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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masato Saeba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saeba's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Easy Action. Xavier Sanchez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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13 - 5 - 0 |
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180 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masato Saeba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saeba throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body kick.
Sanchez is looking to slow Saeba down with leg kicks.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Saeba sees it coming and moves out of range.
Xavier Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice shot by Sanchez.
Saeba moves into the clinch.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez is looking to control Saeba's arms but Saeba gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sanchez has his back to the cage.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez gets through Saeba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saeba tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries for a takedown. No joy.
A frustrated look appears on Saeba's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sanchez.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanchez.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Saeba improves position.
Saeba is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saeba is defending well for now.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez scores with a hook to the body.
Good body shot from Sanchez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saeba tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Saeba is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
Saeba trying to control the position but instead, Sanchez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saeba into the cage.
Sanchez digs a right hand underneath Saeba's ribcage. Saeba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saeba backwards.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a hook to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez has Saeba pushed against the cage.
Saeba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Saeba's ribs.
Saeba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sanchez cracks Saeba with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saeba tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saeba misses with a straight right.
Saeba takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Saeba moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Saeba's body.
Saeba throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saeba.
Sanchez feints and then cracks Saeba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saeba down.
Saeba gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sanchez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Saeba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Saeba controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saeba utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Saeba not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Saeba keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Saeba throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Saeba blocks nicely.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Saeba is keeping the position.
Sanchez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez thows a big elbow that misses.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Saeba is keeping the position for now.
Saeba controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Saeba. Saeba obviously looking to wear him down.
Saeba throws a nice inside leg kick.
Saeba misses with a head kick.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Saeba pushes him off.
Saeba loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Saeba in a clinch.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Saeba.
Saeba effectively controlling the action here.
Sanchez stalling the fight.
Saeba breaks from the clinch.
Saeba throws a body kick the misses
and Saeba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Saeba.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Saeba is out of range.
Saeba tries a head kick but it misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Saeba.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Saeba moves out of range.
Saeba looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez cracks a nice hook into Saeba's ribs.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice leg kick lands there from Saeba.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Saeba lands a jab to the nose.
Saeba staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Saeba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
letting Saeba counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saeba misses with a low kick.
Saeba darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez fails to pull guard.
Masato Saeba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saeba breaks from the clinch.
Saeba throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saeba motions for Sanchez to come forward. Saeba throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saeba throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Saeba tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Saeba.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Saeba motions for Sanchez to come forward. Saeba throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Saeba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saeba circles away from the clinch attempt
and Saeba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanchez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Saeba lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Saeba slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Masato Saeba is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saeba sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sanchez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saeba throws out the jab.
Sanchez defending well as Saeba loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Saeba ducks under and follows up with a left that Saeba also avoids with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Saeba does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Donk. Saeba catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Sanchez lands.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Saeba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Saeba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Saeba misses with a kick to the body.
Sanchez lunges at Saeba with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Saeba's hand.
Sanchez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Saeba slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanchez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
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 steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saeba.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Saeba avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick by Sanchez misses
and Saeba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez throws a hook but Saeba blocks it.
Saeba misses the shot to the body.
Saeba loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masato Saeba dominated that second round.
That's time! Saeba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Saeba.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saeba.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Saeba has taken the fight to the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Saeba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Saeba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Saeba manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez is working Saeba over against the cage.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saeba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saeba backwards.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Saeba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saeba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Saeba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Saeba wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saeba tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Saeba backwards.
Sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
Saeba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Sanchez lands.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Sanchez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez postures up in Saeba's guard and throws a big left but Saeba blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saeba controlling Sanchez's posture.
Sanchez trying to control but Saeba is working from the bottom.
Sanchez works over Saeba with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Saeba is retaining full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Saeba takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanchez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Saeba looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saeba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saeba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.
Saeba with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Come on Sanchez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Sanchez's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saeba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Masato Saeba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez cracks Saeba with a nice body shot.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Saeba's head.
Saeba working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Saeba improves position.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez cracks Saeba with a nice body shot.
Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Saeba as he avoids it easily.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez scores with a body shot.
Sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saeba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez tries to work over Saeba's front leg with a kick but Saeba checks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Sanchez!
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