PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fumando Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen "Shake Da Spot" King T as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

East
vs
Sanchez

181 cm
25
201 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

193 cm
20
201 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Bling Bling
Bling Bling

*S&M* Sweat Shop [MFS Bloodsport]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrei East!
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, Fumando Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
East jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
East stuffs the takedown.
East throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
East comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
East throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
East changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sanchez trying to control the action but East is working from the bottom.
Sanchez is stalling here. East is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sanchez seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and East has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
East is working Sanchez over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.
East is putting a hurting on Sanchez here, landing some big shots from side control.
East lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
East landing strikes.
East working the ground and pound but Sanchez is defending the strikes.
Sanchez tries to improve position but can't.
Sanchez gets back to half guard.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. East is working away from the top position though.
East looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but East has control of the leg.
East lands with a punch from half guard.

Sanchez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but East pulls his head out easily.
Sanchez looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to hold on to East's head to control him but East postures up.
Ground and pound from East.
Sanchez is staying active underneath East, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
East lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
East takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
East is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

East decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
East scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
East slips under a jab.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from East.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots for a takedown but East saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Sanchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. East sprawls well initially but Sanchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
East trying to control from the bottom.
East avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
East makes his way to full guard. A much better position for East.
East is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
East keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
East has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
East tries to land a sweep but no joy.
East wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
East is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
East looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but East is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei East dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
A jab from East does it's job there.

East shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than East was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sanchez wants to control but East is having none of it.
East looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
East putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is trying is best to control the position here.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Sanchez tries to roll over but East keeps him under control.
East 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.
Sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as East sits in half guard.
Sanchez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but East scores with a couple of nice shots.
East is pressing down on Sanchez's thigh, looking to free his foot. Sanchez is holding on for now.
East scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sanchez wants to control but East is keeping busy and won't allow it.
East slips a nice elbow through Sanchez's hands, connecting with Sanchez's forehead.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
East sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Sanchez wants to control but East is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Andrei East overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
East scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two 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.
East scores with a nice right hand.

East looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
East won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
East keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but East slips an elbow through the middle.
East postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
East throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
East trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst East is controlling him.
East trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.
Sanchez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but East has passed into side control.
East scores with punches from side control.
East lands a nice forearm strike.
East scoring with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
East scoring with punches and elbows.
East grinds an elbow into Sanchez's temple.
Sanchez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sanchez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
East cracks Sanchez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
East cracks Sanchez with a big right hand but Sanchez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
East connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sanchez some visible discomfort.
East wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
East working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrei East dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A big right from East misses.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt
and East counters with a left to the body.

East shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sanchez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
East tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
East really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez punching from mount but East doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sanchez tries to control but East wriggling away.
East is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
East regains half guard.
East is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanchez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanchez's back!
Sanchez is really stuck here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanchez turns into East and is now in his guard.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but East is retaining full guard.
East might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
East wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Sanchez trying to control but East is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East has his hands on Sanchez's head, controlling the position.
Andrei East is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
East pulls Sanchez in close to his closed guard and prevents Sanchez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sanchez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

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.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but East is keeping the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
East connects with a body shot.
A lazy left from East finds it's target.
Fumando Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from East.

East closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. East is working away from the top position though.
East stops Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
East content to control rather than advance.
Fumando Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrei East showed his dominance in that final round.
Well East 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrei East!