PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrew Sanders has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Balboa
vs
Sanders

185 cm
21
168 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Archie Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andrew Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Balboa has Sanders up against the cage in a clinch.
Balboa lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sanders fails to land.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Balboa.

It looks like Andrew Sanders has been cut.
Balboa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanders looks gassed!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Balboa.
Balboa lands an elbow just above Sanders 's eye.
Balboa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Balboa lands an elbow that stopped Sanders in his tracks for a moment.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Balboa crunches a lovely knee into Sanders's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Sanders takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balboa.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Balboa landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Balboa working Sanders over with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Balboa.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Balboa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Balboa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Balboa lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanders won't want to take too many of those.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Balboa landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
Balboa landing knees to the body.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Balboa crunches a lovely knee into Sanders's ribcage.
Balboa lands a nice elbow.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanders in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a nice elbow.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a knee to the body.
Balboa lands an elbow inside that Sanders shrugs off.
Balboa with a knee to the head.
Sanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanders throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Balboa lands a knee to the body.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balboa lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanders won't want to take too many of those.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa with a knee to the head.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Balboa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanders in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Balboa lands an elbow that stopped Sanders in his tracks for a moment.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa working Sanders over with knees to the body.
Balboa avoids the elbow strike from Sanders, against the cage.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanders takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Balboa lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Balboa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Sanders's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Balboa tries to clinch but Sanders moves out of range.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Balboa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Balboa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Balboa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanders can do to turn this around?
Balboa lands an elbow inside.
Balboa scores a nice knee to the body.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balboa with a knee to the head.
Balboa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balboa crunches a lovely knee into Sanders's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Balboa.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
Balboa scores a nice knee to the body.
Balboa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanders takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanders takes a knee to the side of the body.
Balboa landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Balboa.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanders takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Balboa.

Sanders is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands an elbow inside that Sanders shrugs off.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Balboa finish him?
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
Balboa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Balboa landing knees to the body.
Balboa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice elbow from Balboa.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a nice elbow.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balboa with a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Balboa misses with a knee to the head.
Sanders lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Balboa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Archie Balboa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanders.
Balboa takes a shot to the head.
Balboa lands a nice elbow.
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but Balboa blocks with his arms.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanders won't want to take too many of those.
Balboa lands a nice knee to the body.
Balboa lands an elbow inside.
Sanders creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Balboa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Balboa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Balboa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Balboa lands an elbow just above Sanders 's eye.
Balboa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanders's defenses.
Sanders misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Balboa blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balboa.
Balboa lands an elbow just above Sanders 's eye.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!
Balboa with a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Balboa lands an elbow just above Sanders 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Balboa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanders.
Knees to the body from Balboa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Balboa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Sanders's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanders swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Archie Balboa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Balboa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Balboa.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanders swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Sanders clinches with his opponent.
Balboa lands a nice knee to the body.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Balboa landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Balboa crunches a lovely knee into Sanders's ribcage.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Balboa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Balboa lands an elbow that stopped Sanders in his tracks for a moment.
Sanders misses with a knee strike.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa scores a nice knee to the body.
Balboa lands an elbow inside.
Balboa lands an elbow inside that Sanders shrugs off.
Sanders looking to throw knees to the head but Balboa is blocking nicely.
Balboa scores with a knee to the head.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balboa blocks an elbow strike.
Balboa with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Sanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Balboa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balboa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Balboa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Sanders.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Sanders lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Balboa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Balboa unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balboa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balboa.
Balboa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Balboa lands an elbow inside.
Balboa lands an elbow inside that Sanders shrugs off.
Balboa blocks an elbow strike from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a knee to the head.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Balboa obliges.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Balboa avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanders.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Balboa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Balboa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Balboa.
Balboa blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balboa lands an elbow just above Sanders 's eye.
Balboa lands a damaging elbow.
Balboa lands a knee to the head.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Sanders creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Balboa lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanders won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Balboa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanders's face.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but Balboa blocks it.
A knee to the head by Balboa.
Sanders lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Balboa backwards.
Knees to the body from Balboa.
Balboa connects with a knee to the head.
Sanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Balboa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanders working aggressively here.
Balboa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Andrew Sanders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Balboa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Balboa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Balboa 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archie Balboa!
After the fight, Archie Balboa was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.