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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Sanders (ranked 2211 p4p, 5002 weight class) and Sean Baker (ranked 84 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders's entrance music is Death On Me. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm 22 175 11 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm 28 175 6 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt World class boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Knockout power |
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reggie Sanders! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Baker! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sanders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Baker tries to clinch up and Sanders counters with a three punch combo that has Baker backing up. Baker nods at Sanders to acknowledge the strikes. Baker darts in looking for a takedown but Sanders gets double underhooks and turns Baker into the cage. Sanders is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Sanders ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Sanders lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Baker is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sanders sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Baker takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Sanders looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Sanders jabs at Baker's body. Horrible takedown attempt by Baker or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanders, which made it look bad. Reggie Sanders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Baker. Baker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Sanders dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Sanders lands with a shot to the body. Baker gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Sanders counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Sanders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baker.
Baker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Baker tries to clinch but Sanders moves away and Sanders counters with a good low kick that Baker was not able to check. Baker looks winded! Baker with a lazy takedown attempt and Sanders makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Baker misses with a takedown and Sanders counters with a nice body shot. Sanders lands a body shot.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Sanders digs a good body shot into Baker's ribs. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sanders changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Sanders dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Sanders throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanders lands a left and a right that send Baker crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanders thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
 Baker is rocked! Sanders lands a big right hook! Baker looks hurt but is still standing! Sanders lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Baker falls down and Sanders dives in with a huge hammer fist! Baker's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Sanders runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Reggie Sanders! A relieved looking Reggie Sanders thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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
61% |
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