PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barney Rubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Sanchez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rubble
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
255 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barney Rubble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubble swinging wildly here.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rubble really is a fat lump.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Rubble pushes him off.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanchez obliges.
Rubble is breathing heavily.
Rubble goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sanchez prevents it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Rubble takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Sanchez clinches up against the cage.

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

Oooooh!!! Sanchez has knocked Rubble down with a huge combo! Sanchez steps away and waves a wobbly Rubble back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Barney Rubble has been cut.

Sanchez moves into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sanchez clinches up against the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sanchez cracks Rubble with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sanchez has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Rubble to stand back up!

Rubble is rocked!

Sanchez rushes Rubble and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Rubble's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez has hold of one of Rubble's legs. Rubble is fighting the takedown attempt but Sanchez gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rubble working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rubble avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanchez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rubble works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez is working Rubble over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez trying to control but Rubble is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchez stands up over Rubble, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Rubble blocks nicely.
Sanchez postures up in Rubble's guard and throws a big left but Rubble blocks it.
Rubble preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez stands up over Rubble, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rubble's head.
Rubble utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanchez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sanchez lands a couple of elbows.
Rubble working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez advances position into side control!
Rubble managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sanchez.
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rubble keeps working.
Rubble takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Sanchez lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sanchez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sanchez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sanchez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Rubble some visible discomfort.
Sanchez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oh Rubble is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rubble is avoiding damage well.
Rubble tries to buck Sanchez off but Sanchez is having none of it.
Rubble seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scoring with punches from side control.
Rubble tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Rubble is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Sanchez can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Sanchez!
Barney Rubble spoke after the fight, saying 'sorry to fans across the nation.'.