PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Able Nightroad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nightroad comes to the cage accompanied by Vicarious. Jimmy Sanchez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Able Nightroad's chin.

Nightroad
vs
Sanchez

175 cm
20
201 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Able Nightroad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nightroad slips under a jab.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Nightroad.
Sanchez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nightroad avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Nightroad sprawls well.
Nightroad lands a head kick!
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nightroad but Nightroad pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nightroad lands with a kick to the temple. Sanchez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nightroad scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nightroad pinned against the cage. Nightroad gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Able Nightroad has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Sanchez.
Nightroad bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sanchez's head.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez leaning against his opponent.

Nightroad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nightroad moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Nightroad dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Nightroad misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez throws a solid leg kick but Nightroad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sanchez.

Nightroad decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Nightroad seems content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nightroad looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nightroad looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nightroad.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
Nightroad throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nightroad trying to control from half guard but Sanchez is working away.
Nightroad not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanchez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nightroad.
Nightroad 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.
Nightroad is pushing down on Sanchez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sanchez is fighting to maintain full guard but Nightroad has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sanchez tries to kick Nightroad off but Nightroad keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nightroad passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nightroad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad prevents Sanchez from getting the reversal.
Nightroad tries to control but Sanchez wriggling away.
Sanchez wants to hold on but Nightroad pushes him away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Nightroad wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.
Nightroad content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez has hold of Nightroad's hands but Nightroad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sanchez has hold of Nightroad's hands but Nightroad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nightroad frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nightroad lands a big elbow.
Sanchez is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nightroad controlling from the full mount.
Nightroad scoring with strikes but Sanchez is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Able Nightroad dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nightroad darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Nightroad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nightroad keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nightroad lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanchez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sanchez tries to control but Nightroad wriggling away.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nightroad bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nightroad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nightroad loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nightroad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nightroad slips nicely into half guard.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Nightroad has control of the leg.
Sanchez wants to control the action here but instead Nightroad manages to pass to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Nightroad with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Nightroad.
Sanchez is in a horrible position here. Nightroad smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nightroad with good strikes from the mount here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nightroad cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nightroad looking to finish Sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanchez!
Nightroad lands a big shot there that rocks Sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Nightroad jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sanchez manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sanchez takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez is not content to let Nightroad control the position.
Nightroad lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sanchez down.
Sanchez is trying to control Nightroad's posture but Nightroad avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nightroad moves into full mount!
Nightroad is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Nightroad cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Sanchez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nightroad is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nightroad raining down shots from the mount!
Nightroad working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nightroad unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Able Nightroad dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nightroad lands a high kick!
Nightroad lands a lovely overhand right.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Nightroad pushes him off.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Nightroad counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A punch lands to the side of Sanchez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Nightroad counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nightroad. That's going to slow Sanchez down.

Nightroad clinches.
Nightroad works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Nightroad unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nightroad unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Nightroad.

Nightroad escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Able Nightroad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Nightroad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Nightroad 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.
Nightroad postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sanchez looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nightroad cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nightroad dominating with strikes here.
Nightroad cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nightroad tries to control but Sanchez wriggling away.
Nightroad lands a big elbow.
Sanchez wants to control but Nightroad is having none of it.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nightroad landing shots from mount.
Nightroad lands with some strikes.

Nightroad looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Nightroad pushes him away.
Nightroad with a couple of short strikes.
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
Nightroad wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nightroad controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanchez tries to hold on but Nightroad postures up.
Nightroad lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nightroad looking to finish Sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanchez!
Sanchez wants to control but Nightroad is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nightroad cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nightroad lands a big shot there that rocks Sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nightroad looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nightroad connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Able Nightroad is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nightroad scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nightroad scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jimmy Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nightroad controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Able Nightroad showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nightroad 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Able Nightroad!