PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lerry Sancio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippon Banzai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sancio comes to the cage accompanied by Before I Forget. Lerry Sancio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sancio
vs
Banzai

172 cm
20
152 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lerry Sancio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ippon Banzai!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banzai drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sancio pulls Banzai in close to prevent any damage.
Sancio trying to control the position.
Banzai wants to control from the top but Sancio keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancio wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Sancio is looking for a triangle but Banzai pushes his legs off easily.
Sancio is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Banzai trying to control the position from guard on top but Sancio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sancio fails to land with a series of punches.

Banzai decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sancio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Banzai is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banzai slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Banzai won't allow Sancio to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Banzai pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sancio is keeping the position for now.
Sancio controls Banzai momentarily but Banzai frees himself.
Sancio is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Banzai preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ippon Banzai 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.

Sancio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Banzai circles away quickly and effectively.
Sancio moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sancio 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.
Lerry Sancio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sancio throws a nice looking combination but Banzai bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Banzai shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sancio as he jumps to the side.
Sancio wants to slow Banzai down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Banzai.
Sancio misses with the combination.

Banzai scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Banzai is trying to control. Sancio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Banzai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

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.
Sancio is looking for a sweep. Banzai is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sancio wants to control but Banzai is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Banzai wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sancio keeps working.
Sancio throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sancio is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sancio wants to control but Banzai is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Banzai fails with a takedown attempt.
Sancio misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sancio lands a jab-cross combination.
Sancio tries to score with a low kick but Banzai moves his leg out of the way.
Lerry Sancio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Banzai with that takedown attempt.
Lerry Sancio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ippon Banzai.
Banzai takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sancio delivers a nice body kick.
Banzai is breathing heavily.
Banzai fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lerry Sancio dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sancio is looking to slow Banzai down with leg kicks.
Sancio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Banzai on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sancio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A head kick from Sancio lands but Banzai takes it in his stride.
Horrible takedown by Banzai or perhaps it was just good defense by Sancio which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sancio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Banzai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Banzai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sancio cracks Banzai with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sancio misses with a kick to the body.
Sancio throws a head kick but Banzai moves out of range.
Banzai slips a jab and a cross from Sancio.

Banzai scores with a takedown into Sancio's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sancio pushes Banzai off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Banzai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sancio misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sancio buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banzai takes one to the chin there.
Sancio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lerry Sancio is winning the standup battle so far.
Banzai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sancio misses the shot to the body.
Lerry Sancio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banzai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sancio throws a head kick but Banzai moves out of range.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Banzai.
Banzai moves into full mount!
Sancio can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lerry Sancio showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sancio 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lerry Sancio!