PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rik Lock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanders's choice of entrance music: Sandstorm. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Nick Sanders enters the ring!

Lock
vs
Sanders

176 cm
19
156 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

FNF Energy - Sale!

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rik Lock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lock drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanders utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Lock drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sanders dives on top into guard.
Lock keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Sanders preventing the sweep.
Lock manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lock punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lock punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lock lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lock avoids the attempt from Sanders to control.
Sanders keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders is in a horrible position here. Lock smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders can't escape the position.
Lock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lock landing strikes from the mount and Sanders is in trouble!
Lock with good strikes from the mount here!
Lock has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sanders's face.
Lock scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanders?
Sanders keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lock with shots to the head and body - Sanders looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanders tries to hold on but Lock postures up.
Sanders slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lock is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanders sees it coming and defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders trying to control but Lock postures up.
Lock missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sanders is trying to maintain the position but Lock is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanders is staying active underneath Lock, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanders regains full guard. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lock advances to half guard.

Sanders is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lock pulls his head out easily.
Sanders looks gassed!
Nice strikes from Lock there.
Lock wants to control but Sanders is keeping him busy.
Lock passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Sanders!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lock cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Lock is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sanders to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sanders shrugs it off.
Sanders is desperately trying to improve his position but Lock has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanders is in a horrible position here. Lock smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Lock isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Lock.
The referee warns Sanders that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanders can't escape the position.
Sanders tries to lock up and control but Lock gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sanders sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lock looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lock winds up and cracks Sanders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lock is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lock throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanders tries to get to full guard but Lock has control of the leg.
Ground and pound from Lock.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lock is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanders is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lock lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rik Lock 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.

Lock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab from Lock finds it's way through Sanders's defenses.
Lock looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Good exchange - Lock coming out on top.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Lock circles away easily
and Lock counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanders takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lock lands with a good body shot.
Lock misses with a takedown attempt

and Sanders counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lock!
Lock regains half guard.
Lock is looking to control Sanders's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lock avoid being mounted?
Sanders wants to control but Lock is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanders is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Lock actively working from the bottom here.

Sanders is working for a kimura but Lock is defending it quite comfortably.
Lock is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanders wants to free his trapped foot but Lock is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Lock slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two 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.
Lock working a defensive guard here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lock lands a really nice looking cross but Sanders seems unphased.
Lock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lock swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanders.
Sanders shoots for a takedown but Lock saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lock cracks a nice hook into Sanders's ribs.
Lock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Lock drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Sanders looking for subs off his back but Lock has passed one foot through into half guard.
Lock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanders looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lock connects with a nice short shot to Sanders's temple.

Sanders looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Lock looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanders with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lock lands a nice short elbow.

Lock is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanders defends it well.

Sanders looking for subs from the bottom but Lock mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lock cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Lock lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lock controlling his opponent.
Lock looking to finish Sanders with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanders!
Sanders is bucking up trying to escape but Lock cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lock landing shots from mount.
Lock lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanders hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lock unloading with bombs!
Lock lands a heavy elbow.
Lock looking to finish Sanders with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanders!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rik Lock dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sanders misses with a double jab.
Sanders swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Lock counter with a right hand.
Lock dodges the punch combination from Sanders.
Sanders throws a leg kick but Lock checks it.
Sanders uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lock.
Lock works Sanders's body with a nice hook.

Sanders closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sanders lands in his opponent's guard.
Lock lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.

Lock looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Lock looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lock can't keep his opponent in guard - Sanders advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Lock throws a strike from the bottom but Sanders passes into side control!
Lock tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sanders wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sanders wants to control but Lock is keeping him busy.

Sanders looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Sanders looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lock gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two 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.

Lock looking for submissions off his back.

Sanders seems to be looking for submissions.
Lock trying to control from the bottom.
Sanders wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lock keeps working.
Lock is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanders's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanders's back!
The referee is taking a good look at Sanders as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Lock!
Sanders manages to reverse the position and now he's in Lock's guard. Nice work there by Sanders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Lock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lock is trying to keep Sanders in close.
Nick Sanders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanders throws and elbow that misses. Lock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanders's guard. Nice move by Lock!

Sanders working for a triangle but Lock defends it easily.

Lock drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lock jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Sanders throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lock trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rik Lock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lock is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Sanders looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lock trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
Lock is in close to Sanders's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rik Lock.
Well Lock has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rik Lock!