PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fjodor Kanchelskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iyaz Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iyaz Sanchez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Fjodor Kanchelskis's chin.

Kanchelskis
vs
Sanchez

188 cm
23
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
188 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid chin

Nemesis Cage Clothing

Behold The Beast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fjodor Kanchelskis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Iyaz Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanchelskis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Kanchelskis as Sanchez shoots in.
Kanchelskis swinging wilding here.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fjodor Kanchelskis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iyaz Sanchez.
Kanchelskis throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Kanchelskis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Iyaz Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kanchelskis sprawls well. Kanchelskis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Kanchelskis fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kanchelskis counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kanchelskis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sanchez!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanchelskis wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kanchelskis wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Kanchelskis is really struggling to control Sanchez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Kanchelskis pushes him away.
Sanchez is squirming around, avoiding Kanchelskis's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Kanchelskis wants to stand up but Sanchez has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Sanchez wants to control but Kanchelskis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kanchelskis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sanchez controls his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanchelskis trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

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

and Kanchelskis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanchez's guard now.
Kanchelskis stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
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.
Kanchelskis would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kanchelskis takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Kanchelskis is looking to stand up but Sanchez won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanchez is on top in guard.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Kanchelskis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez stops Kanchelskis from standing up.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Kanchelskis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kanchelskis is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fjodor Kanchelskis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iyaz Sanchez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kanchelskis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kanchelskis is trying to stand up here but Sanchez is controlling him well.
Sanchez throwing shots but Kanchelskis is blocking nicely.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Kanchelskis dodges it nicely.
It looks like Sanchez is going to stand back up.
Sanchez stops Kanchelskis from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanchelskis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sanchez.
Kanchelskis is trying is best to control the position here.
Kanchelskis is looking to escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Sanchez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kanchelskis is trying to defend but Sanchez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sanchez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kanchelskis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sanchez.
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Kanchelskis is looking to get to half guard.
Kanchelskis manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Kanchelskis, under a barage of strikes from Sanchez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanchelskis wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sanchez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sanchez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kanchelskis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sanchez stops Kanchelskis from getting back to his feet.

That's four 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Sanchez winds up and cracks Kanchelskis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Kanchelskis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sanchez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Kanchelskis is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kanchelskis is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iyaz Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iyaz Sanchez's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Kanchelskis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fjodor Kanchelskis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kanchelskis.
Sanchez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kanchelskis counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sanchez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kanchelskis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fjodor Kanchelskis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Iyaz Sanchez.
Kanchelskis chips away with some ground and pound.

Kanchelskis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sanchez, up you get!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Kanchelskis feints and as Sanchez raises his hands in defense, Kanchelskis changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kanchelskis wants to get up but he can't break Sanchez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kanchelskis wants to stand and escape but instead Sanchez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanchelskis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kanchelskis keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Kanchelskis keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.

That's two 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.

Kanchelskis scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt

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

Kanchelskis gets to his feet. Sanchez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Kanchelskis misses with a few strikes there.
Kanchelskis fails to land with a series of punches.

Sanchez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kanchelskis was covering up waiting for the punch and Sanchez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sanchez is working Kanchelskis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Kanchelskis keeps moving.
Sanchez prevents Kanchelskis from getting back to his feet.

Kanchelskis pushes Sanchez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Kanchelskis counters with a single leg into guard. Sanchez didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanchelskis throwing strikes but missing.

Kanchelskis stands and steps away. Sanchez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kanchelskis.
Kanchelskis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanchez.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kanchelskis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez fails with the takedown
enabling Kanchelskis to counter with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kanchelskis shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kanchelskis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sanchez is proving hard to escape from.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fjodor Kanchelskis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kanchelskis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fjodor Kanchelskis!