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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Seal (ranked 1258 p4p, 1035 weight class) and Arelvam Sadrano (ranked 114 p4p, 90 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Seal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arelvam Sadrano!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Sadrano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sadrano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sadrano misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Seal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sadrano blocks a head kick by Seal.
Sadrano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Seal is able to avoid easily.
Seal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Seal takes a kick to the side of the head.
Seal stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sadrano.
Sadrano is looking to slow Seal down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal throws a nice looking combination but Sadrano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sadrano feints a counter leg kick.
Sadrano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sadrano is looking to land body kicks.
Seal lands a nice looking body shot.
Seal throws a hook but Sadrano avoids it easily.
Sadrano steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Seal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seal throws a body punch but Sadrano moves out of range.
Seal blocks a low kick nicely.
Sadrano misses with a low kick as Seal jumps back.
Seal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Seal tried to counter with a leg kick but Sadrano avoided it.
Sadrano throws out a leg kick but Seal moves out of range and Sadrano only half commits.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal blocks a head kick by Sadrano.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sadrano.
Seal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sadrano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seal throwing a counter right hand but Sadrano manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seal checks a leg kick.
Sadrano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sadrano gets a clinch.
Sadrano told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Seal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadrano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Matt Seal has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sadrano.
Sadrano scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sadrano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Seal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Seal avoids the damage to the body.
Seal stalling in the clinch.
Seal pushes off an throws an elbow but Sadrano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sadrano avoids a wild elbow strike from Seal.
I was talking to Seal's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sadrano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Seal is breathing heavily.
Sadrano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sadrano tries a knee to the head but Seal blocks it.
Sadrano crunches a lovely knee into Seal's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano lands a damaging elbow.
Sadrano lands an elbow just above Seal 's eye.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Sadrano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seal avoids it.
Seal swings wildly with an uppercut but Sadrano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Sadrano.
Sadrano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sadrano with a knee to the head.
Seal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seal pushes Sadrano back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sadrano landing knees to the body.
Sadrano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Seal is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right hand to the body from Seal.
Sadrano scores with a knee to the head.
Seal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sadrano working Seal over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano misses with a knee to the head.
Seal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sadrano throws the kick towards the body but Seal avoids it.
Sadrano swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sadrano.
Seal throws a right hand that Sadrano ducks under and follows up with a left that Sadrano also avoids with ease.
Sadrano appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Seal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sadrano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sadrano connects with a solid leg kick.
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Sadrano counters with a left and a right that stings Seal.
Sadrano throws a shot from downtown. Seal moves away and avoids it.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sadrano was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Sadrano throws a head kick that Seal semi-blocks.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano scores with a head kick. Seal tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sadrano throws a leg kick but Seal moved away.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick
and Seal makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Seal misses with an uppercut.
Sadrano throws out a leg kick but Seal moves out of range and Sadrano only half commits.
Seal is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sadrano's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice body kick from Sadrano.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick
and Seal counters with a stiff right hand.
Seal misses with a straight left.
Sadrano is looking to clinch.
Seal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Sadrano moves away and avoids it.
Sadrano moves into the clinch.
Seal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Sadrano.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sadrano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Seal stalling in the clinch but Sadrano improves position.
Sadrano creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Seal's defenses.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seal avoids it.
Sadrano has Seal pressed against the cage, preventing Seal from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Seal leaning against his opponent.
Seal tries to throw a body punch but Sadrano avoids it by throwing Seal back against the cage.
Seal lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sadrano or not.
Seal looking to slow down the pace here.
Sadrano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Seal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sadrano lands with a kick to the temple. Seal shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Seal throws the left hand but Sadrano avoids the punch easily.
A clash of legs there as Seal blocks the low kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano closes the distance and clinches.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but Seal blocks with his arms.
Seal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Seal avoiding damage as Sadrano throws knees to the body.
Seal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sadrano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Sadrano moves away and avoids it.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Sadrano's shoulder, as Sadrano tries to avoid the shot.
Sadrano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sadrano moves into the clinch.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seal avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Seal throws an elbow but misses.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Seal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sadrano managing to block the knees to the body from Seal.
Seal throws a head punch that misses.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it misses.
Seal leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Seal fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Seal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sadrano with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Seal fails to land.
Sadrano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Seal in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seal.
Seal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seal keeps the fight on the outside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Sadrano.
Seal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sadrano circles away quickly and effectively.
Sadrano has Seal up against the cage in a clinch.
Sadrano working Seal over with knees to the body.
Seal is trying to break free.
Seal breaks from the clinch.
Sadrano wants to clinch
and Seal counters with a nice uppercut.
Arelvam Sadrano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal throws a leg kick
and Sadrano counters with a leg kick.
Sadrano throws a leg kick that misses.
Sadrano tries a low kick but Seal avoids it.
Sadrano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sadrano moves into range and clinches up with Seal.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arelvam Sadrano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Seal's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sadrano dodges the punch combination from Seal.
Sadrano looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sadrano wants to land a leg kick but Seal is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Seal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sadrano lands a high kick!
Sadrano misses with a low kick.
Seal throwing a counter right hand but Sadrano manages to avoid it.
Arelvam Sadrano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sadrano motions for Seal to come forward. Sadrano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sadrano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sadrano throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadrano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Seal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sadrano.
The fighters circling - Seal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Seal is looking to chop away at Sadrano's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadrano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Sadrano lunges at Seal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Seal's hand.
Sadrano throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Seal's head.
An inside leg kick from Sadrano misses.
A leg kick checked by Seal.
Sadrano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sadrano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sadrano throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Sadrano tries to land a leg kick but Seal saw it coming and moves away.
Seal thinks about countering with a head kick.
Sadrano tries to close the distance and clinch but Seal swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Seal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sadrano with the inside leg kick.
Sadrano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Seal throwing a counter right hand but Sadrano manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Sadrano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sadrano.
Seal throws a hook but Sadrano blocks it.
Seal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sadrano.
Seal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Seal has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
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!
Sadrano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sadrano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seal.
Sadrano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Seal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sadrano. Sadrano obviously looking to wear him down.
Sadrano pushes Seal up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sadrano working Seal over with knees to the body.
Sadrano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sadrano lands an elbow that stopped Seal in his tracks for a moment.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Seal avoids the damage to the body.
Sadrano with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Seal doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sadrano landing knees to the head.
Seal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Seal - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sadrano misses with an elbow strike.
Sadrano tries a knee to the head but Seal blocks it.
Seal scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
Seal wants to stall.
Seal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sadrano scores a nice knee to the body.
Sadrano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sadrano lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Seal is defending well for now.
Seal trying to stall but Sadrano improves his position.
Sadrano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sadrano lands a nice knee to the body.
Sadrano lands an elbow inside that Seal shrugs off.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but Seal blocks with his arms.
Sadrano misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Seal lands a body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Seal.
Sadrano blocking some punches.
Sadrano missing with knees to the body.
Seal is looking to control Sadrano's arms but Sadrano gets an underhook and turns him. Now Seal has his back to the cage.
Seal presses Sadrano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
Seal misses with the head strike.
A bit of stalling here from Seal.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Sadrano.
Seal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sadrano throws a body kick that misses.
Sadrano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sadrano tries to score with a low kick but Seal moves his leg out of the way.
Seal walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sadrano.
The fighters circling - Seal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sadrano closes the distance and clinches.
Seal misses with a punch on the inside.
Sadrano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Seal avoids the damage to the body.
Seal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sadrano backwards.
Sadrano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Seal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seal working hard to break the clinch.
Seal tries to work over Sadrano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Seal avoids the damage to the body.
Sadrano looking to throw knees to the head but Seal is blocking nicely.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Sadrano.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sadrano throws an elbow but misses.
Seal lands a right hand.
A short right from Seal on the inside.
Seal takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Seal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seal manages to break the clinch.
Sadrano throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Seal tries a low kick but Sadrano avoids it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano tries to score with a low kick but Seal moves his leg out of the way.
Seal throws a shot to the body.
Sadrano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sadrano tried to score with a low kick but Seal checks it.
Seal throws a jab when Sadrano was well out of range.
Sadrano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sadrano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Seal's sensitive parts.
Sadrano misses with a low kick.
Sadrano wants to land a leg kick but Seal is out of range.
Sadrano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sadrano wants to land a leg kick but Seal is out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano walks into a jab.
Seal checks the leg kick.
Sadrano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Seal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Sadrano counters with a nice leg kick.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick.
Seal throws a lazy uppercut
and Sadrano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Seal checks a leg kick nicely.
Seal throws a leg kick but Sadrano checks it.
Sadrano throws a leg kick
and Seal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Seal scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sadrano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sadrano tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sadrano is looking to slow Seal down with leg kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sadrano. That's going to slow Seal down.
Seal throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sadrano drives through and clinches with Seal against the cage.
Seal leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arelvam Sadrano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Seal's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Seal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sadrano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Seal has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Seal and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sadrano throws a low kick but Seal moves out of range easily.
Sadrano checks a leg kick nicely.
Sadrano flicks out a counter leg kick but Seal steps away.
Good exchange - Sadrano coming out on top.
The crowd cheers as Seal lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sadrano doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadrano attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sadrano wants to clinch
and Seal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seal lunges at Sadrano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sadrano's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadrano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sadrano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Seal. That did some damage!
Sadrano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Seal is looking to counter punch.
Seal tries to keep at a distance but Sadrano has taken the fight into the clinch.
Seal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Seal controlling the action here for a moment.
Arelvam Sadrano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sadrano.
Sadrano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seal.
Seal lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sadrano throws an elbow but misses.
Seal takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seal lands a nice uppercut.
Seal breaks from the clinch.
Sadrano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sadrano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sadrano throws a low kick but Seal avoids it.
Sadrano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Seal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sadrano. Sadrano obviously looking to wear him down.
Seal connects with a looping right hand.
Sadrano shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A low kick from Sadrano is predictable there
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sadrano moves into range and connects with a jab.
A good leg kick by Sadrano.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano tries a low kick but Seal avoids it.
Sadrano scores with a leg kick.
Sadrano ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Sadrano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sadrano blocks a leg kick.
Sadrano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sadrano throws a leg kick but Seal checks it.
Seal thows a leg kick but Sadrano checks it
and Sadrano counters with a good low kick that Seal was not able to check.
Sadrano doesn't manage to clinch there - Seal circles away.
It looked like Seal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sadrano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sadrano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Sadrano tenderised Seal's leg. Seal is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sadrano tries to clinch but Seal is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Seal misses the target.
Seal 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.
Sadrano throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Seal.
Sadrano throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sadrano tries to score with a low kick but Seal moves his leg out of the way.
Seal lands a nice hook to Sadrano's body. Sadrano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sadrano thows a leg kick but Seal checks it
and Seal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A lazy left from Seal finds it's target.
Sadrano tries to clinch but Seal moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano connects with a solid leg kick.
Sadrano thows a leg kick but Seal checks it
and Seal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal misses with a looping left.
Sadrano throws a lazy head kick
and Seal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sadrano closes the distance and clinches.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Seal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sadrano backwards.
Sadrano blocking some punches.
Seal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Seal taking a breather.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Seal leaning his opponent against the cage.
Seal wants to get back to striking at distance but Sadrano won't allow it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano scores with a knee to the head.
Sadrano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Seal lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Seal.
Sadrano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seal lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sadrano.
Seal stalls.
Seal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Seal avoids the damage to the body.
Sadrano lands a damaging elbow.
Seal can't find room to land a body shot as Sadrano controls the action.
Seal misses with the head strike.
Sadrano lands an elbow just above Seal 's eye.
Seal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Seal throws a head punch that misses.
Sadrano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Seal avoids it.
Arelvam Sadrano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Sadrano.
Come on Seal - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Seal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Seal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sadrano's elbow.
Seal managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Seal takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Seal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sadrano blocks an uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Seal throws a head punch that misses.
Seal tries to break free but Sadrano pushes him back against the cage.
Seal stalling.
Sadrano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Seal looking to stall.
Seal dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Sadrano.
Seal manages to break the clinch.
A low kick lands for Sadrano.
Matt Seal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seal looks to throw the jab but Sadrano is out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano takes the fight into the clinch.
Seal throws a punch but it's blocked by Sadrano.
Seal stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Seal is trying to break free.
Seal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Seal lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Seal on the inside.
Sadrano avoids the elbow strike from Seal, against the cage.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
Sadrano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Seal.
Well Sadrano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arelvam Sadrano!
A relieved looking Arelvam Sadrano 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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