PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Justin Magnum (ranked 2082 p4p, 117 weight class) and Marcos Sanchez (ranked 2520 p4p, 133 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Magnum
vs
Sanchez

169 cm
29
145 lbs
15 - 12 - 1

167 cm
27
142 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Caveman clothing

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 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Justin Magnum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcos Sanchez !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magnum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez .
Decent striking displayed by Magnum there.
Nice shot by Sanchez .

Magnum closes the distance and clinches.
Magnum throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Magnum uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Sanchez .
Magnum can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Magnum takes a shot to the head.
Magnum tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Magnum can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
A short left from Magnum.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magnum.
Magnum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magnum tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Magnum tries to work over Sanchez 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magnum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnum doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez .
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Magnum tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Magnum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez .
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Magnum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Sanchez lands a body punch.
Magnum struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Magnum struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
Magnum fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Magnum blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez .
Magnum misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez .
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Magnum uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Magnum misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Magnum scores with a hook to the body.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Magnum uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez .
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Magnum was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sanchez .
The fight stays on the outside here - Magnum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sanchez cracks Magnum 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 Magnum to stand back up!

Magnum is rocked!

It looks like Justin Magnum has been cut.
Magnum missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oh Magnum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Magnum on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Magnum.
Magnum gets through Sanchez 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Magnum tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanchez lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Magnum.
Magnum seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Magnum.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Magnum has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez .
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Magnum's head.
Magnum throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Magnum.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Magnum bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Magnum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marcos Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Magnum closes the distance and clinches.
Magnum tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Magnum back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez .
Magnum goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Magnum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Sanchez .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Sanchez .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sanchez .
Sanchez is looking to control Magnum's arms but Magnum gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sanchez has his back to the cage.
Sanchez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Magnum misses with a body punch.
Magnum lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Magnum controls his hands.
Magnum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Magnum blocking some punches.
Magnum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Magnum misses with a punch on the inside.
Magnum tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Magnum lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Magnum backwards.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Magnum tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Magnum's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Magnum ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez .
Magnum throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez .
Magnum misses with a few strikes there.
Magnum uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez .
Magnum went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Sanchez lands a big head kick that sends Magnum tumbling to the mat! Sanchez takes a step backwards and waves Magnum back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sanchez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magnum looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Magnum doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez steps in with a hook that catches Magnum right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sanchez follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Magnum looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcos Sanchez !
Marcos Sanchez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.