PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pete Schwetty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Schwetty
vs
Sanchez

170 cm
30
154 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

188 cm
26
152 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pete Schwetty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sanchez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Schwetty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez delivers a nice body kick.
Schwetty takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Schwetty has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Schwettys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Schwetty takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Schwetty avoids nicely.
A big right from Schwetty misses.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Schwetty backpedaling.
Sanchez blocks the body kick.
A solid body kick from Sanchez.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sanchez - that will leave a mark!
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schwetty at a distance.
Schwetty avoids the body shot from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a nice body kick.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Schwetty.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Nice straight punches there by Sanchez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sanchez.
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Schwetty misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Schwetty thows a leg kick but Sanchez checks it
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Schwetty ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Schwetty looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Schwetty on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanchez. Sanchez obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanchez swings for the body but Schwetty moves out of range.
Sanchez scores with a spinning back kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schwetty steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanchez. That one must have hurt.
Sanchez lands a right hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
Schwetty takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Schwetty is breathing heavily.
Nice body kick from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Schwetty didn't see that one coming.
Sanchez connects with a right hand. Schwetty shakes it off.
Schwetty throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.
Sanchez scores with the left hand. Schwetty knows he should have avoided that one.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Schwetty had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Schwetty sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Schwettys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Schwetty is rocked!
Sanchez cracks Schwetty with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Schwetty falls to his knees and Sanchez doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanchez!
An out of breath Diego Sanchez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.