PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Todd Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Todd Smith looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Sanchez
vs
Smith

185 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roger Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Todd Smith!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Sanchez wants to break free but Smith has control.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez throws a nice head kick!
Smith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanchez. That one must have hurt.

Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanchez's waist but Sanchez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith looks gassed!

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Todd Smith has been cut.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

Sanchez has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Roger Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Todd Smith.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanchez, right into the meat.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sanchez duly obliges.

Sanchez rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Smith if he has to take too many more of those.

Sanchez gets a clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Roger Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sanchez clinches.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Sanchez thumps Smith with a low kick.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Sanchez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sanchez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Crunch! Sanchez slams his shin into Smith's torso.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.

Sanchez instigates a clinch.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez clinches.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez delivers a nice body kick.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
Sanchez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.

Sanchez pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sanchez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanchez.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez clinches.
Smith misses with some punches.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sanchez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Sanchez is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sanchez smiles and moves away.
A low kick from Smith misses
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.

Sanchez instigates a clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Roger Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into rage.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Roger Sanchez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanchez is struggling to control the position.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sanchez duly obliges.
Sanchez lands with a slapping head kick.
Smith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Smith.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Roger Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez scores with a spinning back kick!
Sanchez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Smith tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Sanchez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Sanchez clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Sanchez has managed to clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez lands a high kick!
Sanchez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sanchez.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez delivers a nice body kick.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Sanchez pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sanchez.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sanchez clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Todd Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Smith walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sanchez.
Smith takes one to the chin there.

Sanchez instigates a clinch.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanchez obliges.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Sanchez forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to pull guard but Sanchez holds him up against the cage and eventually Smith drops back down to his feet.
Sanchez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez leaning his opponent against the cage.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Sanchez clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sanchez just stands there and leans against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Sanchez pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.

Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.

Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roger Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.

Sanchez pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Sanchez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanchez.
Smith tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

Sanchez rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanchez, right into the meat.
Sanchez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Roger Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Sanchez takes the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
A lazy left from Sanchez finds it's target.

Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Todd Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanchez 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:24
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:24
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Sanchez!