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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Travis Sanchez (ranked 4060 p4p, 5132 weight class) and Duncan Vazquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Vazquez!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vazquez closes the distance but Sanchez moves to the side
so Sanchez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Vazquez is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Sanchez presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vazquez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sanchez, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Vazquez has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanchez drags the fight down to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez working a defensive guard here.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vazquez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vazquez postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vazquez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vazquez landing some decent shots from guard.
Vazquez scoring with some ground and pound.
Vazquez is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Vazquez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Vazquez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Vazquez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sanchez works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Vazquez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
Sanchez is not content to let Vazquez control the position.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vazquez.
Sanchez tries to kick Vazquez off but Vazquez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Vazquez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Vazquez working over Sanchez with some ground and pound. Sanchez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Vazquez is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vazquez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Vazquez has control of the leg.
Vazquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vazquez trying to control from Sanchez's half guard. Sanchez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Sanchez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Vazquez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vazquez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vazquez connects with a couple of short punches.
Vazquez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vazquez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vazquez throws a big elbow that misses.
Vazquez trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Vazquez throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vazquez.
Sanchez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Vazquez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vazquez trying to control here.
Vazquez is looking to escape.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Duncan Vazquez will probably get the nod.
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.
Sanchez gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Vazquez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Vazquez connects with a couple of short punches.
Vazquez cracks Sanchez with a solid left hand.
Vazquez preventing the sweep.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vazquez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez is working hard here to advance position.
Vazquez wants to control from the top but Sanchez keeps moving.
Vazquez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanchez with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Vazquez can't handle though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanchez wants to hit a sweep here but Vazquez passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sanchez there!
Vazquez unloading with bombs!
Sanchez wants to hold on but Vazquez pushes him away.
Sanchez is desperately trying to improve his position but Vazquez has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vazquez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez is rocked!
Vazquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vazquez lands a big shot to the head and Sanchez winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Duncan Vazquez!
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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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