PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Sansario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zen Xiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Sansario has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sansario
vs
Xiao

187 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Sansario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zen Xiao!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiao looks for a takedown but Sansario sprawls well.
Sansario lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Xiao is rocked!
Xiao fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Xiao fails to land the takedown.
Nick Sansario has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zen Xiao.
Xiao looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Sansario drives through and clinches with Xiao against the cage.
Sansario lands a knee to the head.
Xiao is still on wobbly legs! Can Sansario finish him?

Sansario lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Xiao goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Sansario in side control.
Sansario looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Xiao is avoiding damage well.
Xiao is not content to let Sansario control the position.
Xiao looks to move to half guard but instead Sansario has passed into mount! Damn!
Xiao holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sansario tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Xiao seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiao is desperately trying to improve his position but Sansario has a good base and remains in mount.
Sansario unloads with some shots from mount but Xiao bucks and avoids them well.
Xiao is trying desperately to improve position.
Sansario throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Xiao because Sansario loaded up on that one.
Xiao is working to get back to half guard.
Sansario putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sansario sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sansario throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Xiao is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sansario looking to control and managing it successfully.
Xiao is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Xiao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Xiao looks gassed!
Sansario thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Xiao is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sansario thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sansario takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Xiao regains half guard.
Xiao moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Xiao looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Sansario passes into half guard.
Xiao tries to get to full guard but Sansario has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansario thows a huge punch but Xiao dodges it nicely.
Sansario wants to stand up but Xiao is controlling the position.
Xiao tries to roll over but Sansario keeps him under control.

Sansario decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
A lazy left from Sansario finds it's target.
Xiao shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sansario pinned against the cage. Sansario gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Sansario 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.

Xiao bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Sansario comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Xiao falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Xiao was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Sansario!