PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cael Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulo Sanchez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cael Sanderson's chin.

Sanderson
vs
Sanchez

159 cm
22
222 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cael Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paulo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanderson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanderson trying to mount his opponent but Sanchez defends it.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanderson.
Sanchez tries to kick Sanderson off in order to stand up. Sanderson Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Sanderson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sanchez down.
Sanchez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sanchez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sanderson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanchez is letting Sanderson control him for a moment.
Sanderson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanderson is putting a hurting on Sanchez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sanderson works to advance to full mount. Sanchez defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sanchez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Sanderson landing shots from mount.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Sanchez is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson landing strikes from the mount and Sanchez is in trouble!
Sanchez is still in real trouble! Can Sanderson finish him?
Sanderson raining down shots from the mount!
Sanchez tries to lock up and control but Sanderson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sanderson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanderson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?
Sanderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanchez hang on?
Sanderson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Sanchez bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Sanderson and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cael Sanderson!