body shot.
Batty tries to clinch
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
That kick from Batty tenderised Sanchez's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Batty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batty lands with a right hand.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Batty to counter with a crisp jab.
Batty fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Batty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Batty looks to throw a body kick
and Batty takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batty moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Batty gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Batty throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanchez moves into full guard.
Sanchez looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Sanchez pulls Batty in close to his closed guard and prevents Batty from doing any damage or advancing position.
Batty is working Sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Batty wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Batty with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Batty is working Sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Batty passes Sanchez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanchez is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Fenrir MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Batty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Batty winds up and cracks Sanchez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Batty is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batty is working for a submission of some sort.
Sanchez won't allow Batty to pass to mount.
Sanchez gets back to full guard.
Sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Batty.
Batty wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Batty wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Batty throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez pulls Batty in close to prevent any damage.
Batty in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roy Batty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez is looking for a triangle but Batty pushes his legs off easily.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Batty can do to turn this around?
Batty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Batty won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Sanchez is working hard here to advance position.
Sanchez wants to control but Batty passes easily into half guard.
Batty wants to take a breather but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Batty.
Sanchez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batty missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Batty trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Batty stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Batty throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Batty postures up.
Batty stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez 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.
Batty works over Sanchez with some ground and pound from guard.
Jesus Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Batty won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Batty trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Batty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Batty wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Batty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Batty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Batty throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Batty has taken the fight into the clinch.
Batty cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Batty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Batty cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Batty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Batty lands a body punch.
Batty lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Batty.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Batty scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batty swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Batty.
Batty lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Batty is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Batty lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Batty lands a body punch in the clinch.
Batty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Batty lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Batty lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Batty struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Batty lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Good body shot from Batty.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Batty backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Batty working aggressively here.
Sanchez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Batty is defending well.
Batty lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Batty.
Batty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Batty struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Batty misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Batty.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Batty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Batty.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Batty creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Batty swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Batty.
Batty lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
A short right from Batty.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Batty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Roy Batty seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Batty digs a right hand into Sanchez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanchez's gas tank.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Batty blocking some punches.
Batty blocking some punches.
Batty tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Batty back against the cage.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez pushes Batty back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Batty can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Batty.
Batty lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Batty wants a takedown.
Batty lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Batty.
Batty lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Batty softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batty throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Batty lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Batty has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Batty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Batty scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Batty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Batty scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Batty on the inside.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Batty blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Batty controls his hands.
Batty misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Batty tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Batty.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Batty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Batty 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Batty!
Our winner, Roy Batty, 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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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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