PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renato Sanches (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vern Lipton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanches comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Paranoid . Lipton has chosen Chacarron Macarron as his entrance music. Vern Lipton is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sanches
vs
Lipton

192 cm
19
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

[MMABR] GummiBerry Nutrition
[MMABR] GummiBerry Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Sanches!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vern Lipton!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanches throws a body punch but Lipton moves out of range.
Lipton avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanches misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice combination there by Sanches.

It looks like Vern Lipton has been cut.
Sanches scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sanches ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lipton moves away.
Sanches just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Sanches, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lipton looks to throw the jab but Sanches is out of range.

Sanches lands a left and a right that send Lipton crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanches thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lipton scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Renato Sanches has been cut.
Lipton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanches uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lipton.
Renato Sanches seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Sanches.
Lipton tries to clinch up but Sanches circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanches throws out a loose jab but Lipton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanches misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanches swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanches lands a slapping body shot.
Lipton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanches.
Sanches keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanches looks to land a combination but Lipton avoids it well.
Sanches lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lipton backs up against the cage.

That has opened up Vern Lipton's cut even more.
Sanches avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanches throws a right hand that Lipton ducks under and follows up with a left that Lipton also avoids with ease.
Sanches looks to land a combination but Lipton avoids it well.

Lipton darts in and clinches Sanches up against the cage.
Lipton throws a head punch that misses.
Lipton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lipton throws a head punch that misses.
Lipton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lipton has a couple of punches blocked by Sanches.
Lipton lands a nice uppercut.
Lipton misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lipton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lipton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lipton working aggressively here.
Lipton misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanches stalls.
Lipton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Lipton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lipton.

Sanches breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanches fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lipton on the side of the head.

The cut above Vern Lipton's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A punch combination from Sanches misses.
Sanches uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lipton.
Sanches throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lipton.
A punch combination from Sanches misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lipton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanches swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lipton moves forwards but Sanches connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sanches swings for the body but Lipton moves out of range.
Lipton avoids a punch combination nicely.
A big left from Lipton misses.
Lipton tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanches swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanches scores with a jab to the body.
Lipton looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sanches drops Lipton with a beautiful combination! Lipton stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sanches is looking for the KO!

Vern Lipton's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vern Lipton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Renato Sanches!