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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Svend Torken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torken comes into the arena with Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen blaring out of the sound system. Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Oswaldo Sanchez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Svend Torken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Oswaldo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torken slips under a jab.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Torken back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Torken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Torken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Torken waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a crisp jab.
Torken connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Torken throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Torken misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Torken.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torken loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torken.
Torken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Torken checks a leg kick.
Sanchez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Torken's hands.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanchez clinches up against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Torken's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torken tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanchez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanchez scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Sanchez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Torken moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Sanchez. Beautiful body shot.
Torken takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Torken's body.
Torken checks a leg kick.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Torken tries for a takedown but Sanchez manages to get underhooks.
Torken is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Svend Torken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez pushes Torken back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez tries to work over Torken's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torken.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Torken tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanchez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Torken blocking some punches.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Torken blocks it.
Torken avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torken escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torken slips a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Torken uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Torken lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Torken throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torken fails with the takedown.
Torken avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Torken misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oswaldo Sanchez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Torken throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Torken.
Sanchez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Torken. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torken counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Torken shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Torken throwing strikes here but Sanchez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sanchez is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torken can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Torken is really struggling to control Sanchez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Torken landing shots from mount.
Sanchez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sanchez can't escape the position.
Torken unloads with some shots from mount but Sanchez bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Torken.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Torken pushes him away.
Torken punching from mount but Sanchez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Torken looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Torken has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Torken postures up.
Sanchez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torken controlling his opponent.
Torken trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Torken takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Sanchez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torken tries to control but Sanchez wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torken takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Svend Torken has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Torken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Torken.
Torken scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Torken ducked under it nicely.
Torken looks for a takedown but Sanchez sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Svend Torken dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Torken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Torken.
Torken throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanchez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanchez clinches up with Torken and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Torken.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torken blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Torken controls his hands.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Torken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oswaldo Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanchez gets underhooks to prevent Torken's takedown attempt.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torken prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torken is working for takedown but Sanchez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Torken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torken takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Torken.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Torken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torken throws out the jab.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Torken looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torken.
Torken throws a big shot that misses.
Torken fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanchez on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torken rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanchez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Torken thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torken throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Torken misses its intended target.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Torken.
Torken throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
A jab from Torken misses.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Torken throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Torken.
Oswaldo Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torken defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Torken throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torken shoots in for a double leg but Sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Svend Torken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torken drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Torken takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Torken.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Torken misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice jab there from Torken.
Torken changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sanchez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that's the end of the fight!
Oswaldo 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oswaldo Sanchez!
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