PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fyodor Pending (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Pending

170 cm
28
144 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
32
130 lbs
32 - 48 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 48 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fyodor Pending!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pending takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez lunges at Pending with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pending's hand.
Jose Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good shot there by Sanchez.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sanchez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pending closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pending needs to keep his hands up - Sanchez had a free shot at his head there.
Sanchez lands a high kick!

Pending is rocked!
Sanchez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pending eats them both and turns towards Sanchez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pending is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pending should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pending seems to have recovered his senses.
Pending avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pending takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a brutal head kick. Pending looks out on his feet and Sanchez throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jose Sanchez!