PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kratos Gorkhain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Foo Fighters- My Hero as his entrance music. Estefan Sanchez will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Gorkhain
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
25
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

195 cm
19
210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

[IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kratos Gorkhain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Estefan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorkhain throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gorkhain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gorkhain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez dips to his left and cracks Gorkhain with an uppercut!
Gorkhain throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gorkhain.
Gorkhain throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanchez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut lands for Sanchez. That snapped Gorkhain's head back.
Gorkhain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sanchez.
Gorkhain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez throws a low kick, looking for Gorkhain's leg but Gorkhain calmly moves out of range.
A combination from Gorkhain does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Gorkhain is out of range.
Gorkhain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Gorkhain, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gorkhain misses with a combination
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gorkhain circles away.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Sanchez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gorkhain on the side of the head.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gorkhain counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sanchez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gorkhain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gorkhain throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a combination. Gorkhain tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gorkhain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gorkhain. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gorkhain is breathing heavily.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gorkhain.
Gorkhain misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Gorkhain fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the head.
Gorkhain just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gorkhain takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sloppy strikes from Gorkhain. Those never looked like landing.
Gorkhain pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sanchez back to the cage. Gorkhain follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gorkhain had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A combination from Gorkhain does no damage.
Estefan Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gorkhain throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gorkhain throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Gorkhain takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanchez cracks Gorkhain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gorkhain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez swings for the body but Gorkhain moves out of range.
Gorkhain slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Gorkhain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorkhain moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gorkhains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez misses the jab.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez tests Gorkhain's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez takes a swing at Gorkhain's ribcage but misses.
Gorkhain moves forwards but Sanchez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A punch combination from Gorkhain misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez tries to bum rush Gorkhain with a series of wild strikes but Gorkhain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gorkhain on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Sanchez thumps Gorkhain with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estefan Sanchez dominated that 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.

Gorkhain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Gorkhain lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez cracks Gorkhain with an open hand slap.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Sanchez prevents Gorkhain from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Gorkhain is controlling the position.
Gorkhain wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Gorkhain has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

Gorkhain breaks the clinch.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Gorkhain ducks under and follows up with a left that Gorkhain also avoids with ease.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Gorkhain is looking to wear down Sanchez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gorkhain's head backwards.
Gorkhain misses with a wild body shot.
Gorkhain misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Gorkhain.
Sanchez works over Gorkhain's head and body with a nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorkhain swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Jab by Sanchez.
Gorkhain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gorkhain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gorkhain avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Gorkhain backs away looking to recover.
Gorkhain gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gorkhain throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Gorkhain.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanchez scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sanchez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gorkhain. That did some damage!
Sanchez tests Gorkhain's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorkhain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Good exchange - Sanchez coming out on top.
Gorkhain misses with a wild body shot.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gorkhain manages to avoid it.
Gorkhain takes one on the button.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.

Sanchez clinches up with Gorkhain and pushes him back against the cage.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Gorkhain moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorkhain misses with a straight right.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Gorkhain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gorkhain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gorkhain misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gorkhain.
Good leg kick by Sanchez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gorkhain momentarily.
Gorkhain slips under a jab.
Sanchez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gorkhain lands with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Gorkhain circles away.
Sanchez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Gorkhain avoids it well.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez thows a body shot but no joy.
Estefan Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gorkhain lands the left hand.
Gorkhain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Estefan Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sanchez tries to clinch there but Gorkhain circles away.
Gorkhain throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Gorkhain throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez connects with a crisp jab.
Gorkhain cracks Sanchez with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gorkhain.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gorkhain misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gorkhain cracks Sanchez with a good jab.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gorkhain's head backwards.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorkhain throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Gorkhain keeps it at a distance.
A cross from Sanchez lands.
Gorkhain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gorkhain ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.

Sanchez forces Gorkhain back against the cage and clinches.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Gorkhain has double underhooks.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Gorkhain does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left lands for Sanchez.
Gorkhain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gorkhain is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a jab to the nose.
Gorkhain misses the shot to the body.
Gorkhain falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez jabs Gorkhain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gorkhain takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gorkhain counters with a straight right hand.
Gorkhain moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez connects with a high kick.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Gorkhain saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez punishes Gorkhain's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Gorkhain sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gorkhain misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Gorkhain avoids nicely.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Gorkhain avoids it well.
Gorkhain has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
Gorkhain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gorkhain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
A bone on bone clash there as Gorkhain blocks the leg kick.
Gorkhain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gorkhain at a distance.
Gorkhain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez cracks the inside of Gorkhain's front leg.
A punch combination from Gorkhain misses.
Sanchez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Gorkhain.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Gorkhain down.
Kratos Gorkhain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A lazy left from Sanchez finds it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Gorkhain avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Estefan Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Estefan Sanchez!
In his post fight interview, Estefan Sanchez started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.