PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Landreth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and guy sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Landreth
vs
sanchez

193 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Landreth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, guy sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Landreth pushes him off.
sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Landreth circles away.
Landreth shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with sanchez but sanchez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
sanchez tries to clinch but Landreth moves out of range.
Landreth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Landreth shoots in for a double leg but sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Landreth jumps guard but sanchez stands there with Landreth around his waist. Landreth gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Landreth. That's going to take a lot out of him.

sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Landreth fails with a takedown attempt.

sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
sanchez catches Landreth with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
sanchez wants to clinch.
sanchez tries to clinch but Landreth is having none of it.
guy sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Landreth closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Landreth takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

sanchez is defending against the submission attempts here by Landreth.
sanchez is staying active underneath Landreth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Landreth will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
sanchez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Landreth.
sanchez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Landreth!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez unloads with some shots from mount but Landreth bucks and avoids them well.
sanchez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Landreth 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.
sanchez misses with a head shot.
sanchez prevents Landreth from getting the reversal.
Landreth tries to hold on but sanchez postures up.
Landreth is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Landreth tries to hold on but sanchez postures up.
sanchez looking to control but Landreth is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
sanchez prevents Landreth from getting the reversal.

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.
Landreth wants to control but sanchez is having none of it.
Landreth sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Landreth is breathing heavily.
sanchez thows a huge punch but Landreth dodges it nicely.
sanchez is controlling the pace.
sanchez is thwarting Landreth's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but guy sanchez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
sanchez fails with the takedown

and Landreth counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
sanchez is trying to stand back up but Landreth is controlling him
Landreth trying to mount his opponent but sanchez defends it.
The fighters are battling for position here. sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Landreth drops back, looking for a kneebar! sanchez looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. sanchez looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from sanchez!
You can see the frustration on Landreth's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landreth gets back to half guard.
Landreth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Landreth looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
sanchez is keen to just control but Landreth is a slippery customer.

Landreth with the active half guard here but sanchez passes nicely into side control.
Landreth gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Landreth is looking to improve his position.
sanchez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Landreth.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. sanchez connects with a nice short shot to Landreth's temple.
Nice strikes from sanchez there.
Landreth wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landreth is trying to control but can't.
sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Landreth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Landreth has hold of sanchez's hands but sanchez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Landreth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

sanchez stands up out of the half guard.

sanchez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than sanchez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Landreth is in a horrible position here. sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez unloading with bombs!
Landreth keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
sanchez working Landreth over with strikes here.
guy sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
sanchez looking to finish Landreth with some ground and pound. This is bad for Landreth!
sanchez landing strikes from the mount and Landreth is in trouble!
sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

guy sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

sanchez tries to clinch there but Landreth circles away.
Landreth swats away the attempt to clinch by sanchez.

sanchez has managed to clinch.
Landreth fails to pull guard.
sanchez lands a nice knee to the body.
sanchez landing knees to the head.
sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Landreth takes an elbow to the forehead.

sanchez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Landreth clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Landreth can't escape the position.
sanchez lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by sanchez.
sanchez scores with punches to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez punishes Landreth with strikes from the back mount.
Landreth has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from sanchez.
Landreth is in bad spot here.
sanchez lands a shot to the body.
sanchez really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Landreth.
Landreth trying to control the hands but sanchez won't let him.
Landreth is trapped and sanchez is scoring with shots to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landreth is keeping busy.
sanchez has Landreth flattened out and is raining down punches.
sanchez gets his hands free as Landreth looks to control.

Landreth defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
sanchez misses with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Landreth. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Landreth breaks sanchez's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Landreth avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Landreth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

sanchez decides to stand back up. sanchez steps back and let's Landreth get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez is looking to clinch but Landreth is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Mike Landreth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
sanchez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
sanchez working Landreth over with knees to the body.
sanchez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

sanchez gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Landreth regains guard.
sanchez is pushing down on Landreth's leg trying to pass to half guard. Landreth is fighting to maintain full guard but sanchez has managed to sneak the leg through.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
sanchez trying to control the action but Landreth is working from the bottom.

sanchez is trying to work for a kimura but Landreth is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
guy 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight for guy sanchez!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for guy sanchez!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for guy sanchez!

guy sanchez wins by unanimous decision!