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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Houston Warren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jojo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jojo Sanchez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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177 lbs
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173 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Houston Warren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jojo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Topper Green and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warren misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Warren circles away.
Warren clinches with his opponent.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warren controlling the position well.
Warren tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Warren is trying to control but can't.
Sanchez stalling away here and it's allowed Warren to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Warren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanchez's guard.
Warren works over Sanchez with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Warren is one step ahead there.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanchez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Warren haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jojo Sanchez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Warren gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Warren trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Warren moves out of range easily.
Jojo Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Warren is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Warren is looking to regain half guard here but Sanchez keeps moving and retains side control.
Warren sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Warren trying to control here.
Sanchez is trying to control. Warren wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Warren tries to get to full guard but Sanchez has control of the leg.
Warren moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sanchez preventing the sweep.
Warren keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez wants to stand but Warren is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sanchez trying to control but Warren is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Warren blocks nicely.
Warren looking for a sweep. Not yet Warren, not yet.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jojo Sanchez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Warren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Warren's guard.
Sanchez looks winded!
Warren wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Warren keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warren is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jojo Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sanchez wants to clinch
and Warren counters with a one-two to the body.
Houston Warren is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Warren looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Warren manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Warren.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Warren in particular looking to stall.
Warren throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Warren scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanchez trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Warren lands a couple of good shots and Sanchez has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Warren struggling to land strikes to the head as Sanchez covers up.
Warren is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Sanchez up.
Sanchez tries to escape the position.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Warren is riding his opponent, not letting Sanchez buck him off.
Warren struggling to land strikes to the head as Sanchez covers up.
Warren punishes Sanchez with strikes from the back mount.
Warren connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Sanchez to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warren throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Warren lands strikes to the head.
Warren connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Sanchez to escape the position.
What can Sanchez do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Warren is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez trying to control the action but Warren just sinks the hooks in.
Warren missing with strikes from the back.
Warren is punishing Sanchez with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Sanchez.
Warren scores with punches from the back.
Warren 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.
Warren misses with punches from the back.
Warren softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Warren cracks Sanchez with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Sanchez from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Warren has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Sanchez rolls, trying to escape but Warren keeps control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez turns into Warren and is now in his guard.
Warren wants to sweep but no luck.
Warren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanchez's guard.
Warren distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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!
Warren with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Warren with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Warren working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Warren with a nice head shot there.
Sanchez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Houston Warren dominated that second round.
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!
Warren rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Warren tries to pull guard but Sanchez holds him up against the cage and eventually Warren drops back down to his feet.
Sanchez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Warren is trying to drag Sanchez to the mat but Sanchez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Warren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Warren closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Warren jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sanchez walks away with a smile on his face. Warren gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Houston Warren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Warren swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Warren avoids the punch easily.
Warren scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Warren.
Sanchez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Warren to the ground. Sanchez is now in Warren's guard.
Houston Warren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Warren is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Warren looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Warren is on top in guard.
Warren throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to keep Warren in close.
Warren postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sanchez throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Warren throwing strikes but missing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Warren postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Warren throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warren lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez controls Warren momentarily but Warren frees himself.
Warren throws a big elbow that misses.
Sanchez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Warren is controlling him.
Sanchez is trying to hold Warren in close to prevent damage but Warren has managed to pass into half guard.
Warren perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warren throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Warren with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Warren drops an elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Warren takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nice strikes from Warren there.
Sanchez has hold of Warren's hands but Warren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Warren thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warren not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.
Warren working over Sanchez with some ground and pound. Sanchez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that's the end of the fight!
Houston Warren showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Warren 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Houston Warren!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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