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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hamzi Mahmood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and guy sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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173 lbs
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180 cm
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamzi Mahmood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, guy sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sanchez avoids the head kick by Mahmood.
sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mahmood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
guy sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
sanchez avoids the head kick by Mahmood.
sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Mahmood, looking for a takedown. sanchez pushes Mahmood against the cage but Mahmood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
sanchez is looking to clinch but Mahmood is avoiding it.
sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahmood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
sanchez wants to clinch up but Mahmood keeps it at a distance.
sanchez tries to clinch up.
sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Mahmood circles away.
sanchez avoids the head kick by Mahmood.
Mahmood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mahmood circles away from the clinch attempt.
sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Mahmood.
sanchez tries to land knees in the clinch but Mahmood avoids the damage to the body.
Mahmood wants to get back to striking at distance but sanchez won't allow it.
sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Mahmood is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahmood tries to land knees in the clinch but sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Mahmood blocks with his arms.
Mahmood breaks the clinch.
sanchez looks for a takedown but Mahmood sprawls well.
sanchez blocks a head kick by Mahmood.
sanchez tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
sanchez tries to clinch but Mahmood is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Mahmood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mahmood keeps the fight on the outside.
sanchez closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
sanchez throws a strike aimed at the side of Mahmood's head but Mahmood avoids it well.
A control attempt from Mahmood but he's now mounted!
Mahmood trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
sanchez lands a nice shot to the head.
Mahmood is looking to improve his position but sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mahmood because sanchez loaded up on that one.
Mahmood is trying to escape the mount.
sanchez landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
sanchez looking to ground and pound but Mahmood is blocking nicely.
sanchez prevents Mahmood from getting the reversal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mahmood wants to control but sanchez is having none of it.
Mahmood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for sanchez on the ground.
sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
guy sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mahmood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looks like Hamzi Mahmood has been cut.
sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Mahmood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mahmood slips under a jab from sanchez.
sanchez tries to clinch up.
Mahmood misses with an uppercut.
Mahmood throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
sanchez fails with the takedown.
Hamzi Mahmood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
sanchez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. sanchez showed some decent athleticism there.
Mahmood is not content to let sanchez control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmood is looking for a sweep. sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mahmood is looking to get back to full guard here but sanchez has managed to pass to side control instead.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Mahmood holds on to sanchez around his waist, trying desperately to prevent any attacks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mahmood tries to hold on but sanchez pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
sanchez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mahmood because sanchez loaded up on that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmood is looking to get to half guard.
sanchez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mahmood is squirming around, avoiding sanchez's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mahmood is working to get back to half guard.
sanchez thowing shots but they're missing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mahmood's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hamzi Mahmood will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hamzi Mahmood's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
sanchez tries to clinch but Mahmood moves out of range.
sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Mahmood swinging wilding here.
sanchez avoids the head kick by Mahmood.
Mahmood stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mahmood looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mahmood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mahmood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Mahmood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
sanchez lands a damaging elbow.
Mahmood lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Mahmood keeps him there for the moment.
Mahmood wants to break free but sanchez has control.
sanchez landing knees to the head.
sanchez pushes off an throws an elbow but Mahmood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
sanchez has Mahmood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Mahmood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Mahmood prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hamzi Mahmood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of guy sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mahmood is looking to break free of the clinch but sanchez has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Mahmood.
Mahmood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mahmood's sensitive parts.
sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mahmood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
sanchez lands a nice elbow.
Mahmood blocks the elbow strike.
sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hamzi Mahmood's cut is getting worse.
Mahmood can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mahmood has had enough of the clinch but sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
sanchez lands a knee to the head.
sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mahmood swats away the attempt to clinch by sanchez.
Nice defenses there by sanchez.
sanchez moves into the clinch.
Mahmood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mahmood is keeping busy.
Mahmood takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hamzi Mahmood's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
sanchez with a knee to the head.
Jeez, Hamzi Mahmood's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
sanchez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sanchez breaks the clinch.
sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mahmood is rocked!
sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
sanchez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mahmood lands a knee to the head.
sanchez lands an elbow that stopped Mahmood in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
sanchez has Mahmood pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Mahmood is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from sanchez - that's hurt Mahmood badly! Oh, another knee lands and Mahmood is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Mahmood doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). guy sanchez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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