PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pete Sandoval (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Victorino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sandoval
vs
Victorino

193 cm
23
284 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
24
255 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Determined

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 St Petersburg, Pete Sandoval!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vitor Victorino!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sandoval connects with a good right hand that stumbles Victorino. Victorino circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sandoval rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Victorino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sandoval rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Victorino moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sandoval throws a combination. Victorino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Vitor Victorino has been cut.
Sandoval moves into range and connects with a jab.
Victorino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Victorino throws a head kick that misses.
Sandoval moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victorino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good work by Victorino as he checks the leg kick.
Sandoval fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sandoval takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Pete Sandoval has been cut.
Victorino throws a head kick that misses.
Sandoval swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sandoval ducks under a wild hook from Victorino.
Victorino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sandoval lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Victorino at a distance.
Sandoval lands with a nice combination. Victorino backs away looking to recover.
Sandoval avoids a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Sandoval.
Sandoval throws a sloppy head kick and Victorino moves out of range easily.
Victorino wants to clinch up but Sandoval keeps it at a distance.
Sandoval swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sandoval throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victorino scores with a kick to the body.
Sandoval throws a series of punches but Victorino avoids them all with ease.
Sandoval swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Victorino counters with a good, hard body kick but Sandoval shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorino lands with a nice body kick.
Sandoval misses with a combination
letting Victorino counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sandoval lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Victorino circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Sandoval.
Sandoval throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Victorino counters with a good, hard body kick but Sandoval shrugs it off.
Sandoval is breathing heavily.
Sandoval cracks Victorino with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sandoval blocks the body kick.
Victorino blocks a head kick by Sandoval.
Sandoval throws a left and a right that both miss
and Victorino counters with a leg kick.
Victorino goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Victorino throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sandoval's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorino bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Victorino tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sandoval paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Victorino misses with a body kick.

Victorino has managed to clinch.
Victorino unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sandoval lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sandoval looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Victorino slows down the pace here.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sandoval's face.
Victorino scores a nice knee to the body.
Victorino lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Victorino crunches a lovely knee into Sandoval's ribcage.
Victorino with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Victorino obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Victorino.
Come on Victorino - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorino using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Victorino with a knee to the head.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sandoval's face.
Sandoval looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sandoval wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch but Victorino keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Victorino obliges.
Victorino working Sandoval over with knees to the body.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch but Victorino keeps him there for the moment.
Victorino misses with a knee strike.
Sandoval is trying to break the clinch but Victorino is controlling him.
Sandoval tries to circle away but Victorino has him pinned against the cage.
Sandoval wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Victorino keeps control of Sandoval as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sandoval can't break the clinch.
Sandoval tries to break the clinch but Victorino is controlling the position.
Sandoval wants to break free but Victorino has control.
Sandoval takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vitor Victorino dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sandoval lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Victorino circles away quickly and effectively.
Victorino throws a hook but Sandoval avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Victorino.
Sandoval swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sandoval cracks Victorino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Victorino misses with a head kick.
Victorino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sandoval swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Victorino.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorino misses with a head kick.
Sandoval throws a nice looking combination but Victorino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sandoval throws a right and a left that Victorino avoids nicely.
Victorino wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandoval looks to land a combination but Victorino avoids it well.
Victorino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sandoval throws a series of punches but Victorino moves out of range.
Sandoval misses with a two punch combination.
Sandoval misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pete Sandoval seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sandoval throws a combination that misses
and Victorino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Victorino. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Victorino moves in looking to clinch but Sandoval pushes him off.
Pete Sandoval is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sandoval throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victorino.
Victorino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Victorino lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sandoval's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval tests Victorino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Victorino tries a head kick but it misses.
Some wild striking there from Sandoval.
Jab, jab by Sandoval - just one landing.
Sandoval lands a two punch combo.

That has opened up Vitor Victorino's cut even more.
Sandoval lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Victorino is breathing heavily.
Victorino throws a series of punches but Sandoval avoids them all with ease.
Sandoval throws a series of punches but Victorino avoids them all with ease.
Sandoval lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Victorino circles away quickly and effectively.
Victorino misses with a wild body shot.
Sandoval throws a nice looking combination but Victorino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sandoval throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Victorino to counter with a crisp jab.
Pete Sandoval is winning the standup battle so far.
Sandoval throws a head kick but Victorino moves out of range.
Sandoval lands a lovely overhand right.
Sandoval misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sandoval throws a combination. Victorino tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Victorino thows a body shot but no joy.
Victorino avoids a punch combination nicely.
Victorino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sandoval slips under a jab.
Victorino misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval throws a left and a right that both miss
and Victorino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sandoval thinking.
Sandoval throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victorino.
Sandoval dips to his left and cracks Victorino with an uppercut!
Sandoval on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Victorino throws a head kick that Sandoval semi-blocks.
Victorino tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Victorino doesn't manage to clinch there - Sandoval circles away.
Sandoval misses with a series of wild punches.
Sandoval lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Victorino misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Sandoval dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sandoval throws a one two combo.
Sandoval throws a combination that misses
and Victorino counters with a big head kick but Sandoval shrugs it off.
Sandoval throws a series of punches but Victorino moves out of range.
Victorino misses with a body kick.
Victorino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sandoval with a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Victorino.
Sandoval misses with a combination
and Victorino counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sandoval throws a nice looking combination but Victorino bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Danga de danga de dang - Sandoval scores with a four punch combination!

The cut above Vitor Victorino's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sandoval fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sandoval will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Victorino avoids the head kick by Sandoval.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorino throws a sloppy head kick and Sandoval moves out of range easily.
Sandoval misses with a double jab.
Victorino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sandoval moves away.
Sandoval swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Victorino closes the distance and pushes Sandoval back into the cage.
Victorino putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sandoval in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Victorino taking a breather.
Victorino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Victorino keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sandoval's efforts to push away.
Victorino effectively controlling the action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Victorino.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sandoval's face.

Pete Sandoval's cut is getting worse.
Victorino keeps control of Sandoval as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sandoval wants to get back to striking at distance but Victorino won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorino working Sandoval over with knees to the body.
Sandoval takes a knee to the side of the body.
Victorino misses with a knee strike.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch but Victorino keeps him there for the moment.
Sandoval tries to circle away but Victorino has him pinned against the cage.
Victorino throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Victorino tries to land a knee to the head but Sandoval blocks with his arms.
Victorino prevents Sandoval from breaking the clinch.
Victorino with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sandoval is trying to force a seperation but Victorino has the dominant position.
Sandoval wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Victorino has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Sandoval's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sandoval wants to get back to striking at distance but Victorino won't allow it.
Sandoval wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Victorino.
Sandoval looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sandoval is trying to break the clinch but Victorino is controlling him.
Victorino with a knee to the head.
Sandoval looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandoval wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Victorino has him pressed against the cage.
Victorino missing with knees to the body.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Victorino keeps control of Sandoval as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sandoval wants to break free but Victorino has control.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch but Victorino keeps him there for the moment.
Victorino using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sandoval has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sandoval tries to break free but Victorino pushes him back against the cage.
Sandoval wants to get back to striking at distance but Victorino won't allow it.
Sandoval is trying to break the clinch but Victorino has him pressed against the cage.
Sandoval is trying to break free.
Sandoval wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Victorino pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sandoval wants to get back to striking at distance but Victorino won't allow it.
Victorino connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sandoval's face.
Sandoval wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Victorino has him pressed against the cage.
Sandoval looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sandoval is trying to break the clinch but Victorino has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sandoval has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sandoval wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Victorino's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sandoval is trying to force a seperation but Victorino has the dominant position.
Sandoval working hard to break the clinch.
Victorino keeps control of Sandoval as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Victorino stalling the fight.
Victorino with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sandoval wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sandoval is trying to break the clinch but Victorino is controlling him.
Sandoval wants to break free but Victorino has control.
Victorino prevents Sandoval from breaking the clinch.
Sandoval is looking to break free of the clinch but Victorino has double underhooks.
Sandoval working hard to break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Victorino takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Victorino wants to stall.
Victorino prevents Sandoval from breaking the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor Victorino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Victorino 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor Victorino!