PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antanas Kazlau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sanchez
vs
Kazlau

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
182 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Edgar Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antanas Kazlau!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazlau slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Kazlau avoids it well.
Kazlau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kazlau is out of range and Sanchez settles back down.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kazlau showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Kazlau slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanchez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Kazlau avoids it well.

Kazlau shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanchez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazlau keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Kazlau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kazlau pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanchez is keeping the position for now.
Kazlau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kazlau stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.

Sanchez gets caught flat footed, as Kazlau shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kazlau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazlau working some strikes from top position.
Kazlau sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanchez's guard.
Kazlau is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kazlau scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazlau passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sanchez!
Kazlau with shots to the head and body - Sanchez looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kazlau putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kazlau lands with some strikes.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.

Kazlau escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Kazlau ducks under and follows up with a left that Kazlau also avoids with ease.
Sanchez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kazlau backs up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Edgar Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez leaves Kazlau with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kazlau looks gassed!
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kazlau misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Kazlau avoids nicely.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kazlau shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanchez as he jumps to the side.
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Kazlau sees it coming and moves out of range.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kazlau, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antanas Kazlau dominated that round.
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.

Kazlau slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Edgar Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez swinging wilding here.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez misses with the combination.

Kazlau shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanchez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kazlau lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez wants to hit a switch here but Kazlau passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sanchez there!
Kazlau with a couple of short strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazlau in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kazlau lands a heavy elbow.
Kazlau throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sanchez because Kazlau loaded up on that one.
Kazlau working the ground and pound effectively.
Kazlau is breathing heavily.
Sanchez can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Kazlau connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Kazlau.
Sanchez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Kazlau. What's that going to do exactly?
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
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.
Kazlau landing strikes from the mount.
Sanchez is in a horrible position here. Kazlau smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Kazlau is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is pressing down on Kazlau's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kazlau is looking to work some ground and pound but Sanchez has wrist control.
Sanchez wants to stand up but Kazlau is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antanas Kazlau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Kazlau swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Kazlau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Kazlau lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kazlau checks it well.
Kazlau takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Kazlau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez is looking to chop away at Kazlau's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Kazlau ducks under and follows up with a left that Kazlau also avoids with ease.
Kazlau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Kazlau manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Kazlau with a series of wild strikes but Kazlau uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kazlau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kazlau just misses with a punch to the body.

Kazlau shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Kazlau postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez is looking to sweep but instead, Kazlau has passed into half guard.

Kazlau escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kazlau shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kazlau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kazlau missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kazlau wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kazlau prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Kazlau passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazlau slips a nice elbow through Sanchez's hands, connecting with Sanchez's forehead.

Sanchez has one foot on Kazlau's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sanchez tried to score with a low kick but Kazlau checks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Kazlau down.
Kazlau shoots and misses
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Kazlau avoids them all with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Kazlau feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sanchez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kazlau!
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Kazlau is staying in there.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Edgar Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Antanas Kazlau is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kazlau is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antanas Kazlau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kazlau winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antanas Kazlau!