PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bingo Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Star's choice of entrance music: Octopus's garden. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Star

170 cm
24
144 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

162 cm
22
143 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bingo Star!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Star.
Sanchez misses with a hook.

Star rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Star tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Star's elbow.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Star manages to avoid it.
Star throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
Star tries a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.
Star throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Star jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Star avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanchez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Star fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Star avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez defending well as Star loads up on a big left hand.

Sanchez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Star's guard.
Star is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Star bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez 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.
Sanchez has a closed guard, preventing Star from standing up.

Star gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Star manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez takes a swing at Star's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Star defends it nicely.
Bingo Star seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Star tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Star ducked under it nicely.
Star lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Star misses with a leg kick.
Bingo Star is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Star moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Star bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Star scores with a one two! Sanchez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Star lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Sanchez is looking to wear down Star with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez throws a jab when Star was well out of range.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Star tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Star.
Star throws out a powerful jab.
Star scoring well with a low kick there.
Star throws a leg kick which misses Sanchez's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanchez tries to avoid it.
Star wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Star throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Star tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Star tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.

Star has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Star circles away.
Star feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Star pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Star moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Star avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Star sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez takes a swing at Star's ribcage but misses.
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!
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Star fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sanchez, pushing him back against the cage.
Star misses with an elbow strike.
Star using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sanchez.
Star tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Star misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.

Star manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Star.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Star waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Star fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Star takes one to the chin there.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bingo Star dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Star tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Star.
Star looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Star avoids it.
Star slips under a jab.
Star pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Star throws a big shot that misses.
Star tries to clinch up
and Sanchez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Star tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Star tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Star.

Star moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Star wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Star creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
The referee calls for Sanchez to work.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sanchez works on Star's body with a couple of short punches.
Star comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Star.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Star keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Star tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Star back against the cage.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Star improves position.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Star has double underhooks.
Star managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Star's efforts to push away.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Star won't allow it.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Star escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Star tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Star moves away.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Star dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
Star throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Star sprawls well.
Star lands a jab.

Star instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star lands a shoulder strike.
Star tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Star tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanchez avoids it.
Star keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Star throws an elbow but it misses.
Star looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanchez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez presses Star against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Star tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Star missing with knees to the body.
Star misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Star using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Star missing with knees to the body.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Star counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Star moves away.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Star circles away quickly and effectively.
Star bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanchez's head backwards.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Star misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Star moves out of range easily.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Star looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Star misses with the combination.
Star throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Star fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Star.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Star.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bingo Star will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sanchez staying out of range there.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Star moves out of range easily.
Star blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Star wants to clinch.
Star lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Star bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanchez's head backwards.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Star is looking to clinch.
Star takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Star tries to clinch up.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Star moves away.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Star is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Star connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Star moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
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Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Star swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Star connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sanchez's hands.
Good shot there by Star.
Bingo Star seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Star avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Star throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Star moved away.
Star throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Star.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Star moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Star back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star thuds his right hand into Sanchez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sanchez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Star.
Star scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Star counters with a solid body kick.
Bingo Star is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Star.
Sanchez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Star punishes Sanchez's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Star has taken the fight to the clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Star checks it
and Star counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Star scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez throws a sloppy body shot
and Star makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Star with a series of wild strikes but Star uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Star moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Star breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Star swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Star catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Star is looking to clinch.
Star scores with a jab. Sanchez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Star moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Star. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Star misses with a hook.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Star counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Star off the cage and back into range.
Star tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jose Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star misses the shot to the body.
Star fails with an attempt to clinch.
Star throws a nice outside leg kick.
Star lands with a slapping head kick.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Star avoids the head kick by Sanchez.

Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Star has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Star gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez works on Star's body with a couple of short punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Star trying to stall but Sanchez improves his position.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Star keeps him there for the moment.
Star is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Star misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bingo Star comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Star has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bingo Star!
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