PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raul Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osama Robins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mobb Deep - Cold as Ice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sanchez
vs
Robins

175 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Plays chess

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raul Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Osama Robins!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Sanchez. No joy for Robins on that attempt.
Robins tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Robins.
Robins lands a head kick. Sanchez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Osama Robins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robins throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Robins tries to clinch up.

Robins clinches with his opponent.
Robins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Robins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Robins misses with a knee to the head.
Robins wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Robins throws an elbow but misses.
Robins lands a damaging elbow.
Robins tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Sanchez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Robins prevents it.
Robins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Robins wants to break free but Sanchez has control.

Sanchez has Robins pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sanchez pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Robins tumbling to the mat - Sanchez dives into Robins's guard.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Robins is retaining full guard.
Sanchez trying to control but Robins is working from the bottom.
Sanchez won't allow Robins to sweep him here.
Sanchez 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 advances position into side control!
Sanchez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Robins looks gassed!

Sanchez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Robins knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Robins is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Sanchez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Robins is trying to get back to half guard.
Robins is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez looks up at the clock and then as Robins takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sanchez smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Robins keeps working.
Sanchez lands an elbow.
Robins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sanchez wants to take a breather but Robins manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Sanchez.
Robins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Robins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.

That's four 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 sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Robins is keeping the position.
Robins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Robins can't keep his opponent in guard - Sanchez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sanchez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Robins makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Robins.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Robins is on top in guard.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Robins manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Robins's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Robins wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Robins.
Robins is looking to clinch.
Robins fails in his attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Sanchez misses

and Robins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Robins.
Robins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robins pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Robins should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Robins looking to slow down the pace here.
Sanchez wants a takedown.
Sanchez letting Robins take a breather here.
A short left from Robins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robins tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Robins tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Robins misses with a punch on the inside.
Robins misses with an elbow strike.
Robins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Robins, against the cage.
Robins lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.

Sanchez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sanchez manages to end up in side control.
Robins is trying to work for a sweep but Sanchez has mounted him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez trying to control but Robins is having none of it.
Robins is breathing heavily.
Robins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Robins is rocked!

Sanchez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Robins is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
Robins can't escape the position.
Robins seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Robins working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!

Sanchez looking to secure an arm triangle but Robins defends it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robins is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Robins is trying desperately to improve position.

Sanchez jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Robins is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Robins and Sanchez has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robins manages to get back to half guard.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Sanchez.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sanchez seems to be looking for submissions.
Sanchez uses his free foot to push down on Robins's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Robins.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Robins working to try and regain half guard.
Robins is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
You get the feeling that Robins really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robins is trying to reverse the position but instead Sanchez has taken his back - oops!

Sanchez has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Robins has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Sanchez.
Sanchez landing with strikes.
Sanchez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Sanchez is punishing Robins with strikes - can he finish him?!
Sanchez is working the ground and pound. Can Robins escape?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez is punishing Robins with strikes - can he finish him?!

Sanchez working for a choke but Robins is defending well.
Robins has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Sanchez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Robins looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Robins.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sanchez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Sanchez postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Robins is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sanchez, into his guard.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Robins manages to get himself to full guard.
Sanchez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Robins can't do much from the bottom here.

Sanchez decides to stand back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robins shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sanchez trying to strike off his back.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Robins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez striking off his back.

Sanchez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Robins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Robins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Sanchez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Robins uses it to pass to side control.
Sanchez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Robins's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez moves into full guard.
Sanchez lands a couple of shots from the bottom.

Sanchez has his foot on Robins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Robins works his way back into a safe position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Robins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Robins drops back looking for a leg! Sanchez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Sanchez manages to kick Robins off! Robins jumps back into Sanchez's guard.
Robins wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Sanchez keeping busy on the bottom but Robins has passed one foot through into half guard.
Robins is pressing down on Sanchez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sanchez is holding on for now.
Sanchez gets back to full guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Robins controlling him for the moment.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Robins is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Robins's head.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Robins's head.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Robins defends it well.
Osama Robins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez working over Robins with some ground and pound. Robins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez works his way into full mount!
You get the feeling that Robins really doesn't like being in this position too much.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raul Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanchez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

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