PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lelei Tinae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sand Man-Metallica. Bruce Sanders could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lelei Tinae's chin.

Sanders
vs
Tinae

184 cm
29
265 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

197 cm
28
260 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp
Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lelei Tinae!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tinae pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tinae closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanders counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanders throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanders on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tinae. Tinae obviously looking to wear him down.
Tinae looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A shot to the liver by Sanders. Beautiful body shot.
Sanders scores with a shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders cracks Tinae with a nice body shot.
Sanders pushes Tinae back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tinae tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tinae leaning against his opponent.
Still in the clinch, Sanders scores with a nice short uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tinae trying to control the position but instead, Sanders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tinae into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sanders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders digs a right hand underneath Tinae's ribcage. Tinae let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tinae looks gassed!
Sanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders is working for takedown but Tinae is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sanders content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sanders lands a left hand.
Sanders lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tinae backwards.
Sanders keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tinae's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanders.
Sanders content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tinae throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanders.
Sanders stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Tinae.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Sanders.
A short uppercut from Sanders.
Sanders lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanders pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sanders lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanders lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tinae backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanders scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanders cracks Tinae with a nice body shot.
Sanders lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Sanders.
Sanders lands a body punch.
Sanders lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tinae backwards.
Sanders lands a left hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanders.
Sanders lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tinae backwards.

Sanders lands an uppercut that drops Tinae! Sanders follows him to the canvas looking to finish.

Tinae is rocked!

It looks like Lelei Tinae has been cut.
Sanders controls the position.
Tinae is still in real trouble! Can Sanders finish him?
Sanders misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Tinae seems to have recovered his senses.
Tinae taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sanders grinds an elbow into Tinae's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tinae trying to remain calm as Sanders controls from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders scoring with punches from side control.
Sanders lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sanders just content to control the position.
Sanders works to advance to full mount. Tinae defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sanders looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Sanders.
Sanders looking to finish Tinae with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tinae!
Sanders tries to control but Tinae wriggling away.
Sanders postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tinae looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tinae tries to lock up and control but Sanders gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tinae in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tinae tries to hold on but Sanders postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tinae looks a forlorn figure.
Sanders controlling his opponent.
Sanders working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tinae is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanders controlling from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tinae trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanders controlling from mount.
Sanders seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tinae for as long as he can get away with.
Sanders's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sanders in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanders controlling the pace for now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to control the pace but Tinae is squirming around nicely.
Tinae tries to reverse the position but Sanders maintains control.
Sanders can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tinae is looking to escape.
Tinae is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanders with good strikes from the mount here!
Tinae is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanders content just to control the position here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tinae keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tinae can do anything to dispel that myth.
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 connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tinae is trying to escape the mount.
Sanders sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sanders dominating with strikes here.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tinae is trying desperately to improve position.
Sanders lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sanders controlling from the full mount.
Sanders dominating with strikes here.
Sanders has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tinae is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sanders with shots to the head and body - Tinae looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanders lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tinae hang on?
Tinae is in a horrible position here. Sanders smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders controlling the pace for now.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tinae tries to hold on but Sanders postures up.
Sanders controlling his opponent.
Tinae is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sanders controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanders lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Sanders dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lelei Tinae'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. This is the final round!

Tinae lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sanders will feel that in the morning.
Sanders moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tinae misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jab by Tinae.

It looks like Bruce Sanders has been cut.
Tinae throws out a loose jab but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tinae keeps Sanders at a distance using the push kick.
Tinae tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tinae throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sanders's head.
Tinae connects with a nice looking jab.

Tinae gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tinae tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Tinae back against the cage.
Sanders working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tinae looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tinae.
Sanders misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tinae tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Tinae blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanders goes for a takedown attempt but Tinae pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tinae throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Tinae throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tinae keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanders.
Tinae looks to clinch
and Sanders counters with a stiff right hand.
Tinae moves to clinch but Sanders breaks away
and Sanders counters with a nice uppercut.
Tinae misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tinae cracks the inside of Sanders's front leg.
Tinae looks to land a body kick but Sanders moved away.
Sanders throws a right hand that Tinae ducks under and follows up with a left that Tinae also avoids with ease.
Sanders misses with an uppercut. Tinae saw that one coming.
Tinae steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanders.
Tinae misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick by Tinae misses
and Sanders cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lelei Tinae seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tinae uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanders.
Tinae pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanders uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lelei Tinae is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanders jabs Tinae right on the nose. Tinae blinks but takes it well.
Sanders scores with a jab to the jaw.

Sanders closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tinae to the mat! Tinae manages to get full guard.
Sanders sitting in guard here, content to control.
Bruce Sanders overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tinae looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanders is one step ahead there.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Tinae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanders's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tinae is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sanders wants to control from the top but Tinae keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bruce Sanders wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tinae misses with a kick to the body

and Sanders holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tinae tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanders throws a head punch that misses.
Sanders lands a body punch.
Bruce Sanders has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanders scores with a shot to the side of Tinae's head.
Sanders stalling against the cage.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
Sanders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tinae has a couple of punches blocked by Sanders.
Sanders tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sanders tries to stall but Tinae uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is struggling to control the position.
Tinae scores with a shot to the side of Sanders's head.
Tinae blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tinae crunches a lovely knee into Sanders's ribcage.
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Tinae.
A body shot lands from Tinae.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Tinae manages to break the clinch.

Sanders throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tinae tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sanders is in Tinae's guard.
Tinae wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanders trying to control the position from guard on top but Tinae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tinae is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sanders is controlling him.
Tinae keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanders won't allow Tinae to sweep him here.
Sanders is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Bruce Sanders just wasn't active enough.
Sanders with a nice cross.
Lelei Tinae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanders ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tinae takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sanders throws a jab but it's blocked by Tinae.
Sanders scores with a three punch combo!
Sanders throws the left hand but Tinae avoids the punch easily.
Tinae misses with a right hand

and Sanders counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tinae's guard now.
Sanders trying to control but Tinae is working from the bottom.
Tinae wants to get back to his feet but Sanders is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tinae looking for a sweep. Not yet Tinae, not yet.
Sanders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tinae can do to turn this around?
Sanders slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tinae keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.

We're going to have a standup here because Bruce Sanders wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Tinae is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tinae misses with a kick to the body
enabling Sanders to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanders lands a slapping body shot.
Tinae misses with a hook
and Sanders counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tinae looks to clinch
and Sanders counters with a left and a right that stings Tinae.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tinae misses with a head kick.
Tinae throws a lazy head kick

and Sanders counters with a takedown into side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tinae tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sanders wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sanders landing a few strikes.
Sanders advances to mount.
Sanders controlling from the full mount.
Sanders looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanders lands a big elbow.
Tinae trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanders trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanders putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sanders controlling the pace for now.
Tinae is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
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 content just to control the position here.
Sanders has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Tinae is looking to get to half guard.
Lelei Tinae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sanders scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tinae?
Sanders is landing with some decent strikes but Tinae is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanders postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tinae looks a forlorn figure.
Sanders postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Tinae in real trouble here! The ref calls for Tinae to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Sanders!