PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Guida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guida comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stupid Kid - Alkaline Trio kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sanchez
vs
Guida

188 cm
23
144 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

180 cm
33
140 lbs
8 - 6 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Guida!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guida avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Guida takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Guida gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Guida pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Guida avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Guida.
Guida works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez trying to stall but Guida improves his position.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Guida has the dominant position.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Guida.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Guida is keeping busy.
Guida misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Guida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanchez is working Guida over against the cage.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Guida blocks it.
Guida landing knees to the head.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Guida lands an elbow inside.
Guida lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Guida controls his hands.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Sanchez as the two fighters clinch.
Guida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida trying to stall but Sanchez improves his position.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Guida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Guida backwards.
Sanchez is trying to push Guida away but Guida has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guida taking a breather.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.
Guida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guida tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Guida keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Guida.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guida gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Guida tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guida tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanchez avoids the damage to the body.
Guida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Guida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.
Guida throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanchez lands a right hand.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Guida.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guida backwards.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Guida.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Guida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guida.
Guida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Guida throws a head punch that misses.
Guida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guida backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez is struggling to control the position.
Guida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Guida 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ray Guida will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Guida throws a head kick that misses.
Guida misses with a leg kick.
Guida goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez clobbers Guida with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Guida misses with a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Guida misses with a head kick.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Guida moves out of range easily.
Guida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez throws a hook but Guida blocks it.
Guida with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Guida missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanchez.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Guida.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
Guida keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Guida fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sanchez, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Guida keeps him there for the moment.
Guida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanchez.
Guida tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Guida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guida lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Guida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Guida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Guida misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez tries to stall but Guida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida misses with a straight left.
Guida tries to land a front kick but Sanchez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Guida moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guida throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Guida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Guida fakes the leg kick and cracks Sanchez in the body.
Sanchez pushes Guida away with a front kick.
Guida blocks a jab.
Sanchez scores with the left hand. Guida knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guida manages to avoid it.
Guida lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guida.
Guida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida 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 low kick as Guida jumps back.
Crunch! Guida slams his shin into Sanchez's torso.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Guida is out of range.
Guida will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanchez checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Guida slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Guida doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Guida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diego Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Guida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Guida moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Guida sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guida moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guida.
Guida digs a good hook to Sanchez's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez is looking to slow Guida down with leg kicks.
Guida walks into a straight right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Guida lands a really nice looking cross but Sanchez seems unphased.
Guida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Guida ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Guida fails with a takedown attempt.
Diego Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Guida.
Guida swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Guida off balance momentarily.
A jab from Sanchez misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanchez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Sanchez motions for Guida to come forward. Sanchez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Guida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Guida.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guida.
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Guida to score with a decent uppercut.
Guida lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Guida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Guida moved away.
A low kick from Sanchez misses
and Guida counters with a slapping leg kick.
Guida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Sanchez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sanchez lands a right hook to the body.

Guida has closed the distance and engaged Sanchez in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Guida.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guida backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Guida misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Guida lands a knee to the head.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez lands with an uppercut that bounces Guida off the cage and back into range.
Guida ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guida was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook but Guida avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Guida.
Guida avoids the body shot from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Guida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guida attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Guida checks a leg kick.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the body
and Guida counters with an outside leg kick.
Guida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Guida is just out of range.
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Guida walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Guida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guida manages to avoid it.
Guida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanchez misses the target.
Guida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Guida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab from Guida misses.
Guida throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Guida throws a low kick but Sanchez moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanchez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sanchez.
Guida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guida feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Guida takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A cross from Guida lands.
Sanchez scoring well with a low kick there.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Guida can pounce on him.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Guida saw that one coming.
Sanchez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Sanchez throws a hook but Guida blocks it.
Guida's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Guida saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Sanchez!
Our winner, Diego Sanchez, 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.