PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by Step into a world - KRS One. Sanchez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: PELIMUSA. Kimbo Nelson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nelson
vs
Sanchez

170 cm
25
155 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

178 cm
21
153 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kimbo Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nelson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanchez scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sanchez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Nelson cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
A head kick by Sanchez misses
and Nelson counters with a leg kick.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice body kick.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Sanchez swings for the body but Nelson moves out of range.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Nelson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nelson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Nelson misses with a kick to the body.
Nelson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Nelson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nelson slips under a jab.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanchez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Nelson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Nelson.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez cracks Nelson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nelson on the side of the head.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Nelson moved away.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nelson scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Nelson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Nelson connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nelson blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a low kick, looking for Nelson's leg but Nelson calmly moves out of range.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nelson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a body kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nelson throws a front kick aimed at Sanchez's knee but Sanchez avoids it well.
Nelson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Nelson moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jose Sanchez will probably get the nod.
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.

Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nelson.
Nelson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nelson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Nelson.
Sanchez blocks a leg kick.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nelson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nelson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nelson is looking to chop away at Sanchez's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nelson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nelson cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Nelson is looking to clinch.
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Nelson blocks the body kick.
Nelson slips a jab from Sanchez.
Nelson throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Nelson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez lands a jab.
Nelson connects with a nice looking jab.
Nelson tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Nelson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nelson misses the shot to the body.
Kimbo Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Nelson scores with a nice body kick.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Nelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nelson scores with a nice head shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Nelson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
An inside leg kick from Sanchez misses.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Sanchez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nelson checks it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nelson keeps the fight on the outside.
Nelson lands a jab to the nose.
Sanchez pushes Nelson away with a front kick.
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!
That kick from Sanchez tenderised Nelson's leg. Nelson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nelson scores with a jab to the head.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Nelson is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nelson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nelson lands a nice hook to Sanchez's body. Sanchez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kimbo Nelson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nelson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nelson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Nelson avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Nelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson scores with a nice body kick.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the body
and Nelson counters with a low kick, right behind Sanchez 's knee.
Sanchez ducks right into an uppercut from Nelson.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Nelson saw that one coming.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez cracks the inside of Nelson's front leg.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Nelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nelson scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nelson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Nelson duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Nelson.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
A lazy left from Sanchez finds it's target.
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!
Nelson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Nelson takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to stall.
Nelson taking a breather.
Sanchez avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nelson's efforts to push away.
Nelson is looking to control Sanchez's arms but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson lands a left hand.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nelsons head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Nelson tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nelson.
Nelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Nelson lands a nice knee to the body.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson missing with knees to the body.
Nelson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez is struggling to control the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nelson digs a right hand into Sanchez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanchez's gas tank.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
Nelson 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 takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kimbo Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nelson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kimbo Nelson!