PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanavio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Blood
vs
Sanavio

183 cm
29
184 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

188 cm
32
182 lbs
18 - 7 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darin Blood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanavio!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood throws a leg kick but Sanavio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sanavio shoots in for a double leg but Blood sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Blood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood takes a swing at Sanavio's ribcage but misses.
Sanavio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blood throws a shot to the body.
Sanavio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blood circles away.
Sanavio takes a swing at Blood's ribcage but misses.
Sanavio throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanavio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Darin Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Sanavio.
Sanavio blocks a leg kick.
Blood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanavio was well out of range. Poor timing from Blood.
Blood misses with a low kick.
Blood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanavio, as that shot connected.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanavio misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Blood misses its intended target.
Sanavio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blood manages to avoid it.
Blood ducks under a wild hook from Sanavio.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanavio, right into the meat.
Sanavio lands with an overhand left.
Sanavio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blood checks a low kick from Sanavio.
Sanavio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Donk. Blood catches Sanavio right on the button with a cross.
Blood steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanavio. That one must have hurt.
Blood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blood throws the kick towards the body but Sanavio avoids it.
Blood is looking to wear down Sanavio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio throws a half hearted mid kick.
Blood lands a jab to Sanavio's midsection.
Blood blocks the body kick.
Blood thuds his shin into the meat of Sanavio's side.
Sanavio with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Sanavio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanavio.
Sanavio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blood.
Blood scores with a leg kick.
Sanavio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.
Blood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blood slips under a jab.
Blood lands a jab to Sanavio's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood misses with a body kick.
Blood moves out of range of the strikes.

Sanavio gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Blood sneaks back into half guard.
Sanavio prevents Blood from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanavio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanavio passes the guard and advances to mount!
Sanavio landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blood tries to hold on but Sanavio pushes him away.
Sanavio is landing with some decent strikes but Blood is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanavio lands a heavy elbow.
Blood wants to hold on but Sanavio pushes him away.
Blood can't escape the position.
Sanavio with the ground and pound from mount.
Blood is looking to improve his position but Sanavio isn't that keen on the idea.
Blood is in a horrible position here. Sanavio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Blood keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanavio with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanavio landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Diego Sanavio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sanavio moves out of range as Blood throws a body kick.
Blood tries a low kick but Sanavio avoids it.
Sanavio tries to land a front kick but Blood steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sanavio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blood looks to land a right hand but Sanavio moved out of range.
Sanavio checks a leg kick.
Blood throws a solid leg kick but Sanavio takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blood.
Blood moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanavio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blood throws a low kick but Sanavio avoids it.
Blood takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Blood gets caught flat footed, as Sanavio shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanavio won't allow Blood to sweep him here.
Blood managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanavio thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sanavio postures up.
Sanavio tries to free his leg and advance position but Blood is retaining full guard.
Blood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sanavio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanavio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanavio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Blood is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanavio is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood stalling.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blood lands a nice short elbow.
Sanavio wants to improve his position but Blood is controlling well.
Sanavio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Blood looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanavio with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanavio makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sanavio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanavio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blood manages to get himself to full guard.
Diego Sanavio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blood controls Sanavio momentarily but Sanavio frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Sanavio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blood is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Blood can't do much from the bottom here.
Sanavio misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Blood is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Blood is trying to control Sanavio's posture but Sanavio avoids it.
Sanavio working the ground and pound.
Blood tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sanavio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Blood takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sanavio working away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanavio working the ground and pound from side control.
Blood struggling a bit here.
Blood is trying to get back to half guard.
Sanavio lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanavio scoring with punches and elbows.
Sanavio scores with punches from side control.
Sanavio working the ground and pound but Blood is defending the strikes.
Sanavio looks up at the clock and then as Blood takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sanavio smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanavio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Blood missing with a left hand there. Sanavio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Blood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanavio in his tracks.
Blood fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanavio is out of range.
Blood throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darin Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanavio swings for the body but Blood moves out of range.
Blood swings for the body but Sanavio moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Sanavio does a little dance to reset his feet.
A lazy body kick from Blood
and Sanavio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Blood is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Blood throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanavio.
Blood scores with a jab to the body.
Blood misses with a leg kick
and Sanavio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanavio moves away.
Blood shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sanavio misses its intended target.
Sanavio blocks the body kick.
Sanavio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blood throws a front kick aimed at Sanavio's knee but Sanavio avoids it well.
Darin Blood is winning the standup battle so far.
Blood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanavio throws out the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Blood finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Blood tries to work over Sanavio's front leg with a kick but Sanavio checks it.
Sanavio throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blood with a jab.
Blood throws a hook to the side of Sanavio's head but Sanavio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanavio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blood can pounce on him.
Sanavio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Blood digs a good hook to Sanavio's body.
Sanavio cracks Blood with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood ducks under a wild hook from Sanavio.
Blood on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sanavio tries to work over Blood's front leg with a kick but Blood checks it.
Sanavio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blood moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blood misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanavio, right into the meat.
Blood lands a leg kick that knocks Sanavio off balance momentarily.
A left lands for Blood.
Sanavio looks to score with a jab to the body but Blood is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Blood.
Blood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Blood moves out of range of the leg kick from Sanavio.
Sanavio checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sanavio is out of range and Blood settles back down.
Good work by Sanavio as he checks the leg kick.
Sanavio checks a low kick from Blood.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanavio moves away.
Sanavio takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanavio misses with a head kick.
Sanavio shoots for a double leg takedown but Blood sprawls well. He's pushed Sanavio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Blood throws a front kick aimed at Sanavio's knee but Sanavio avoids it well.
Sanavio avoids the body shot from Blood.
Sanavio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blood but Blood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanavio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanavio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.
Sanavio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Blood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanavio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blood was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanavio.
Blood looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanavio shoots in for a double leg but Blood sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Darin Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Sanavio.
Sanavio swings for the body but Blood moves out of range.
Sanavio throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blood.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
Blood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blood connects with the punch.
Sanavio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Blood.
Darin Blood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blood throws a front kick aimed at Sanavio's knee but Sanavio avoids it well.
Blood ducks under a wild hook from Sanavio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darin Blood clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sanavio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blood. Sanavio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blood throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Blood tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blood cracks the inside of Sanavio's front leg.
Sanavio slips a jab from Blood.
Blood takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Blood throws a shot to the body.
Sanavio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Blood takes a step back to recover.
Blood walks into a stiff left hand from Sanavio.
Sanavio misses with an uppercut.
Sanavio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood misses the body punch
and Sanavio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanavio just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanavio is defended easily by Blood.
Sanavio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blood blocks a head kick by Sanavio.
A head kick misses from Blood.
Blood defending well as Sanavio loads up on a big left hand.
Blood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanavio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood throws a nice looking combination but Sanavio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blood walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Blood 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanavio misses with a leg kick
and Blood counters with a thumping low kick.
Blood throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A low kick from Sanavio is predictable there
and Blood counters with a nice body shot.
Sanavio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanavio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blood avoids it really well and circles away.
Sanavio is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Blood lands a body shot.
Blood dips to his left and cracks Sanavio with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanavio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blood.
Blood lands with a good body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanavio.
Blood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanavio.
Sanavio's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Blood defending well as Sanavio loads up on a big left hand.
Sanavio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blood delivers a nice body kick.
Blood takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanavio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blood.
Sanavio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blood misses with a body kick.
Sanavio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A big left from Blood misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanavio scores with a takedown into Blood's guard.
Sanavio preventing the sweep.
Blood is adopting a defensive guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanavio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanavio won't allow Blood to sweep him here.
Sanavio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blood not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Darin Blood.
Blood misses with a left hand
and Sanavio counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Diego Sanavio will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Blood avoids the body shot from Sanavio.
Sanavio looks for a takedown but Blood sprawls well.
Blood takes a swing at Sanavio's ribcage but misses.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blood thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanavio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Blood throws a leg kick but Sanavio sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big right from Blood misses.
Blood drops his hands momentarily and Sanavio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sanavio ducks under a wild hook from Blood.
Sanavio throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Blood misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanavio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Blood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sanavio takes one on the button.
Blood stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanavio loads up on a big right hand but Blood slips the punch.
Sanavio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blood.
Sanavio takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Blood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Blood connects with an inside leg kick.
Sanavio moves out of range of the body kick from Blood.
Sanavio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanavio misses the body punch
and Blood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blood attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Darin Blood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blood's waist but Blood gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanavio off to one side.
Sanavio throws a body punch but Blood moves out of range.
Blood misses the shot to the body.
Sanavio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanavio misses with a combination
and Blood counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanavio is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanavio moves out of range of the leg kick from Blood.
Blood takes a swing at Sanavio's ribcage but misses.
Blood scores with a hook to the body. Sanavio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanavio gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Blood counters with a straight right hand.
Darin Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Sanavio.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.
Diego Sanavio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice shot lands for Blood.
Blood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blood takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanavio fakes the leg kick and cracks Blood in the body.
Sanavio misses with a low kick as Blood jumps back.
Sanavio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blood but Blood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanavio looks to score with a jab to the body but Blood is just out of range.
Sanavio lands a high kick!
Blood swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Sanavio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Blood is looking to reverse the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio wants to take a breather but Blood manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Sanavio.
Blood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanavio is one step ahead there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sanavio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sanavio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blood trying to control the position here.
Sanavio sitting in guard here, content to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Blood looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darin Blood showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanavio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 47:48
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 47:48
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Sanavio!
Diego Sanavio is the new welterweight champion!
Diego Sanavio really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « AJFC↑ TRIPLE 160Q ® logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.