PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raul Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maximus Overdrive (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Overdrive

168 cm
25
164 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

180 cm
22
160 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raul Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Maximus Overdrive!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Overdrive lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheers as Overdrive lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanchez doesn't seem phased though.

Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez is pressed up against the cage. Overdrive has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sanchez down to the mat. Sanchez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Overdrive looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Overdrive looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Overdrive will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Overdrive thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Overdrive.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Overdrive slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A leg kick checked by Overdrive.
Sanchez lands with a kick to the temple. Overdrive shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Maximus Overdrive has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Overdrive blocks it.
Overdrive tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Overdrive lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Overdrive content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Overdrive.
Overdrive misses with a punch to the body.
Overdrive lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Overdrive controls his hands.
Sanchez scores a nice knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overdrive being controlled against the cage.
Overdrive tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez prevents the takedown attempt.
Overdrive scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Overdrive displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Overdrive pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Overdrive.
Sanchez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Overdrive lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Overdrive with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Overdrive on the inside.
Overdrive missing with knees to the body.
Overdrive lands with a light punch inside.
Overdrive throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Nice elbow from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Overdrive tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Overdrive can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Sanchez crunches a lovely knee into Overdrive's ribcage.
Overdrive misses with a body punch.
Overdrive looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Overdrive avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Overdrive misses with a body punch.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Overdrive drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Raul Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maximus Overdrive.
Sanchez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Overdrive gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Overdrive throws a head punch that misses.
Overdrive tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Overdrive throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Overdrive on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Overdrive lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Overdrive misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Overdrive fails to land.
Overdrive is working Sanchez over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Overdrive.
Overdrive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Overdrive.
Overdrive throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanchezs head.
Overdrive lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overdrive lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanchez throws an elbow but misses.
Overdrive will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sanchez up against the cage.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Overdrive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Overdrive improves position.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Overdrive blocks it.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Overdrive just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Overdrive drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sanchez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Overdrive works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Overdrive punishes Sanchez's body with a nice straight punch.
Overdrive takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Overdrive moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Overdrive.
Sanchez defending well as Overdrive loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overdrive dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Maximus Overdrive will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Maximus Overdrive's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Overdrive feints a jab promting Sanchez to slip. Overdrive then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sanchez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Overdrive keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maximus Overdrive seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Overdrive moves out of range easily.
Overdrive missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
Horrible takedown by Overdrive or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Overdrive is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Overdrive swinging wildly here.
Overdrive throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Overdrive counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Raul Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Overdrive.

Sanchez has Overdrive up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanchez trying to land knees to the body.
Overdrive is stalling here.
Overdrive tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Overdrive fails to land.
Overdrive tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Overdrive wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sanchez.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Overdrive is keeping busy.
Overdrive lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Overdrive tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Overdrive back against the cage.
Sanchez throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Overdrive.
Overdrive tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Maximus Overdrive seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nice body punch from Overdrive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Overdrive lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Overdrive managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Overdrive.
Overdrive lands a shot to the body.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Overdrive displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Overdrive lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Overdrive tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Overdrive cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Overdrive is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Overdrive goes for a takedown attempt but Sanchez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Raul Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maximus Overdrive.
Overdrive throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.

Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Overdrive avoids it.
A short left from Overdrive.
Overdrive misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Overdrive.
A right hand to the body from Overdrive.
A right hand to the body from Overdrive.
A nice right hand lands inside from Overdrive.
Overdrive lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Overdrive gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Overdrive thows a huge punch but Sanchez dodges it nicely.
Overdrive is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Overdrive has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Overdrive missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Overdrive not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Overdrive is figuring out what he wants to do next.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Overdrive is working away from the top position though.
Overdrive seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sanchez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Overdrive is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Overdrive missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sanchez trying to control here.
Overdrive wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overdrive moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A punch combination from Overdrive misses.
Overdrive has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Overdrive getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maximus Overdrive showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maximus Overdrive's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Overdrive lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sanchez backs up against the cage.
Overdrive's corner calls for a 1-2. Overdrive obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Overdrive avoids the punch easily.
Overdrive scores with a jab.
Sanchez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Overdrive lands with a nice combination. Sanchez backs away looking to recover.
Overdrive misses with an uppercut.
Overdrive misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Overdrive shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Overdrive takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Overdrive misses with a looping right.
Raul Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Overdrive misses with a two punch combination.
Overdrive takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Overdrive moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body kick from Sanchez.

Sanchez has managed to clinch.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Overdrive.
A head punch on the inside from Overdrive fails to land.
Overdrive takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Sanchez just leaning against Overdrive, taking a breather.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Overdrive takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez avoiding damage.
Knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Overdrive backwards.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Overdrive taking a breather.
Sanchez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sanchez trying to control the position but instead, Overdrive has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Overdrive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands an elbow inside.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Overdrive in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Overdrive lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Overdrive scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by Sanchez.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Overdrive improves position.
Overdrive managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Overdrive avoiding damage as Sanchez throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Overdrive.
Overdrive throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Overdrive has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Overdrive misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
A short uppercut from Overdrive.
Overdrive managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.

Overdrive lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Overdrive is controlling well.
Sanchez trying to control but Overdrive postures up.
Overdrive performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Overdrive is working away from the top position though.
Overdrive is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sanchez!
Sanchez is in all sorts of trouble here.
You get the feeling that Sanchez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Overdrive lands with some strikes.
Overdrive raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Overdrive cracks Sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanchez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Overdrive tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Maximus Overdrive is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sanchez wants to control but Overdrive is having none of it.
Raul Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Overdrive controlling from mount.
Overdrive pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Overdrive trying to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Maximus Overdrive.
Well Overdrive has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maximus Overdrive!