PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chino Bandito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bandito's choice of entrance music: Slayer -- South of Heaven. Xavier Sanchez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Sanchez
vs
Bandito

188 cm
22
180 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
184 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

BioPharm Nutrition

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 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chino Bandito!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bandito was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Bandito circles away.
Bandito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Bandito shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sanchez defends it nicely.
Sanchez punishes Bandito's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanchez scores with a body shot.
Sanchez moves out of range as Bandito throws a body kick.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bandito connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sanchez.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bandito moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Bandito throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandito slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Bandito changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez motions for Bandito to come forward. Sanchez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez moves out of range as Bandito strikes.
Sanchez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bandito if he has to take too many more of those.
Bandito shoots for a takedown but Sanchez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bandito.
Bandito tries to clinch but Sanchez moves away
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Bandito looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Bandito takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bandito takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bandito jabs at Sanchez's body.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Bandito misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Bandito tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Bandito backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Chino Bandito has been cut.
Bandito looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bandito throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Bandito has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez jabs at Bandito's body.
Bandito takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sanchez swings for the body but Bandito moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bandito manages to avoid it.
Bandito swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sanchez.
Bandito misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sanchez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bandito's knee momentarily.
Sanchez wants to slow Bandito down by chopping away at his legs.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Bandito sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bandito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Bandito's ribs.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Sanchez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.
Chino Bandito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bandito tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez slips a jab from Bandito.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Bandito moved out of range.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandito misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with a left to the body.
A slow jab from Bandito misses its intended target.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bandito connects with a high kick.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sanchez defending well as Bandito loads up on a big left hand.
Bandito misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Bandito with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bandito misses with a looping left.
Sanchez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bandito.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanchez, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A shot to the body from Bandito misses
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Sanchez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bandito did well to prevent Sanchez getting side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chino Bandito's cut.
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.

A head kick by Bandito misses
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bandito checks a leg kick.
Sanchez lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Bandito.
Sanchez thows a body kick. Bandito tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Xavier Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Bandito takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bandito looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bandito just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bandito moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Bandito's ribs.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Bandito's front leg but catches the back leg as Bandito tries to avoid it.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bandito is breathing heavily.
Sanchez punishes Bandito's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Bandito does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bandito.
Bandito takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bandito on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez scores with a body shot.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bandito circles away quickly and effectively.
Bandito walks into a straight right hand from Sanchez.
Bandito takes one on the button.
Bandito takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Jab by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Bandito seems unphased.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanchez.
Nice body kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bandito.
Sanchez works Bandito's body with a nice hook.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bandito or not.
Sanchez is working for takedown but Bandito is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Sanchez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bandito backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez presses Bandito against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez gets through Bandito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bandito is rocked!
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Bandito is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bandito seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Bandito's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Bandito's head.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but Bandito blocks with his arms.
Sanchez is working Bandito over against the cage.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bandito backwards.
Sanchez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bandito up against the cage.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bandito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Sanchez.
Bandito drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sanchez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez defending well as Bandito loads up on a big left hand.
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.
Sanchez scores with a head kick.
Bandito looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Bandito goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab by Bandito.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sanchez gets the takedown into side control.
Sanchez grinds an elbow into Bandito's temple.
Bandito taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chino Bandito's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bandito looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Bandito throws a chopping leg kick but Sanchez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice shot by Bandito.
A big left from Bandito misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bandito misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bandito throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bandito lands a jab to the head.
Bandito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice sprawl there from Sanchez as Bandito shoots in.
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bandito can do to turn this around?
Bandito avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A low kick from Bandito misses
and Sanchez counters with a body kick.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bandito has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bandito's hands.
Bandito has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Bandito takes a step back to recover.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Bandito.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bandito.
Bandito tries to clinch up.
Bandito has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Bandito's head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sanchez. Bandito shrugs it off though.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Bandito against the cage.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Chino Bandito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sanchez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez scores with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez misses with some punches.

Bandito turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Sanchez is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bandito off and has taken his back!
Sanchez controlling well, preventing Bandito from escaping the position.
Sanchez is riding his opponent, not letting Bandito buck him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Bandito prevents Sanchez from getting a body triangle.
Bandito turns into Sanchez and is now in his guard.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bandito manages to get himself to full guard.
Bandito is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Xavier Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bandito throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Bandito stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bandito drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bandito jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bandito is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bandito throws a big right hand that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Xavier Sanchez!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Xavier Sanchez!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Xavier Sanchez!

Xavier Sanchez wins by unanimous decision!