PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Josefski Slabadavski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pat sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ARS MORIENDI kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as pat sanchez enters the cage!

Slabadavski
vs
sanchez

164 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

225 cm
23
150 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josefski Slabadavski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, pat sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slabadavski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
pat sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from sanchez misses.
sanchez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slabadavski.
sanchez misses with the combination.
No luck for Slabadavski with that takedown attempt.
sanchez misses with a double jab.
sanchez lands a two punch combo.
sanchez misses with the combination.
sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Slabadavski backpedaling.
sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Slabadavski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
sanchez tries to clinch but Slabadavski moves out of range.
sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Slabadavski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Slabadavski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. sanchez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if sanchez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Slabadavski advances to full mount.
A nice elbow there by Slabadavski.
sanchez tries to hold on but Slabadavski postures up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Slabadavski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Slabadavski trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Slabadavski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
sanchez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
sanchez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Slabadavski cracks sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

sanchez is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slabadavski looking to finish with strikes here!
sanchez taking shots to the head.
sanchez is still in real trouble! Can Slabadavski finish him?
Slabadavski lands a big shot there that rocks sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Slabadavski working the ground and pound effectively.
sanchez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Slabadavski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
sanchez seems to have recovered his senses.
sanchez is trying to stand.
Slabadavski is tying to control. sanchez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Slabadavski missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slabadavski lands strikes from half guard.
sanchez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski lands with a punch from half guard.
Slabadavski is breathing heavily.
Slabadavski prevents sanchez from standing back up.
Slabadavski moves nicely into side control.

Slabadavski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but sanchez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Slabadavski tries to move into full mount but can't pass sanchez's legs.
Slabadavski fails to land a wild elbow strike.
sanchez tries to escape but Slabadavski is in control.
Slabadavski scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at sanchez to see if he's OK.
sanchez is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Slabadavski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Slabadavski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
sanchez is trying to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
sanchez looks to land a combination but Slabadavski avoids it well.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Slabadavski.
Slabadavski working the ground and pound from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Slabadavski working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slabadavski wants to lay and pray for a moment but sanchez keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josefski Slabadavski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Slabadavski shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Slabadavski showed some decent athleticism there.
sanchez tries to kick Slabadavski off but Slabadavski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
sanchez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slabadavski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Slabadavski seems to be looking for submissions.
sanchez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slabadavski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Slabadavski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slabadavski is working sanchez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Slabadavski's guard.
Slabadavski looking for a sweep. Not yet Slabadavski, not yet.
Slabadavski is working hard here to advance position.
sanchez wants to stand but Slabadavski has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

sanchez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
sanchez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Slabadavski's guard.
sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Slabadavski throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Slabadavski missing with punches from the bottom.
Slabadavski is trying to maintain the position but sanchez is very close to passing his half guard.
Slabadavski is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because sanchez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Slabadavski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
sanchez prevents Slabadavski from improving his position.
Josefski Slabadavski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slabadavski misses with a takedown attempt - sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

sanchez clinches with his opponent.

sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Slabadavski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Slabadavski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from sanchez.
sanchez throws a right and a left that Slabadavski avoids nicely.

Slabadavski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for sanchez!
Slabadavski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
sanchez can't escape the position.
Slabadavski with a couple of short strikes.
Slabadavski unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. sanchez looks a forlorn figure.
Slabadavski is landing with some decent strikes but sanchez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Slabadavski 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 writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Slabadavski won't let sanchez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Slabadavski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
sanchez taking shots to the head.
sanchez is trying to stand.
Slabadavski unloading with bombs!
Slabadavski cracks sanchez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Slabadavski is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. sanchez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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 is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josefski Slabadavski dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Slabadavski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in sanchez's guard.
sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Slabadavski.
Slabadavski pushing down on sanchez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Slabadavski tries to pass to full mount but sanchez defends it.
sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Slabadavski is nestled in close to sanchez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
sanchez tries to kick Slabadavski off but Slabadavski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Slabadavski passes to side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slabadavski working the ground and pound.
Slabadavski lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez is trying to get back to his feet.
Slabadavski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
sanchez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
sanchez is not content to let Slabadavski control the position.
sanchez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
sanchez is looking to reverse the position.
sanchez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Slabadavski tries for a kimura but sanchez is defending well.
Slabadavski looks up at the clock and then as sanchez takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Slabadavski smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
You can see the frustration on sanchez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
sanchez is trying to buck Slabadavski off.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
sanchez scores with a hook.
sanchez misses with a wild body shot.
sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Slabadavski closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as Slabadavski sits in half guard.
Slabadavski is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

sanchez pushes Slabadavski off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez lands a with a good body shot.
Slabadavski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from sanchez.
Slabadavski misses with a takedown attempt - sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A cross from sanchez lands.
sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Slabadavski.

Slabadavski decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Slabadavski is trying to work for a kimura but sanchez is defending well.

Slabadavski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Slabadavski.
pat sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
sanchez tries to kick Slabadavski off but Slabadavski keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Slabadavski perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Slabadavski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. sanchez defending well though.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slabadavski shoots for a double leg takedown but sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Slabadavski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
sanchez lands a two punch combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josefski Slabadavski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Slabadavski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Josefski Slabadavski!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Josefski Slabadavski!
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight for Josefski Slabadavski!

Josefski Slabadavski wins by unanimous decision!