PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Sanches (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Sanches could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruce Wayne's chin.

Sanches
vs
Wayne

189 cm
23
234 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
24
218 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Sanches!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bruce Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne shoots and misses
and Sanches counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sanches throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wayne decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sanches's guard.
Wayne wants to control from the top but Sanches keeps moving.
Wayne controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sanches looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wayne is one step ahead there.
Sanches not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sanches is proving hard to escape from.
Sanches wants to sweep here but Wayne controlling him for the moment.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bruce Wayne hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Wayne tries for a takedown but Sanches circles away easily
and Sanches counters with a series of strikes. Wayne will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wayne tries for a takedown but Sanches circles away easily
and Sanches counters with a three punch combo that has Wayne backing up. Wayne nods at Sanches to acknowledge the strikes.
Antonio Sanches has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Wayne.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanches keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanches scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sanches swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Wayne counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanches's guard now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wayne controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Sanches has his foot on Wayne's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wayne works his way back into a safe position though.
Wayne trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanches's guard.

Sanches escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wayne gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Wayne drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Wayne jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wayne sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanches's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wayne content to control rather than advance.

That's four 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.
Wayne uses his free foot to push down on Sanches's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sanches.
Wayne looking to control but Sanches is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanches is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Wayne has taken his back.

Wayne has managed to slip his arm under Sanches's chin. This could be all over... yep, Sanches is tapping out! Submission win for Wayne.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Wayne!