PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dark Humors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cael Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Humors comes to the cage accompanied by Hurt - Johnny Cash. Sanderson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Not Affraid- Eminem. The key to victory for Dark Humors has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Humors
vs
Sanderson

185 cm
22
202 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

183 cm
22
191 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dark Humors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cael Sanderson!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanderson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanderson circles away from the clinch attempt

and Sanderson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanderson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sanderson misses with a head shot.
Sanderson cracks Humors with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanderson punching from mount but Humors doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sanderson throwing strikes here but Humors is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sanderson looking to control but Humors is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanderson controlling his opponent.
Sanderson trying to control but Humors is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humors is looking to improve his position but Sanderson isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanderson with shots to the head and body - Humors looks very uncomfortable down there.
Humors is squirming around, avoiding Sanderson's attempts to control the action.
Humors keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanderson unloads with some shots from mount but Humors bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson lands a big shot there that rocks Humors but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Humors is squirming around, avoiding Sanderson's attempts to control the action.
Poor strikes thrown by Sanderson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sanderson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanderson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Humors because Sanderson loaded up on that one.
Sanderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sanderson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Humors is looking to escape.
Sanderson is stalling here but it's allowed Humors to get half guard.
Sanderson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Humors does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sanderson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Humors controlling the position well.

Sanderson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson is trying to control. Humors wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanderson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sanderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Humors slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Humors shoots in and gets a takedown into Sanderson's guard.
Sanderson trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Sanderson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sanderson scores with a takedown into Humors's guard.
Humors controls Sanderson momentarily but Sanderson frees himself.
Cael Sanderson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Humors keeping moving, preventing Sanderson from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Humors wants to get back to his feet but Sanderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sanderson postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humors keeping moving, preventing Sanderson from controlling successfully.

Sanderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Sanderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Humors closes the distance and clinches.
Sanderson takes a shot to the head.
Humors cracks Sanderson with a nice body shot.
Sanderson is trying to drag Humors to the mat but Humors just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sanderson prevents a body shot from Humors.
Humors lands a damaging elbow.
Humors tries to throw a body punch but Sanderson avoids it by throwing Humors back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson avoids the elbow strike from Humors, against the cage.
Sanderson blocking some punches.
Sanderson working hard to break the clinch.
Sanderson blocks an elbow strike.

Humors turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Humors manages to end up in side control.
Humors works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Humors lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sanderson down.
An elbow from Humors crashes against the mat.
Sanderson is looking for a sweep.
Humors looking to control but instead Sanderson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Humors misses with a head shot. Sanderson uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humors in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Humors throws an elbow that misses. Sanderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Humors's guard. Nice move by Sanderson!

Humors on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Humors tries to get out of the position.
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Humors keeps moving.
Sanderson stopping the sweep attempt from Humors.
Humors being controlled here, momentarily.
Sanderson trying to control but Humors is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sanderson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Humors has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Humors is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanderson wants to pass the guard but Humors is keeping the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dark Humors dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Humors as Sanderson shoots in.
Humors misses with a wild body shot.

Humors throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sanderson was covering up waiting for the punch and Humors finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Humors throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Humors.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Humors throws an elbow that misses. Sanderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Humors's guard. Nice move by Sanderson!

Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Humors managing to control the position.
Sanderson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Humors looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanderson is one step ahead there.
Humors keeping moving, preventing Sanderson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanderson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A lull in the action here as Sanderson stalls from top position.
Humors is looking to regain half guard here but Sanderson keeps moving and retains side control.
Sanderson wants to control but Humors is keeping him busy.
Sanderson might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Humors haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humors managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sanderson.
Humors looks to move to half guard but instead Sanderson has passed into mount! Damn!
Sanderson wants to control the pace but Humors is squirming around nicely.
Sanderson unloads with some shots from mount but Humors bucks and avoids them well.
Humors blocking the ground and pound.
Sanderson throwing strikes but Humors uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Humors is refusing to be controlled, as Sanderson sits in half guard.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Humors fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sanderson sprawls well initially but Humors persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Humors works over Sanderson with some ground and pound from guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dark Humors showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Humors has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dark Humors!
A very excited looking Dark Humors made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Cael Sanderson was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for everyone for their support. Sorry I let you down but I promise to come back stronger than ever. Thank you!'.