PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luther Rennis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sander Loughlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Loughlin's choice of entrance music: Metallica - No Remorse. Sander Loughlin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rennis
vs
Loughlin

177 cm
23
176 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
183 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luther Rennis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sander Loughlin!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loughlin leaves Rennis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Loughlin works Rennis's body with a nice hook.
Rennis throws out a leg kick but Loughlin moves out of range and Rennis only half commits.
Rennis shoots in for a takedown but Loughlin shows good takedown defense.
Rennis 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.
Loughlin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Rennis feints and as Loughlin raises his hands in defense, Rennis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Loughlin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rennis defends well.
Rennis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Loughlin controls Rennis momentarily but Rennis frees himself.
Rennis won't allow Loughlin to sweep him here.

Loughlin is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rennis scoring with some ground and pound.
Rennis wants to pass the guard but Loughlin is keeping the position.
Rennis works over Loughlin with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rennis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rennis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Loughlin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Rennis has gone for a leg lock! Loughlin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rennis's guard.
Rennis has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Loughlin has passed into side control.
Rennis is looking to regain half guard here but Loughlin keeps moving and retains side control.
Rennis manages to get back to half guard.
Rennis missing with punches from the bottom.
Loughlin drops an elbow to the side of Rennis's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rennis is pressing down on Loughlin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Loughlin won't allow Rennis to sweep him here.
Loughlin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rennis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Loughlin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rennis 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.
Loughlin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rennis is working hard here to advance position.
Rennis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Loughlin!

Rennis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Loughlin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rennis goes for an armbar but Loughlin turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Loughlin.
Loughlin trying to control but Rennis is working from the bottom.

Rennis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Loughlin wants to control from the top but Rennis keeps moving.
Rennis 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.
Rennis tries to strike from the bottom.
Loughlin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Loughlin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

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.
Loughlin slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Rennis.
Rennis is looking for a sweep. Loughlin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rennis misses with a shot to the body
and Loughlin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rennis shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luther Rennis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rennis tries a head kick but it misses.
Loughlin lands a glancing blow to the side of Rennis's head.
Loughlin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Loughlin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rennis will feel that in the morning.
Sander Loughlin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rennis is breathing heavily.

Rennis shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Loughlin's guard.
Rennis throwing strikes from guard but Loughlin blocks nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Loughlin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rennis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rennis manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Loughlin wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sander Loughlin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Loughlin throws a leg kick which misses Rennis's front leg but catches the back leg as Rennis tries to avoid it.
Rennis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rennis takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Rennis shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rennis stops Loughlin from getting back to his feet.
Loughlin regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rennis.
Rennis preventing the sweep.
Rennis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rennis throwing shots but Loughlin is blocking nicely.
Rennis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Loughlin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rennis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rennis's back!
Rennis covers up after that shot from Loughlin.
Rennis tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rennis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rennis is desperately trying to improve his position but Loughlin has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rennis bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Rennis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Loughlin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Loughlin is pulling down on Rennis's head to control his posture.
Loughlin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rennis advances position into side control!
Luther Rennis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Loughlin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rennis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Check out the look on Rennis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Rennis is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Loughlin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Loughlin is looking to regain half guard here but Rennis keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loughlin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Loughlin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Rennis swings around for an armbar but Loughlin sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Rennis's guard.
Loughlin passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

Loughlin is working for a submission of some sort.
Rennis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rennis is looking to get back to full guard here but Loughlin has managed to pass to side control instead.
Rennis regains half guard.
Rennis tries to get to full guard but Loughlin has control of the leg.
Rennis manages to get to full guard.
Rennis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rennis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Loughlin manages to get himself to full guard.
Rennis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rennis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rennis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rennis throws a big right hand that misses.

Loughlin working for a triangle but Rennis defends it easily.
Loughlin seems keen to control Rennis's posture.
Rennis wants to pass the guard but Loughlin is keeping the position.
Rennis stopping the sweep attempt from Loughlin.
Loughlin wants to stand up but Rennis is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luther Rennis will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Rennis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rennis is looking to chop away at Loughlin's legs.
Loughlin just misses with a punch to the body.
Loughlin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rennis.
Loughlin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Loughlin stuffs the takedown attempt from Rennis. Rennis gets slowly back to his feet.
Rennis defending well as Loughlin loads up on a big left hand.

Rennis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rennis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rennis tries to free his leg and advance position but Loughlin is retaining full guard.
Rennis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Loughlin's guard.
Rennis is looking to advance position but Loughlin won't allow it.

Rennis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Loughlin is pressing down on Rennis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loughlin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rennis won't allow Loughlin to get back to his feet.
Loughlin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Rennis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Loughlin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rennis has managed to get both his arms back between Loughlin's legs - danger averted.
Rennis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rennis wants to pass the guard but Loughlin is keeping the position.
Rennis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rennis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Loughlin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rennis pushes down on Loughlin's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Rennis is working for a submission of some sort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rennis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Loughlin's head.
Rennis looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Loughlin trying to control but Rennis postures up.

Loughlin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Loughlin is looking for a sweep. Rennis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rennis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Rennis is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Loughlin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loughlin misses with a body kick.

Rennis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Loughlin's half guard.
Loughlin is trying to get back to full guard.
Rennis moves into full mount! Loughlin won't be happy about that!
Loughlin is in a horrible position here. Rennis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Rennis working for a submission but Loughlin is keeping him at bay.
Loughlin wants to hold on but Rennis pushes him away.
Loughlin tries to reverse the position but Rennis maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rennis jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Loughlin manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Rennis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Loughlin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rennis's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Loughlin is trying to maintain the position but Rennis is very close to passing his half guard.
Loughlin is trying to stand back up but Rennis is controlling him
Rennis thows a huge punch but Loughlin dodges it nicely.
Loughlin pushes Rennis off looking to stand but Rennis dives back in and keeps control.

Rennis is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Loughlin is just riding it out for now. Rennis eventually gives up the hold.
Rennis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luther Rennis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rennis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luther Rennis!