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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Bastarrachea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolas Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bastarrachea might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Young Folks. 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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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xavier Bastarrachea!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nickolas Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bastarrachea lands with a slapping head kick.
Bastarrachea lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bastarrachea goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bastarrachea slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Nice defenses there by Bastarrachea.
That kick from Bastarrachea tenderised Sanchez's leg. Sanchez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bastarrachea throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sanchez's head.
Bastarrachea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanchez's calf.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Bastarrachea saw that one coming.
Sanchez takes a swing at Bastarrachea's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Bastarrachea fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bastarrachea throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bastarrachea fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastarrachea can pounce on him.
Bastarrachea feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanchez's calf.
Bastarrachea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bastarrachea throws a front kick that sends Sanchez stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Bastarrachea scores with a head kick.
Bastarrachea scores with a push kick.
Bastarrachea dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastarrachea tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastarrachea, right into the meat.
Bastarrachea lands a front kick.
Bastarrachea closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bastarrachea landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bastarrachea is pushing Sanchez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bastarrachea lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Bastarrachea landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bastarrachea scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Bastarrachea.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bastarrachea with a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea lands a nice elbow.
Bastarrachea lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Bastarrachea is pushing Sanchez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea scores with a knee to the head.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastarrachea with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling him.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the head.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bastarrachea has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Bastarrachea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bastarrachea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Bastarrachea throws knees to the body.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastarrachea won't allow it.
Bastarrachea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Bastarrachea has double underhooks.
Bastarrachea misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Bastarrachea has the dominant position.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling him.
Bastarrachea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Bastarrachea, against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Bastarrachea has the dominant position.
Bastarrachea pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Bastarrachea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Bastarrachea has him pinned against the cage.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Bastarrachea is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Bastarrachea dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bastarrachea gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
Bastarrachea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a jab when Bastarrachea was well out of range.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Bastarrachea.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a nice head kick!
Sanchez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Xavier Bastarrachea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bastarrachea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bastarrachea is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bastarrachea throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastarrachea takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Bastarrachea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Bastarrachea tries a head kick but it misses.
Bastarrachea tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanchez is able to avoid easily.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Bastarrachea sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Bastarrachea off the cage and back into rage.
Bastarrachea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Bastarrachea.
Sanchez swings for the body but Bastarrachea moves out of range.
Bastarrachea ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Bastarrachea lands with a kick to the temple. Sanchez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bastarrachea throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanchez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bastarrachea throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
Bastarrachea throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bastarrachea tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bastarrachea throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
Bastarrachea cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Bastarrachea scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Bastarrachea.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
A good leg kick by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea thumps Sanchez with a low kick.
Bastarrachea tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea is looking to slow Sanchez down with leg kicks.
Bastarrachea connects with a high kick.
Bastarrachea goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bastarrachea throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Bastarrachea with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bastarrachea throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bastarrachea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bastarrachea.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bastarrachea lands a nice looking body kick.
Bastarrachea throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sanchez's head.
Bastarrachea has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea throws a nice head kick!
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastarrachea lands a high kick!
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bastarrachea.
Sanchez throws a jab when Bastarrachea was well out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bastarrachea - that will leave a mark!
Bastarrachea tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanchez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bastarrachea - the referee stops the clock and Sanchez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bastarrachea. Sanchez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sanchez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bastarrachea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Bastarrachea was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Bastarrachea dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastarrachea can pounce on him.
Bastarrachea explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bastarrachea connects with a solid leg kick.
Bastarrachea throws a nice head kick!
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Bastarrachea.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bastarrachea - that will leave a mark!
Sanchez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bastarrachea!
Bastarrachea gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bastarrachea crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Bastarrachea lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bastarrachea working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bastarrachea scores a nice knee to the body.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bastarrachea utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the head.
Bastarrachea working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bastarrachea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bastarrachea lands a nice knee to the body.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage.
Bastarrachea prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastarrachea misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Bastarrachea throws knees to the body.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Bastarrachea throws knees to the body.
Bastarrachea misses with a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Bastarrachea with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bastarrachea keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Bastarrachea lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Bastarrachea has the dominant position.
Bastarrachea trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bastarrachea.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bastarrachea has him pressed against the cage.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Bastarrachea avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Bastarrachea trying to land knees to the body.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Bastarrachea throws knees to the body.
Bastarrachea is looking to control Sanchez's arms but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bastarrachea has his back to the cage.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Xavier Bastarrachea has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bastarrachea keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to break free but Bastarrachea pushes him back against the cage.
Bastarrachea lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bastarrachea stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Bastarrachea throws knees to the body.
Bastarrachea keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastarrachea utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
Bastarrachea lands a nice knee to the body.
Bastarrachea misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Bastarrachea has double underhooks.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Bastarrachea has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Bastarrachea content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Bastarrachea has the dominant position.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
Bastarrachea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastarrachea prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Bastarrachea trying to land knees to the body.
Bastarrachea misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastarrachea won't allow it.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Come on Bastarrachea - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Bastarrachea keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bastarrachea looking to stall.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bastarrachea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Bastarrachea tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Bastarrachea clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Bastarrachea lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters circling a little - Bastarrachea finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bastarrachea doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanchez moves out of range as Bastarrachea throws a body kick.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Bastarrachea.
Sanchez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bastarrachea misses with a head kick.
Bastarrachea tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanchez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bastarrachea. That one must have hurt.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Bastarrachea pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bastarrachea takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bastarrachea throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastarrachea tries to clinch up.
Bastarrachea ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez.
Bastarrachea tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A head kick misses from Bastarrachea.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bastarrachea looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Bastarrachea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Bastarrachea slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Bastarrachea is looking to slow Sanchez down with leg kicks.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Bastarrachea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bastarrachea tries to clinch up.
Sanchez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bastarrachea wants to clinch.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bastarrachea has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastarrachea, right into the meat.
Bastarrachea feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bastarrachea manages to avoid it.
Bastarrachea delivers a nice body kick.
Bastarrachea throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Bastarrachea doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Bastarrachea takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bastarrachea has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastarrachea landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
Bastarrachea comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bastarrachea lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Bastarrachea lands an elbow inside.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bastarrachea putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanchez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bastarrachea with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Bastarrachea with a knee to the head.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastarrachea won't allow it.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastarrachea misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanchez tries to work over Bastarrachea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Bastarrachea prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Bastarrachea keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Bastarrachea has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bastarrachea unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bastarrachea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Bastarrachea taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bastarrachea keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastarrachea scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastarrachea won't allow it.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body.
Bastarrachea is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Xavier Bastarrachea will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Nice defenses there by Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea connects with a solid leg kick.
Xavier Bastarrachea is winning the standup battle so far.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick from Bastarrachea misses.
Bastarrachea staying out of range there.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bastarrachea throws the kick towards the body but Sanchez avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez scores with a body shot.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Bastarrachea misses with a head kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanchez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Bastarrachea - the referee stops the clock and Sanchez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Bastarrachea. Sanchez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bastarrachea can pounce on him.
Bastarrachea slips under a jab.
Bastarrachea lands with a nice body kick.
Bastarrachea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bastarrachea.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Bastarrachea ducks down to avoid it.
Bastarrachea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bastarrachea misses with a head kick.
Bastarrachea chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bastarrachea scores with a kick to the body.
Bastarrachea turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bastarrachea connects with a high kick.
Bastarrachea tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bastarrachea gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nickolas Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastarrachea slows down the pace here.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanchez won't want to take too many of those.
Bastarrachea is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanchez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Bastarrachea is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bastarrachea has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bastarrachea crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Bastarrachea utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bastarrachea putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanchez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bastarrachea is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bastarrachea missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastarrachea keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body.
Bastarrachea landing knees to the body.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanchez wants to break free but Bastarrachea has control.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Bastarrachea tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bastarrachea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Bastarrachea scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Bastarrachea has the dominant position.
Bastarrachea scores a nice knee to the body.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bastarrachea controls his hands.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bastarrachea is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Bastarrachea tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Bastarrachea lands a knee to the body.
That's four 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.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bastarrachea misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez letting Bastarrachea take a breather here.
Sanchez tries to work over Bastarrachea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez tries to work over Bastarrachea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Bastarrachea.
Bastarrachea tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Bastarrachea is controlling the position.
Bastarrachea working Sanchez over with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bastarrachea.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastarrachea tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Bastarrachea prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Bastarrachea prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bastarrachea blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to work over Bastarrachea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Xavier Bastarrachea is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bastarrachea prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.
Bastarrachea stalling against the cage.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Bastarrachea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bastarrachea 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 50:44
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 50:43
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Bastarrachea!
Xavier Bastarrachea retains his heavyweight title!
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