PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Patty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sanders
vs
Patty

185 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
230 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dante Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Patty!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patty throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
No joy there for Patty, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patty ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice combo by Patty! Oh, that's hurt him - Sanders falls to the canvas and Patty follows him into side control.

Sanders is rocked!

It looks like Dante Sanders has been cut.

Patty decides to stand back up.
Oh Sanders is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patty misses with a few strikes there.
Sanders throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oooh a lovely combination from Patty sends Sanders down but not out. Patty dives into side control looking to finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sanders is pressing down on Patty's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Patty must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Patty has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sanders is proving hard to escape from.
Patty looks gassed!

Sanders escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Patty gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Patty's guard.
Sanders seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanders is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Patty keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patty 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.
Sanders forces his way into half guard.
Sanders working Patty over with strikes.
Patty looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sanders is taking a breather. Patty says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sanders works his way into full mount!
Sanders looking to control and managing it successfully.

Sanders has hold of Patty's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Patty manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patty really wants to buck Sanders off and get back to his feet.
Patty is squirming around, avoiding Sanders's attempts to control the action.

Sanders is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Patty is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Patty flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Sanders anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Patty and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Sanders slips an arm under Patty chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Sanders has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Sanders is squeezing on Patty like an anaconda would it's prey. Patty fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dante Sanders!