PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Wagon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Sangre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Armando Sangre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Wagon
vs
Sangre

178 cm
20
184 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Wagon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Armando Sangre!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Sangre misses.
Sangre throws a series of punches but Wagon moves out of range.

Wagon shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wagon was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sangre wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wagon.
Sangre wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wagon.
Sangre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sangre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wagon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wagon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wagon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sangre is trying to get back to full guard.
Sangre trying to control but Wagon postures up.
Sangre is refusing to be controlled, as Wagon sits in half guard.
Wagon prevents Sangre from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wagon seems to be working for a kimura but Sangre defends the submission attempt.

Wagon is looking for a kimura here.
Wagon sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sangre defending well though.
Wagon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sangre!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wagon looking to finish with strikes here!
Wagon throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wagon blocks Sangre's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Wagon avoids the attempt from Sangre to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sangre's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Wagon avoids the attempt from Sangre to control.
Wagon throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wagon looking to control but Sangre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wagon thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Wagon looking to ground and pound but Sangre is blocking nicely.
Poor strikes thrown by Wagon there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wagon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sangre tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Wagon is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sangre is surviving well by controlling Wagon's body position as best he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagon throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sangre blocking the ground and pound.
Wagon throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wagon thowing shots but they're missing.
Wagon misses with a head shot.
Wagon throws some wild stikes that Sangre manages to avoid easily.
Wagon throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wagon throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sangre trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sangre looks gassed!
Wagon looking to finish with strikes here!
Wagon misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Wagon goes for an armbar but Sangre turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sangre.
Wagon is trying to keep Sangre in close.
Sangre wants to control from the top but Wagon keeps moving.

Wagon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Wagon working for a triangle but Sangre defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sangre slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wagon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sangre is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Wagon dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wagon defending well as Sangre loads up on a big left hand.
Wagon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sangre.
Wagon walks into a left hand.

Wagon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sangre sprawls well initially but Wagon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sangre tries to roll over but Wagon keeps him under control.

Wagon seems to be looking for submissions.
Wagon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sangre is looking for a sweep. Wagon is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Sangre is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wagon pulls his head out easily.
Wagon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sangre is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagon performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wagon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sangre tries to get to full guard but Wagon has control of the leg.
Wagon wants to take a breather but Sangre is having none of it.

Wagon is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sangre defends it well.
Sangre is looking to improve his position.

Wagon wants to work for an arm triangle but Sangre is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wagon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wagon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wagon missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Wagon is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sangre sees it coming and defends easily.
Wagon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sangre knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sangre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wagon is looking to take a break and control but Sangre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wagon is really struggling to control Sangre but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Wagon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Chuck Wagon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagon prevents Sangre from improving his position.
Sangre avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wagon.
Sangre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wagon throwing shots but Sangre is blocking nicely.
Sangre gets back to full guard.
Wagon trying to control the position from guard on top but Sangre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wagon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sangre keeping moving, preventing Wagon from controlling successfully.
Sangre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wagon throwing strikes from guard but Sangre blocks nicely.
Sangre working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wagon.
Wagon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Sangre looking for a guillotine here but Wagon defends easily.
Wagon forces his way into half guard.

Wagon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Wagon wants to work for an arm triangle but Sangre is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chuck Wagon dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wagon misses with a takedown attempt
and Sangre counters with a three punch combo that has Wagon backing up. Wagon nods at Sangre to acknowledge the strikes.
Chuck Wagon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sangre throws a nice looking combination but Wagon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wagon misses with a low kick.

Wagon changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sangre looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sangre tries to bench press Wagon off him but Wagon keeps the position.
Sangre is not content to let Wagon control the position.
Sangre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Sangre is being controlled here.
Wagon fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagon is trying to ground and pound but Sangre uses the momentary lack of control by Wagon to regain half guard.
Wagon moves into full mount! Sangre won't be happy about that!
Wagon throwing strikes here but Sangre is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wagon tries to control but Sangre wriggling away.
Sangre avoids a series of strikes thrown by Wagon.
Sangre is trying to escape the mount.

Wagon looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Wagon misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wagon with a couple of short strikes.
Wagon throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Sangre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sangre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Wagon thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sangre tries to hold on but Wagon pushes him away.
Wagon unloads with some shots from mount but Sangre bucks and avoids them well.
Wagon throws some wild stikes that Sangre manages to avoid easily.
Wagon trying to control but he's not successful this time.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chuck Wagon!