PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tully Ray Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Granite By Pendulum. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Damon
vs
Ray Sanders

198 cm
22
255 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
242 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Damon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tully Ray Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damon shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanders pinned against the cage. Sanders gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Damon closes the distance and clinches.

Sanders breaks from the clinch.

Sanders gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Damon manages to break the clinch.

Damon gets caught flat footed, as Sanders shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanders is looking to stand up but Damon won't let him.
Sanders lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Damon wants to stand and escape but Sanders is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Damon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanders doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanders manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sanders throwing strikes but missing.
Damon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Sanders decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Damon, up you get!
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damon gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanders throws a right hand that Damon ducks under and follows up with a left that Damon also avoids with ease.
Damon with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Sanders counter with a right hand.

Damon is rocked!
Damon is breathing heavily.
Sanders swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oh Damon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Damon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Damon seems to have got his legs back now.

Damon darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanders is trying to get back to full guard.

Damon is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanders is just riding it out for now. Damon eventually gives up the hold.
Sanders looks like he's trying to stand up.

Damon looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Damon is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanders defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon lands with a punch from half guard.
Damon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sanders!

Sanders defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Damon.
Damon lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BOOM! Damon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanders takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Damon trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanders is looking to improve his position but Damon isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon tries to control but Sanders wriggling away.
Damon punishing his opponent with strikes.

Damon is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sanders has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sanders flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sanders is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Damon trying to control but Sanders is having none of it.
Sanders is working to get back to half guard.

Damon stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Sanders lands with a hook. Damon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

It looks like Sean Damon has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders tries to clinch but Damon moves out of range.
Sanders with a nice cross.
Sanders stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Damon.
Damon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sanders swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean Damon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanders circles away from the clinch attempt.
Damon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Damon shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sanders holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanders wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Damon has him pressed against the cage.
Sanders cracks Damon with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanders wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Damon has him pressed against the cage.
Damon tries for a takedown. No joy.

Sanders breaks from the clinch.
Sanders fails to land with a series of punches.
Sean Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sanders takes the fight into the clinch.
Sanders can't break the clinch.
Damon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sanders digs a right hand into Damon's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Damon's gas tank.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sanders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanders lands a glancing blow to the side of Damon's head.
Sanders lands a body shot.

Sanders shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Damon's guard.

Damon had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sanders is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Damon Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sanders's back instead.

Sanders defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tully Ray Sanders will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sean Damon's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Damon misses with a takedown
and Sanders counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sanders closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Damon lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Damon turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Damon manages to end up in side control.
Damon misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Damon blocks the strikes from Sanders.

Damon goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sanders rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Damon's guard! Nice work there by Sanders!
Sanders controlling from the top position.
Sanders is looking to stand up but Damon won't let him.
Damon wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanders trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Damon is trying to control the position but Sanders postures up.
Sean Damon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Damon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanders is sitting in close to Damon's body. Damon has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Sanders is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Sanders is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Damon.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sean Damon!
Sean Damon retains his heavyweight title!