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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felix Sandoval (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sandoval comes to the cage accompanied by Overseer - Slayed. Cold is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jarren Benton - Skitzo. Ray Cold will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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152 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Felix Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Cold!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandoval bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sandoval working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sandoval misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cold can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cold defending against the ground and pound.
Sandoval tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sandoval is trying to get an arm triangle but Cold is defending well.
Cold is looking for a sweep.
Sandoval connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cold some visible discomfort.
Sandoval 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.
Sandoval working the ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval lands a nice forearm strike.
Sandoval working the ground and pound from side control.
Cold isn't going anywhere.
Sandoval tries to advance to mount but can't.
Cold is trying to get back to half guard.
Sandoval landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sandoval looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sandoval looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandoval throws an elbow but Cold slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval tries to score with some ground and pound. Cold controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Sandoval prevents Cold from escaping the position.
Sandoval creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sandoval sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cold is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sandoval is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cold has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cold regains half guard, as Sandoval was trying to land strikes.
Sandoval thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cold's head.
Sandoval not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cold really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sandoval. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sandoval is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold is trying to stand back up but Sandoval is controlling him
Sandoval throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sandoval decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Sandoval shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cold sprawls well. Cold wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sandoval gets slowly back to his feet.
Sandoval just misses with a punch to the body.
Cold tries for a takedown but Sandoval sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sandoval scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cold.
Sandoval throws a nice inside leg kick.
Felix Sandoval seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold fails with the takedown.
Felix Sandoval has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cold.
Sandoval swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sandoval scores with a body shot.
Sandoval connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sandoval just misses with a punch to the body.
Sandoval lands with a cross.
Sandoval misses with a body punch
and Cold counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sandoval!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Sandoval 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.
Sandoval throws a leg kick that misses.
Cold walks into a left hand.
Sandoval fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cold manages to avoid it.
Cold slaps away a takedown attempt from Sandoval, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cold dives in and grabs Sandoval's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sandoval pushes down on Cold's head and hops out.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt.
Cold shoots in but no luck this time.
Felix Sandoval has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cold.
Sandoval will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandoval.
Sandoval looks to throw the jab but Cold is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Sandoval misses.
Sandoval changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cold looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sandoval prevents Cold from escaping the position.
Cold struggling a bit here.
Sandoval tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sandoval has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval scoring with punches and elbows.
Cold throws Sandoval to one side and escapes!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sandoval throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cold shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sandoval as he jumps to the side.
Sandoval scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cold doesn't seem bothered though.
Sandoval cracks the inside of Cold's front leg.
Cold is breathing heavily.
Sandoval lands a high kick!
It looks like Ray Cold has been cut.
Sandoval darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sandoval is looking to wear down Cold with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab from Sandoval.
Sandoval misses with a body shot.
Sandoval throws a front kick aimed at Cold's knee but Cold avoids it well.
No luck for Cold with that takedown attempt.
Sandoval looking to score a takedown here. Cold is defending well but Sandoval drives through and ends up in Cold's guard.
Sandoval missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sandoval forces his way into half guard.
Cold is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sandoval seems to be working for a kimura but Cold defends the submission attempt.
Cold is defending against the submission attempts here by Sandoval.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandoval working over Cold with some ground and pound. Cold looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sandoval working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sandoval wants to control but Cold is keeping him busy.
Sandoval missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sandoval missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Sandoval dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Cold's cut.
That's time! Sandoval's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cold walks into a stiff left hand from Sandoval.
Sandoval gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cold counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sandoval is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cold can do to turn this around?
Sandoval looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sandoval moves into full guard.
Felix Sandoval overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cold tries to free his leg and advance position but Sandoval is retaining full guard.
Sandoval is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cold with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sandoval wants to sweep but no luck.
Sandoval is pulling down on Cold's head. It's preventing any offense from Cold, at least for the moment.
Sandoval is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Cold has his hands clasped together but Sandoval extends an breaks Cold's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Sandoval.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Felix Sandoval!
A very excited looking Felix Sandoval made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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