PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Mas Que Nada as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Fox
vs
Sanchez

182 cm
18
250 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
22
276 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Santiago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Fox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fox really is a fat lump.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Fox clinches.
A short body shot lands from Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Fox has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fox wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Fox can't break the clinch.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fox is working Sanchez over against the cage.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Fox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short left from Fox.
Sanchez keeps control of Fox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A hook to the body from Fox.
A left hand lands to the body for Fox.
Fox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Fox improves position.
A shot in the inside from Fox.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Fox avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez keeps control of Fox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Sanchez.
Nice body punch from Fox - that landed with a thud.
Fox has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez prevents Fox from breaking the clinch.
Fox has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Fox lands with a short head shot on the inside.

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.
Sanchez keeps control of Fox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fox avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanchez landing knees to the head.

It looks like Hunter Fox has been cut.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Fox gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fox scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Fox is blocking nicely.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Fox blocks with his arms.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Fox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
Fox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox lands a body shot.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Fox wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
A hook to the body from Fox.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fox blocks it with crossed arms.
Fox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fox avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Fox avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.

That's four 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.
Fox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Fox blocks with his arms.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
Fox looking to stall.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Fox takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Fox blocks it.
Sanchez tries to stall but Fox uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fox lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fox blocks it with crossed arms.
Fox tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Fox improves position.
Fox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fox has Sanchez pushed against the cage.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Santiago Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hunter Fox's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sanchez darts in trying to clinch

so Fox counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fox looking to sit in guard and control but Sanchez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fox pulls Sanchez in close to his closed guard and prevents Sanchez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fox might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sanchez wanted to stand there but Fox had control of the position.
Fox trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
Fox looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Sanchez gets to his feet. Fox looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santiago Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez tries to clinch
and Fox counters with a two punch combo.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fox.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Fox moves away

and Fox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sanchez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sanchez lands an elbow just above Fox 's eye.
Fox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez lands an elbow that stopped Fox in his tracks for a moment.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sanchez is trying to stall.
Sanchez prevents Fox from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Fox blocks it.
Sanchez landing knees to the body.
Sanchez scores with a knee to the head.
Sanchez is looking to control Fox's arms but Fox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sanchez has his back to the cage.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Fox is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a damaging elbow.
Sanchez keeps control of Fox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez lands a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Fox's ribcage.

Fox pulls Sanchez into guard.
Fox trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fox pulls Sanchez in close to prevent any damage.
Fox tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Sanchez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fox gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fox trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Fox working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Sanchez's thigh. Sanchez counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Fox throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fox stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fox accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanchez wants to stand and escape but Fox is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Fox has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Fox's ribcage.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Fox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Fox moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Sanchez prevents Fox from breaking the clinch.
Fox dodges an elbow strike from Sanchez.

Fox breaks from the clinch.

Fox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez keeps control of Fox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fox misses with an elbow over the top.
Fox lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Fox.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fox blocks it with crossed arms.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Sanchez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knees to the body from Sanchez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fox.
Sanchez looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Fox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hunter Fox's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santiago Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Fox gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.

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

Fox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fox wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fox tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Fox blocks with his arms.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Fox blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez tries to stall but Fox uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fox here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fox wants a takedown but no success here.
Fox lands a nice uppercut.
Fox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Fox is rocked!
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.
Oh Fox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Hunter Fox's cut is getting worse.
Sanchez has Fox pressed against the cage.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Sanchez to work.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Fox seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fox managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Fox lands a nice shot to the body.
Fox is trying to break free.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez prevents Fox from breaking the clinch.
Fox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Fox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Fox blocks with his arms.
Fox managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Fox avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fox wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Sanchez is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Fox has denied him.
Fox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fox tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Fox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Fox can't break the clinch.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fox can't break the clinch.
Fox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez tries to stall but Fox uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fox is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sanchez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Fox.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Fox blocks it.
Fox wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Sanchez misses with an elbow strike.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Fox improves position.
Fox drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sanchez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sanchez connects with a knee to the head.
Sanchez is looking to control Fox's arms but Fox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sanchez has his back to the cage.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fox.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Fox lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Fox breaks the clinch.
Fox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchez looks to clinch

and Fox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short body shot lands from Fox as the two fighters clinch.
Fox takes an elbow to the temple.

Hunter Fox's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez prevents Fox from breaking the clinch.
Fox has Sanchez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sanchez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sanchez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fox up against the cage.
Fox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez tries to stall but Fox uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fox wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Fox wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Fox can't break the clinch.
Sanchez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Fox blocks with his arms.
Fox managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Fox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

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