PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff. Cold has chosen Hopsin - Trampoline as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saunders
vs
Cold

178 cm
21
165 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
28
152 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Untouchable Fight Nutrition
Brute

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Cold!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Saunders. Cold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Saunders throws an off balance right hand
and Cold makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cold looks for a takedown but Saunders sprawls well.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saunders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joe Saunders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Saunders lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cold has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cold and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cold throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Saunders's waist but Saunders gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cold off to one side.
Cold shoots in looking for a takedown but Saunders manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cold's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Joe Saunders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cold.
Cold avoids the head kick by Saunders.
Saunders misses with a lunging right hand

and Cold counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Saunders throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Saunders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cold is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cold wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Saunders.
Cold wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Saunders.
Saunders punching from mount but Cold doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Saunders working Cold over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saunders landing strikes, looking to finish!
Saunders wants to control the pace but Cold is squirming around nicely.
Cold is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Saunders 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.

Saunders is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cold has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Saunders connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saunders looking to ground and pound but Cold is blocking nicely.
Saunders trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cold is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Saunders controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders looking to control but Cold is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cold takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cold wants to try and get back to his feet.
Saunders trying to control but Cold is having none of it.
Saunders cracks Cold with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cold can't escape the position.
Saunders controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saunders landing strikes from the mount.
Saunders landing strikes from the mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cold can do anything to dispel that myth.
Saunders lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cold hang on?
Cold is squirming around, avoiding Saunders's attempts to control the action.
Cold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saunders throwing strikes but Cold uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Saunders thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cold's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Saunders dominated that round.
That's time! Saunders's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cold ducks under a wild hook from Saunders.
Saunders throws a jab but it's blocked by Cold.
Saunders paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Saunders.
Cold blocks a jab.
Saunders scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Saunders drives through and clinches with Cold against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cold.
Saunders scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cold is looking for a takedown.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saunders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saunders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cold is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Saunders tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saunders.
Saunders misses with the head strike.
Saunders lands with a short shot to the head.
Cold is looking for a takedown.
Still in the clinch, Saunders scores with a nice short uppercut.

It looks like Ray Cold has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Saunders after a bit of a struggle.
Joe Saunders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cold.

Saunders breaks from the clinch.
Saunders thuds his right hand into Cold's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Saunders throws a right hand that misses
and Cold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cold stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Saunders.
Saunders scores with a hook.

Cold is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saunders misses the jab.
Cold is still on wobbly legs! Can Saunders finish him?
Cold moves away from the strike by Saunders.
Saunders misses the jab.
Saunders throws a shot from downtown. Cold moves away and avoids it.
Saunders throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cold sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Saunders swinging wildly here.
Cold staying out of range there.
Saunders misses with an uppercut.
Cold ducks under a wild hook from Saunders.
Cold seems to have recovered his senses.
Saunders misses with a right hand

and Cold counters with a shoot takedown. Saunders fights it but they end up in guard.
Saunders wants to sweep here but Cold controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold wants to control from the top but Saunders keeps moving.
Saunders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cold's guard.
Cold wants to stand up but Saunders is controlling him.
Saunders trying to control the position from guard on top but Cold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saunders loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cold working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saunders.
Saunders with a flurry of punches that miss.
Saunders trying to control but Cold is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saunders passes into half guard.
Cold taking some punishment here, with Saunders in his half guard.
Saunders tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cold knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Saunders with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Saunders missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saunders trying to control the action but Cold is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saunders lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Saunders dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ray Cold's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters circling - Saunders throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cold walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Saunders shoots in for a takedown but Cold shows good takedown defense.
Saunders shoots in and drives through. Cold sprawls well.
Saunders is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cold can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Saunders.
Saunders lands a nice shot to the body.
Cold shoots for a takedown but Saunders saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cold takes one to the side of the head.
Saunders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saunders drops Cold with a huge uppercut! Cold drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Saunders is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Saunders!
Our winner, Joe Saunders, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.