PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Van Barle (ranked 1823 p4p, 2304 weight class) and Kuuri Sando (ranked 244 p4p, 300 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Van Barle
vs
Sando

188 cm
20
210
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
205
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Threads of HARDCORE
Kore Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dillon Van Barle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuuri Sando!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Barle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sando sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van Barle avoids a kick to the body.
Van Barle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sando is looking to land body kicks.
A clash of legs there as Van Barle blocks the low kick.
Sando tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Barle was well out of range. Poor timing from Sando.
Van Barle scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sando tries to clinch up but Van Barle circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Barle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Sando closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sando is trying to ground and pound but Van Barle uses the momentary lack of control by Sando to regain half guard.
Sando throwing shots but Van Barle is blocking nicely.
Sando misses with a head shot. Van Barle uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sando throwing strikes from guard but Van Barle blocks nicely.
Sando scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sando with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sando loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sando working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sando postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sando throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Barle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sando throwing strikes but missing.
Sando throws a strike but Van Barle rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sando striking off his back but it's not causing Van Barle any problems.
Van Barle won't allow Sando to sweep him here.
Sando trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Sando looking for a sweep. Not yet Sando, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Barle trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sando's guard.
Sando looking to hit a scissor sweep but Van Barle is one step ahead there.
Sando doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sando can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sando will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dillon Van Barle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sando tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Barle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Van Barle lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sando tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Barle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Barle moves out of range of the body kick from Sando.

Van Barle tries to keep at a distance but Sando has taken the fight into the clinch.
Van Barle misses with some punches.
Van Barle can't break the clinch.
Sando tries to work over Van Barle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Barle lands a hook that snaps the head of Sando backwards.
Sando is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Barle is defending well for now.
Sando trying to land knees to the body.
Sando misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Barle blocks the elbow strike.
Van Barle tries to land a knee to the head but Sando blocks with his arms.
Sando tries to land a knee to the head but Van Barle blocks with his arms.
Sando with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sando tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sando misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Sando.
Sando fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sando tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Barle.
Van Barle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sando blocks it with crossed arms.
Sando takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Kuuri Sando has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sando unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Barle is breathing heavily.
Sando trying to land knees to the body.
Sando looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sando throws a head punch that misses.
Sando blocks an elbow strike.
Sando crunches a lovely knee into Van Barle's ribcage.
Van Barle lands an uppercut.
Van Barle tries to land knees in the clinch but Sando avoids the damage to the body.
Sando unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sando looking to throw knees to the head but Van Barle is blocking nicely.
Sando connects with a knee to the head.
Sando lands with a left to the head.
Sando misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sando tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Barle avoids the damage to the body.
Sando landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sando throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuuri Sando dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kuuri Sando's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sando throws a head kick but Van Barle moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sando looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Barle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sando takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Van Barle swings for the body but Sando moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Sando.

Sando throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Van Barle tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sando is in Van Barle's guard.
Van Barle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sando.
Kuuri Sando has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sando throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Barle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Van Barle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sando with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sando throws a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sando in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sando postures up in Van Barle's guard and throws a big left but Van Barle blocks it.
Sando distracts Van Barle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sando throws a big right hand that misses.
Sando postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sando accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sando has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sando working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sando in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sando chips away with some ground and pound.
Sando lands a couple of elbows.
Sando is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sando with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sando trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sando scoring with some ground and pound.
Sando throwing strikes from guard but Van Barle blocks nicely.
Van Barle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sando is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Van Barle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sando working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Van Barle's head.
Sando throwing strikes but missing.
Sando loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sando postures up in Van Barle's guard and throws a big left but Van Barle blocks it.
Sando throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Barle works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sando in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sando postures up in Van Barle's guard and throws a big left but Van Barle blocks it.
Sando postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sando working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sando with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sando distracts Van Barle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sando is working Van Barle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sando must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Van Barle has momentary wrist control but Sando slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sando accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sando cracks Van Barle with a solid left hand.
Sando in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sando throwing strikes from guard but Van Barle blocks nicely.
Sando chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sando makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sando loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sando accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sando working some strikes from top position.
Sando lands a couple of digs.
Sando throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sando in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sando lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sando missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sando is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Barle has wrist control.
Sando trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sando with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuuri Sando showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kuuri Sando's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sando dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Sando fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Barle, pushing him back against the cage.
Van Barle scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Barle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sando throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Barle blocks it with crossed arms.
Sando misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Barle.
Sando throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sando with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Barle working Sando over with knees to the body.
Sando struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Barle controls his hands.
Sando lands a damaging elbow.
Van Barle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Barle scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Barle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Barle lands a right hand.
Sando takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Barle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Barle is stalling here.
Van Barle blocks an elbow strike from Sando.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Barle lands a knee to the body.
Van Barle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sando's face.
Van Barle lands an elbow inside that Sando shrugs off.
Van Barle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Barle is leaning against Sando and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Barle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kuuri Sando seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Van Barle manages to break the clinch.
Van Barle lands a body shot.
Van Barle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sando's head.
Van Barle tests Sando's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Sando is rocked!
Van Barle lands a hook that stumbles Sando back into the cage. Van Barle follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Sando to the canvas! Van Barle pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Sando has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dillon Van Barle!