PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alan Sansing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arjen Blaauwendraat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alan Sansing has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sansing
vs
Blaauwendraat

175 cm
24
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Sansing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arjen Blaauwendraat!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaauwendraat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sansing has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Blaauwendraat.
Blaauwendraat uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sansing.
Sansing displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blaauwendraat.
Blaauwendraat looks to land a combination. Sansing sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sansing dodges the punch combination from Blaauwendraat.
Blaauwendraat swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Sansing clinches up with Blaauwendraat and pushes him back against the cage.

Sansing lands a takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sansing is stalling in the full guard.
Sansing is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sansing drops back looking for a leg! Blaauwendraat is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blaauwendraat manages to kick Sansing off! Sansing jumps back into Blaauwendraat's guard.
Sansing stays in close to Blaauwendraat's body and controls the position.
Sansing lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blaauwendraat has momentary wrist control but Sansing slips an elbow through the middle.
Sansing not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Blaauwendraat really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sansing. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sansing's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blaauwendraat has his foot on Sansing's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sansing works his way back into a safe position though.
Sansing engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

We're going to have a standup here because Alan Sansing wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Blaauwendraat fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blaauwendraat misses with a body shot.

Sansing looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Blaauwendraat is defending against the submission attempts here by Sansing.
Sansing works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sansing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Blaauwendraat?
Sansing fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sansing postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Blaauwendraat badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sansing around the waist but Sansing pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sansing is the winner by TKO! Sansing jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Sansing!
A very excited looking Alan Sansing rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.