PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Evangelos Terrofinos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Sachel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Terrofinos
vs
Sachel

180 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

179 cm
25
170 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Evangelos Terrofinos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Sachel!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Terrofinos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terrofinos moves in looking to clinch but Sachel pushes him off.
Sachel shoots in and drives through. Terrofinos sprawls well.

Sachel closes the distance and clinches.
Terrofinos missing with knees to the body.
Sachel has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Terrofinos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Terrofinos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sachel backwards.
Terrofinos lands a good knee to the midsection. Sachel won't want to take too many of those.
Sachel blocking some punches.
Sachel has Terrofinos pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Terrofinos manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evangelos Terrofinos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Sachel.

Sachel jumps into guard, dragging Terrofinos to the mat.
Sachel trying to control the position.
Terrofinos is looking to stand up but Sachel won't let him.
Sachel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Terrofinos manages to get himself to full guard.

Sachel is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Terrofinos is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Terrofinos has escaped and now he's on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Terrofinos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Terrofinos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Terrofinos is looking to stand up but Sachel won't let him.
Sachel working a defensive guard but Terrofinos manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Terrofinos gets to mount! Sachel was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Sachel is looking to get to half guard.
Sachel wants to hold on but Terrofinos pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Terrofinos looking to control and managing it successfully.

Terrofinos is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sachel.
Terrofinos looks to clinch

and Sachel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sachel is stalling here. Terrofinos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sachel seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Terrofinos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terrofinos tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Sachel tries to control but Terrofinos manages to take his back.
Sachel wants to control his opponent's hands but Terrofinos gets his hands free.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sachel rolls, trying to escape but Terrofinos keeps control of the position.
Sachel's corner are yelling at him, telling him to just focus on controlling Terrofinos's hands.
Sachel trying to control the position but Terrofinos manages to sink in the hooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Sachel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sachel has a takedown stuffed.
Sachel checks a low kick from Terrofinos.
Sachel slips a jab and a cross from Terrofinos.
Terrofinos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Terrofinos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sachel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Terrofinos as Sachel shoots in.
Evangelos Terrofinos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Sachel.
Sachel closes the distance and clinches up with Terrofinos, looking for a takedown. Sachel pushes Terrofinos against the cage but Terrofinos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Terrofinos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sachel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terrofinos looks to land a left hand but Sachel moved out of range nicely.

Terrofinos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Terrofinos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A knee to the head by Terrofinos.
Terrofinos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Terrofinos digs a right hand into Sachel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sachel's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrofinos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Terrofinos pushes off an throws an elbow but Sachel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Terrofinos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Terrofinos working aggressively here.
Sachel fails to pull guard.
Sachel blocks an elbow strike.
Terrofinos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sachel avoids it.
Terrofinos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Terrofinos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jason Sachel has been cut.
Terrofinos lands a body shot.
Sachel jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Terrofinos walks away with a smile on his face. Sachel gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Terrofinos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sachel.
Sachel checks the leg kick nicely there.
Evangelos Terrofinos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terrofinos swinging wildly here.
Sachel shoots in and drives through. Terrofinos sprawls well.
Evangelos Terrofinos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sachel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sachel is breathing heavily.
Terrofinos clinches but Sachel breaks the clinch

and Sachel counters with a shoot takedown. Terrofinos fights it but they end up in guard.
Terrofinos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Terrofinos keeping moving, preventing Sachel from controlling successfully.

Sachel postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Terrofinos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sachel, into his guard.
Sachel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Terrofinos is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Sachel working for a triangle but Terrofinos defends it easily.
Sachel has a closed guard, preventing Terrofinos from standing up.

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.

Terrofinos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Terrofinos throws a leg kick which misses Sachel's front leg but catches the back leg as Sachel tries to avoid it.
Sachel circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sachel counters with a single leg into guard. Terrofinos didn't expect that.

Sachel drops back, looking for a kneebar! Terrofinos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Terrofinos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Terrofinos!
Sachel is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jason Sachel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jason Sachel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Terrofinos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Terrofinos leaves Sachel with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Terrofinos clinches but Sachel breaks the clinch

and Sachel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Terrofinos is defending against the submission attempts here by Sachel.
Sachel passes to side control.
Terrofinos is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sachel off and has taken his back!
Sachel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sachel can't escape the position.
Terrofinos has good solid back control here.
Sachel wants to control his opponent's hands but Terrofinos gets his hands free.
Jason Sachel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Terrofinos is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
You can see the frustration on Sachel's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Jason Sachel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Terrofinos gets his hands free as Sachel looks to control.
You can see the frustration on Sachel's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Terrofinos trying to control.
Sachel trying to control the position but Terrofinos manages to sink in the hooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terrofinos controls the position.
Sachel trying to control but not successfully.
Terrofinos trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Terrofinos is hanging on to Sachel's back as he tries to escape.

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.
Sachel trying to control the hands but Terrofinos breaks the grip.
Terrofinos is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Terrofinos's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sachel tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Sachel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sachel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Sachel!