PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fus Ro Dah (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. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ro Dah
vs
Sanchez

204 cm
21
260 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
230 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp(w. laundry:10%)

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fus Ro Dah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Estefan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ro Dah, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Estefan Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Our sources have told us that Ro Dah has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Ro Dah, against the cage.
A short right from Sanchez.
Ro Dah taking a breather.
Sanchez is trying to push Ro Dah away but Ro Dah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Ro Dah utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sanchez looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ro Dah scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ro Dah slowing the pace effectively.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Ro Dah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ro Dah unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ro Dah stalls.
Ro Dah seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ro Dah.
Ro Dah avoiding damage.
Ro Dah throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanchez tries to break free but Ro Dah pushes him back against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Ro Dah dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Ro Dah moves to clinch but Sanchez breaks away
and Sanchez counters with a head kick.

Ro Dah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ro Dah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Good body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Ro Dah has denied him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
Sanchez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez is working Ro Dah over against the cage.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ro Dah has him pressed against the cage.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ro Dah looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ro Dah keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ro Dah throws an elbow but misses.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Ro Dah, against the cage.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ro Dah putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sanchez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ro Dah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sanchez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Ro Dah lands a damaging elbow.
Ro Dah throws an elbow but it misses.
Ro Dah misses with a knee strike.
Ro Dah lands a left hand.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ro Dah tries to move into range but Sanchez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. Ro Dah looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ro Dah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ro Dah's sensitive parts.
Ro Dah wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Ro Dah moves out of range.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez cracks Ro Dah with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ro Dah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ro Dah fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Ro Dah down.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Ro Dah tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Ro Dah.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez gets through Ro Dah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez leaning against his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ro Dah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fus Ro Dah dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Estefan Sanchez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Ro Dah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Ro Dah.
Ro Dah avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sanchez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Fus Ro Dah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ro Dah tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ro Dah lands an elbow inside.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ro Dah stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Ro Dah missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ro Dah.
Sanchez letting Ro Dah take a breather here.
Ro Dah looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Ro Dah gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Ro Dah controls the action.
Ro Dah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Sanchez managing to block the knees to the body from Ro Dah.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ro Dahs head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ro Dah throws an elbow but misses.
Ro Dah is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ro Dah's elbow.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ro Dah takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ro Dah takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Estefan Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ro Dah looking to throw knees to the head but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Fus Ro Dah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ro Dah crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Ro Dah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ro Dah - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sanchez has had enough of the clinch but Ro Dah keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Ro Dah.
Sanchez is trying to push Ro Dah away but Ro Dah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ro Dah looking to stall.
Ro Dah takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ro Dah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanchez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Ro Dah gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ro Dah taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ro Dah.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Ro Dah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ro Dah has Sanchez pushed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ro Dah lands an elbow that stopped Sanchez in his tracks for a moment.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ro Dah throws an elbow but misses.
Ro Dah scores with a knee to the head.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ro Dah misses with an elbow over the top.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up.
Ro Dah wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A punch lands to the side of Ro Dah 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Ro Dah leaning against his opponent.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fus Ro Dah dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Estefan Sanchez's cut.
That's time! Ro Dah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ro Dah has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Ro Dah's head.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ro Dah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ro Dah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ro Dah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez lands a slapping body shot.

Sanchez has closed the distance and engaged Ro Dah in a clinch.
Ro Dah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ro Dah wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro Dah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Ro Dah wants to clinch.
Ro Dah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ro Dah dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Ro Dah moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanchez, right into the meat.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Ro Dah has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a right hand.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Ro Dah avoids them all with ease.
Ro Dah wants to clinch.
Sanchez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Ro Dah gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ro Dah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Ro Dah lands a nice elbow.
Ro Dah lands a damaging elbow.
Sanchez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah wants to clinch.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Ro Dah has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ro Dah connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Estefan Sanchez's cut even more.
Ro Dah trying to land knees to the body.
Sanchez avoids the elbow strike from Ro Dah, against the cage.
Ro Dah keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to push Ro Dah away but Ro Dah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez is trying to push Ro Dah away but Ro Dah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ro Dah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ro Dah tries to clinch but Sanchez moves away
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Fus Ro Dah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ro Dah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ro Dah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up.
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 keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Estefan Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ro Dah clinches up against the cage.
Ro Dah landing some nice looking knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fus Ro Dah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ro Dah, 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fus Ro Dah!
Fus Ro Dah decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.