PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirty Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dirty Sanchez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Steiner
vs
Sanchez

195 cm
22
277 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

183 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Plays chess

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aaron Steiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dirty Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez defending well as Steiner loads up on a big left hand.

Steiner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Steiner lands in his opponent's guard.
Steiner tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Steiner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Steiner scoring with some ground and pound.
Steiner trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Steiner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Steiner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Steiner postures up and lands a big shot to Sanchez's brow.
Steiner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Steiner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Steiner sitting in guard here, content to control.
Steiner scoring with some ground and pound.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steiner is one step ahead there.
Steiner trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Steiner distracts Sanchez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steiner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Steiner stops Sanchez from standing up.
Sanchez trying to control the position.
Sanchez has momentary wrist control but Steiner slips an elbow through the middle.
Steiner sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Sanchez's guard.
Steiner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Steiner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Steiner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner content to control rather than advance.
Steiner trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Steiner stops Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Steiner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Steiner is controlling the pace.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez is not content to let Steiner control the position.
Steiner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Steiner has control of the leg.
Steiner drops an elbow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Steiner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Steiner working over Sanchez with some ground and pound. Sanchez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Steiner tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sanchez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Steiner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steiner lands a nice short elbow.
Steiner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanchez wants to stand back up but Steiner manages to pass into side control.
Steiner lands a few punches from side control.
Steiner tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steiner is chipping away with strikes.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Sanchez is trying to stand back up but Steiner is controlling him
Sanchez looks gassed!
Steiner stalling.
Steiner trying to mount his opponent but Sanchez defends it.
Sanchez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Steiner scores with a couple of nice shots.
Steiner lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Steiner prevents Sanchez from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Steiner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Steiner.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Steiner moves out of range.
Steiner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanchez but Sanchez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Sanchez misses with a takedown

and Steiner counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Steiner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Steiner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanchez won't allow Steiner to pass to mount.
Steiner content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Steiner is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Sanchez reverses the position - he's now on top in Steiner's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Steiner manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanchez manages to get himself to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Steiner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Steiner working some strikes from top position.
Steiner lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Steiner controlling him for the moment.
Steiner passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner cracks Sanchez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Steiner is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Steiner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Steiner tries to advance to mount but can't.
You can see the frustration on Sanchez's face as Steiner controls the position.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.
Sanchez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Steiner asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sanchez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Steiner lands a heavy elbow.
Steiner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Steiner landing strikes, looking to finish!

Sanchez is rocked!
Steiner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?
Sanchez is still in real trouble! Can Steiner finish him?
Steiner looking to finish Sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanchez!
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Steiner fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to lock up and control but Steiner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Steiner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Steiner landing punches.
Sanchez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Steiner won't let Sanchez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
BOOM! Steiner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanchez tries to buck Steiner off but he can't manage it.
Steiner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Steiner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Steiner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Steiner lands a big shot there that rocks Sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sanchez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Steiner dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Steiner with a series of wild strikes but Steiner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Steiner scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Steiner lands with a punch from half guard.
Steiner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sanchez is trying to stand up here but Steiner is controlling him well.
Steiner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez is trying to maintain the position but Steiner is very close to passing his half guard.
Aaron Steiner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Steiner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Steiner will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as Steiner sits in half guard.
Sanchez tries to get to full guard but Steiner has control of the leg.
Sanchez seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steiner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Steiner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanchez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Steiner is nestled in close to Sanchez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Steiner landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Steiner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steiner throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Steiner wants to pass to mount but Sanchez is defending the position.
Sanchez works his way to full guard. Good work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Steiner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steiner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Steiner throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Steiner is proving a slippery customer.
Steiner preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Steiner doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Steiner.
Steiner throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Steiner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Steiner down.

Steiner has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sanchez has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Steiner uses from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steiner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Steiner thows a big elbow that misses.
Steiner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Steiner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sanchez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Steiner scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steiner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Steiner happy to just control the position for now.
Dirty Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steiner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sanchez some visible discomfort.
The ground and pound from Steiner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sanchez is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Steiner works to advance to full mount. Sanchez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sanchez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sanchez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Steiner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Steiner's back!
Sanchez throwing sloppy strikes.
Steiner manages to reverse the position and now he's in Sanchez's guard. Nice work there by Steiner.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Steiner tries to pass.
Steiner trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steiner controlling from the top position.
Steiner tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Steiner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steiner, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Steiner!