PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hoppe Krille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Krille might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to My Territory. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Krille
vs
Sanchez

185 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 1

180 cm
24
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hoppe Krille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krille shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanchez as he avoids it easily.

Sanchez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Krille is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Sanchez stands up and waves to Krille to follow him.

Sanchez pushes Krille up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez presses Krille against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Krille is trying to stall.
Krille gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Krille tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez presses Krille against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Krille tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Krille is breathing heavily.
Sanchez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.

Sanchez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Krille clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sanchez biding his time, looking for the opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krille trying to control the action but Sanchez just sinks the hooks in.
Sanchez slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Sanchez connects with a big shot to the side of Krille's head.
I really don't envy Krille right now.
The referee is taking a good look at Krille as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Sanchez!
Sanchez scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Krille is looking for a way out.
Sanchez controls the position.
Krille takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Krille tries to break free.
Krille covers up after that shot from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling from the back.
Krille looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Sanchez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Krille. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sanchez scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Krille is looking for a way out.

Krille defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Krille tries to roll but Sanchez sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krille trying to control the hands but Sanchez won't let him.
Krille is really stuck here.
Krille is working hard here to advance position.
Krille is taking damage to the body and head.
Krille tries to roll but Sanchez sticks to his back.

Sanchez looking for the RNC.
Krille manages to reverse the position and now he's in Sanchez's guard. Nice work there by Krille.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Krille in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Krille lands a couple of elbows.
Krille tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sanchez can do anything to dispel that myth.

Sanchez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Krille tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.

Sanchez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Sanchez stands up from Krille's guard - Sanchez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Krille misses with a takedown attempt
and Sanchez counters with a series of strikes. Krille will be more careful next time no doubt.

Sanchez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Krille on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krille looks like he's trying to stand up.
Krille moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Sanchez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sanchez gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krille wants to get back to full guard.
Krille moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Krille throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sanchez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Krille is proving hard to escape from.

Sanchez gets to his feet - Krille follows without any prompting.
Krille fails with the takedown

and Sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.
Krille is looking to stand up but Sanchez isn't so interested in that idea.
Krille looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krille thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Krille working for a triangle but Sanchez defends it easily.
Sanchez advances position into side control!
Krille is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Krille manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Krille is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanchez wants to control but Krille is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Krille misses with a head shot. Sanchez uses the momentum to regain guard.
Krille prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Danny Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Krille makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Krille working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krille won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Sanchez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez clinches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Krille tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Krille.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Krille lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Krille gets control of Sanchez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Krille will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Krille is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Krille is looking to stand back up but Sanchez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Krille.
Krille missing with punches from the bottom.
Krille on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Krille is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Krille has hold of Sanchez's hands but Sanchez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Krille is trying to stand up here but Sanchez is controlling him well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Krille shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.

Sanchez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Krille backs away looking to recover.
Krille tries for a takedown but Sanchez circles away easily

and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppe Krille. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Sanchez decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Krille tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sanchez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sanchez advances to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krille is trying to escape the mount.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Krille is staying in there.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the head.
Krille flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Krille has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Krille tries to reverse the position but Sanchez maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to finish Krille with some ground and pound. This is bad for Krille!
Sanchez prevents Krille from getting the reversal.
Krille bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Krille pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.

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.
Krille trying to move into half guard but instead Sanchez has managed to sweep!
Krille looking for a sweep. Not yet Krille, not yet.
Sanchez is in close to Krille's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Krille looking for a sweep. Not yet Krille, not yet.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Krille controls Sanchez momentarily but Sanchez frees himself.
Krille throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Krille is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sanchez is controlling him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krille shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a two punch combo.
Krille fails with the takedown

and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krille manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez wants to stand up but Krille is controlling him.
Krille stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Krille with a flurry of punches that miss.
Krille landing with the ground and pound.
Krille would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sanchez looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Krille from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Krille misses with a takedown attempt

and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppe Krille. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanchez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Krille trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Krille keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Danny Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez wanted to stand there but Krille had control of the position.
Hoppe Krille has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krille is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Sanchez!