PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barry Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Safronov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barry Sanders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sanders
vs
Safronov

189 cm
23
196 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
28
199 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Barry Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stanislav Safronov!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Safronov just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Safronov.
Safronov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Safronov slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanders, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanders shoots for a double leg takedown but Safronov sprawls well. He's pushed Sanders's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Safronov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Safronov moves forwards but Sanders connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanders.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big right from Safronov misses.
Sanders lands a lovely overhand right.
Safronov slaps away a takedown attempt from Sanders, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanders fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Sanders.
Safronov throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanders counters with a right hand to the body.
Sanders scores with a three punch combo!
Sanders has a takedown stuffed.
Barry Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanders throws a sloppy body shot
and Safronov counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Barry Sanders has been cut.
Safronov lands with a good body shot.
Safronov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Safronov.
Sanders throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Safronov.
Sanders keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Safronov.
Sanders jabs Safronov right on the nose. Safronov blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Safronov.
Safronov just misses with a punch to the body.
Safronov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Safronov.
Sanders smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders shoots for a takedown but Safronov saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Sanders closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Safronov wants to get back to full guard.
Safronov looks gassed!
Safronov looks like he's trying to stand up.
Safronov wants to control but Sanders is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sanders works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sanders pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanders looking to finish Safronov with some ground and pound. This is bad for Safronov!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanders cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanders dominating with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Safronov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Safronov taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Safronov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Safronov is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanders has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanders will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sanders connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanders with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanders looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanders scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Safronov?
Sanders fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns Safronov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Safronov is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Sanders locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Safronov is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Barry Sanders!