PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Ronald Kernspecht (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanderson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pantera - This Love. Ryan Sanderson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanderson
vs
Ronald Kernspecht

183 cm
27
155 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
172 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

5th Round

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Keith Ronald Kernspecht!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kernspecht misses with a double jab.

Kernspecht is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Sanderson's half guard.
Sanderson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sanderson.
Kernspecht wants to get up but he can't break Sanderson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanderson is on top in guard.
Kernspecht looking to control.
Sanderson looking to pass the guard.
Sanderson trying to control but Kernspecht is working from the bottom.
Sanderson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Kernspecht is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanderson defends well.
Kernspecht looks gassed!
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Kernspecht keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kernspecht really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanderson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ryan Sanderson.
Sanderson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Keith Ronald Kernspecht seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kernspecht misses with a few strikes there.
Sanderson lands a nice hook to Kernspecht's body. Kernspecht takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanderson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Kernspecht gets caught flat footed, as Sanderson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanderson is in close to Kernspecht's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sanderson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanderson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Kernspecht keeps moving.
Sanderson wants to pass the guard but Kernspecht is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanderson is stalling in the full guard.
Sanderson trying to control but Kernspecht is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ryan Sanderson.

Sanderson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanderson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kernspecht!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanderson lands a nice shot to the head.
Sanderson punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kernspecht is working to get back to half guard.
Sanderson trying to control but Kernspecht is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Sanderson.
Sanderson controlling the position easily from mount.
Sanderson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanderson working the ground and pound effectively.
Kernspecht is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kernspecht really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanderson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanderson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sanderson landing strikes from the mount.
Sanderson raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanderson cracks Kernspecht with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kernspecht in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanderson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kernspecht really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanderson controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Sanderson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kernspecht misses with a two punch combination.
Kernspecht misses with a takedown
and Kernspecht takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kernspecht lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Sanderson does it's job there.
Sanderson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kernspecht backs up against the cage.
Kernspecht takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanderson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kernspecht throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanderson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sanderson.
Nice cross by Sanderson.

Sanderson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kernspecht's half guard.

Sanderson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Kernspecht is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryan Sanderson!