PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thorstein Horgmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thorstein Horgmo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Horgmo
vs
Sanders

181 cm
27
144 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

171 cm
32
145 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thorstein Horgmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horgmo throws a head kick that misses.

Horgmo drives through with a takedown into Sanders's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Sanders working for a triangle but Horgmo defends it easily.

Sanders has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Horgmo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sanders is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanders not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanders scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Horgmo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanders is nestled in close to Horgmo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanders thows a huge punch but Horgmo dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horgmo is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanders thows a huge punch but Horgmo dodges it nicely.
Sanders is nestled in close to Horgmo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanders looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Horgmo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanders scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanders is nestled in close to Horgmo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanders lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Horgmo is rocked!
Horgmo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanders on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Horgmo has hold of Sanders's hands but Sanders slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Horgmo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanders lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Horgmo! More strikes land and this one is all over! Sanders jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Sanders!