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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rico Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Childish Gambino - R.I.P.. Steel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Its a Fight. Rico Sanchez had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Great elbows
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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
17 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rico Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Steel!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Steel avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Nice uppercut there from Steel.
Sanchez wants to slow Steel down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Rico Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Steel moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Steel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steel throws a one two combo.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanchez misses with a double jab
and Steel counters with a left and a right that stings Sanchez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Steel scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Steel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Steel scores with a jab.
Sanchez throws a hook but Steel blocks it.
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez scores with a one two! Steel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
Steel has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Steel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez darts in trying to clinch
and Steel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Steel.
Donk. Steel catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Steel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Steel drops his hands momentarily and Sanchez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Steel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Steel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Sanchez tenderised Steel's leg. Steel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Steel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sanchez momentarily.
Steel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steel blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
Steel clobbers Sanchez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Steel tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Steel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez tries a low kick but Steel avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Steel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steel duly obliges.
Steel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Steel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Sanchez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Steel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanchez checks it well.
Steel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Steel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Steel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Julius Steel will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Steel is looking to clinch.
Steel swinging wildly here.
Sanchez throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Julius Steel has been cut.
Rico Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Steel keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Steel counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rico Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick
and Steel counters with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Steel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Steel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Steel.
Sanchez motions for Steel to come forward. Sanchez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Steel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Steel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steel avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Steel working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside that Steel shrugs off.
Steel is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Steel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steel breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Steel moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steel swinging wildly here.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Steel checks it.
Sanchez swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
Steel takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Steel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Steel is out of range.
Sanchez lands a high kick!
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Steel catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Steel lands a two punch combo.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steel swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Steel connects with a solid leg kick.
Steel tries to move into range but Sanchez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Steel throws a good cross that connects.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
Steel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Steel stalks Sanchez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanchez's face. Sanchez staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez rushes Steel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez tries to work over Steel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel working hard to break the clinch.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Steel. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez clinches up against the cage.
Steel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steel is looking to control Sanchez's arms but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Steel has his back to the cage.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Steel.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steel.
Steel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steel drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sanchez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julius Steel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Sanchez working Steel over with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Steel is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Steel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Steel can't break the clinch.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Steel lands an overhand right.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steel.
Steel connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez checks the leg kick.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez cracks Steel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanchez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.
Sanchez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Steel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
Sanchez is looking to slow Steel down with leg kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steel with a jab.
Sanchez lands the left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
Steel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a combination
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel scoring well with a low kick there.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Steel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Steel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel goes for a takedown attempt but Sanchez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Steel avoids it.
Sanchez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Steel needs to keep his hands up - Sanchez had a free shot at his head there.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez tries to clinch up but Steel circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez pushes Steel up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sanchez misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steel's brow.
Steel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steel's brow.
Steel is trying to break free.
Steel can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steel blocks it with crossed arms.
Steel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sanchez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Steel breaks the clinch.
Steel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Steel moves out of range easily.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez lands a head shot.
Steel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steel rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Steel's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Sanchez!
Rico Sanchez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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