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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luis Sanchez (ranked 23291 p4p, 3642 weight class) and Arvo Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by Kodak Black - Super Gremlin. Luis Sanchez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Arvo Virtanen!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Sanchez lands a left and a right that send Virtanen crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanchez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Virtanen is rocked!
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And Virtanen tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanchez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Virtanen with the counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Virtanen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Virtanen changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Virtanen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Virtanen feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virtanen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a combination
and Virtanen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Virtanen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Virtanen content to stall in guard here.
Virtanen forces his way into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Virtanen throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Virtanen on the ground.
Virtanen not doing much here.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Virtanen.
Virtanen slows the pace down in half guard.
Virtanen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Virtanen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Virtanen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound.
Virtanen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Virtanen controlling the pace for now.
Virtanen punching from mount but Sanchez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen throws some wild stikes that Sanchez manages to avoid easily.
Virtanen looking to finish with strikes here!
Virtanen punching from mount but Sanchez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Virtanen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound.
Virtanen controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Luis Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sanchez thuds a left hand into Virtanen's body.
Sanchez lands a left and a right that send Virtanen crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanchez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Virtanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez cracks Virtanen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sanchez has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Virtanen to stand back up!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Virtanen! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Luis Sanchez!
As Luis Sanchez got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: I'm the baddest motherfucker alive! Who the fuck is you?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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