PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Yarborough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chester Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Yarborough
vs
Sanchez

203 cm
26
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

205 cm
27
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Real Fighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emmanuel Yarborough!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chester Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yarborough as he jumps to the side.
Yarborough moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Yarborough is out of range.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yarborough.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yarborough.
Yarborough moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice shot lands for Yarborough.
Sanchez takes a swing at Yarborough's ribcage but misses.
Yarborough thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Yarborough moved out of range.
Sanchez slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Sanchez does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Yarborough.
Yarborough thuds a left hand into Sanchez's body.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Yarborough's shoulder, as Yarborough tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez takes a swing at Yarborough's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sanchez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yarborough manages to avoid it.

Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sanchez connects with a nice short shot to Yarborough's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Yarborough scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sanchez manages to mount him!
Yarborough on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yarborough tries to get out of the position.
Sanchez cracks Yarborough with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yarborough is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchez content just to control the position here.
Sanchez has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Yarborough's face.

Yarborough is rocked!
Sanchez is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Yarborough goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Sanchez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Chester Sanchez!
Chester Sanchez is the new super heavyweight champion!