PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fus Ro Dah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Foo Fighters- My Hero. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sanchez
vs
Ro Dah

195 cm
24
243 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

204 cm
23
260 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Zipp Zapp

VIRAL COMBAT

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Estefan Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fus Ro Dah!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ro Dah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ro Dah throws an elbow but misses.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Ro Dah blocks it.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ro Dah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ro Dah landing knees to the body.
Ro Dah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanchez blocks it with crossed arms.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the body.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ro Dah lands an elbow inside that Sanchez shrugs off.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ro Dah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.

It looks like Estefan Sanchez has been cut.
Ro Dah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanchez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A knee to the head by Ro Dah.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ro Dah lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Ro Dah drops Sanchez with a big knee straight up the middle! Sanchez is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Sanchez is rocked!
Ro Dah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch.

Ro Dah has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Ro Dah tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ro Dah.
Sanchez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ro Dah misses with a hook from the clinch.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Ro Dah manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ro Dah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ro Dah fails with an attempt to clinch.

Ro Dah darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanchez's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez blocks the elbow strike.
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ro Dah has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Ro Dah.
Sanchez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ro Dah misses with a knee strike.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanchez is trying to break free.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ro Dah misses with a knee to the head.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Ro Dah has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ro Dah pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ro Dah closes the distance but Sanchez moves to the side
and Sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ro Dah moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Ro Dah is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.

Ro Dah closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Ro Dah.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Ro Dah is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ro Dah can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Ro Dah.
Sanchez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ro Dah tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez scores with a three punch combo!
Ro Dah moves out of range of the body kick from Sanchez.

Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Ro Dah has taken the fight into the clinch.

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

Ro Dah rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ro Dah landing knees to the head.
Ro Dah landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ro Dah works on Sanchez's body with a couple of short punches.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks with his arms.
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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Ro Dah tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sanchez counters with a head kick. That will keep Ro Dah thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ro Dah tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ro Dah doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.

Ro Dah pushes Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Ro Dah landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ro Dah lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Knees to the body from Ro Dah.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ro Dah lands a nice elbow.
Ro Dah comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ro Dah utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fus Ro Dah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ro Dah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanchez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ro Dah drops Sanchez with a big knee straight up the middle! Sanchez is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Estefan Sanchez's cut is getting worse.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ro Dah looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Estefan Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Ro Dah.

Ro Dah moves into the clinch successfully.
Ro Dah throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanchez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ro Dah crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Ro Dah lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the temple.
Ro Dah has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ro Dah tries a knee to the head but Sanchez blocks it.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Ro Dah has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ro Dah scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ro Dah leaning his opponent against the cage.
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.
Nice body punch from Ro Dah - that landed with a thud.
Ro Dah scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Ro Dah crunches a lovely knee into Sanchez's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ro Dah obliges.
Ro Dah lands a big knee to the head and Sanchez goes down! Ro Dah pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fus Ro Dah!
A very excited looking Fus Ro Dah 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.