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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Preston Driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fellacio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Driver comes to the cage accompanied by Candy Paint. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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157 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Preston Driver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fellacio Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez lands a glancing blow to the side of Driver's head.
Driver misses with a straight left.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Driver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Driver throws a half hearted mid kick.
Driver misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Driver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Driver throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Driver connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
Driver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Driver misses with a body shot.
Driver throws a big shot that misses.
Driver lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into rage.
Sanchez is rocked!
Driver throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Driver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
Sanchez cracks Driver with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocks the body kick.
Driver throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver's corner calls for a 1-2. Driver obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sanchez is still on wobbly legs! Can Driver finish him?
Driver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Driver has time to react.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Driver manages to avoid it.
Driver takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice shot by Sanchez.
Driver looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Driver looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Driver tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Driver looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Driver avoids nicely.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Driver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Driver takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Driver had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Driver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Driver misses.
Driver misses with a straight left.
Driver jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
Driver is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sanchez.
A telegraphed right hand from Driver misses the target.
Driver avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Driver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Driver.
Driver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Driver misses with a wild body shot.
Driver throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez slips a jab from Driver.
Driver scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Driver.
Driver drops his hands momentarily and Sanchez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Driver throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Preston Driver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez pushes Driver away with a front kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Driver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Driver walks into a straight right hand from Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Driver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
Decent striking displayed by Sanchez there.
Driver throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Driver takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Driver's head backwards.
Sanchez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Driver moved away.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Jab by Driver.
Driver darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Driver.
Driver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Driver throws a body kick the misses
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Driver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
Sanchez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Driver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Driver manages to avoid it.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Driver comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Driver tries a head kick but it misses.
Driver takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Driver.
Sanchez misses with a hook.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Driver ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
A swing and a miss from Driver.
Driver looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.
Driver lands with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Sanchez throws a jab when Driver was well out of range.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Driver.
Driver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Preston Driver will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sanchez throws a hook but Driver blocks it.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Driver was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Driver misses with a hook.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez connects with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanchez. That snapped Driver's head back.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Driver is out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sanchez!
Driver moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Driver moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sanchez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Driver checks the leg kick.
Sanchez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Driver wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Driver looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanchez throws a front kick aimed at Driver's knee but Driver avoids it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Driver blocks the body kick.
Driver throws a front kick aimed at Sanchez's knee but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Driver finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Driver walks into a straight right hand from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sanchez defending well as Driver loads up on a big left hand.
Driver takes a jab right on the kisser.
Driver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Driver lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.
Driver misses with a body kick.
Driver throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a left and a right that stings Driver.
Nice uppercut there from Driver.
Driver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Driver connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Driver.
Driver looks for the body kick but Sanchez saw that one coming.
Driver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Driver works the jab nicely.
Driver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Driver.
Driver throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Driver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Driver lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Driver is just out of range.
Sanchez scores with a nice body kick.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Driver.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Driver slips the punch.
Driver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Driver is looking to land body kicks.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Driver avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Driver is out of range.
Driver throws a front kick that sends Sanchez stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Preston Driver is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Driver.
Sanchez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Driver throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Driver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Driver's hands.
Driver takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Driver ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Driver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Driver takes one to the chin there.
Sanchez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Driver didn't see that one coming.
Driver paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sanchez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Driver.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Driver off balance momentarily.
Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Driver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Driver wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch lands to the side of Driver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Driver.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Driver.
Driver misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Driver lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Driver scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Driver blocks a jab.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
Driver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Driver.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch lands to the side of Driver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Driver misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Driver avoids the punch easily.
Driver throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Driver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fellacio Sanchez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A swing and a miss from Driver.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Driver.
Driver is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Driver finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Driver.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Driver moves out of range easily.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Driver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Driver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Driver throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Driver throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez jabs at Driver's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Driver misses the target.
Driver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Driver misses the jab.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Driver moved away.
Driver slips under a jab from Sanchez.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Driver cracks Sanchez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driver stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Driver. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Driver misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Driver jabs at Sanchez's body.
Driver misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sanchez walks into a stiff left hand from Driver.
Driver looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Driver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
Driver throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Driver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Driver cracks Sanchez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Sanchez lands a glancing blow to the side of Driver's head.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
A clash of legs there as Driver blocks the low kick.
Driver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Driver's corner calls for a 1-2. Driver obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Driver moved out of range.
Sanchez works Driver's body with a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Driver.
Driver looks for the body kick but Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez catches Driver with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanchez connects with a right hand. Driver shakes it off.
A jab from Driver does it's job there.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Driver.
Driver misses with a low kick.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Driver attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Driver throws a lazy body kick
and Sanchez counters with a nice body shot.
Driver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Driver.
Driver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Driver.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Driver's shoulder, as Driver tries to avoid the shot.
Driver scores with a nice head shot.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driver tries a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Driver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Driver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Driver momentarily.
Driver throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Driver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Driver fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Driver looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Driver connects with the punch.
Sanchez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Driver's head but Driver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Driver looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Driver lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez defending well as Driver loads up on a big left hand.
Driver clobbers Sanchez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Driver throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Driver finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Driver checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Some bone on bone action there as Driver checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Driver misses with a body kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Sanchez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Driver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Driver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Driver just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez moves out of range as Driver strikes.
Driver misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A good leg kick by Driver.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Driver changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Driver.
And that's the end of the fight!
Preston Driver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Driver has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fellacio Sanchez!
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