PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lenny Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Garcia
vs
Sanders

183 cm
24
191 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Very confident

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lenny Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Andrew Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A good leg kick by Sanders.

Sanders closes the distance and clinches.
Sanders working Garcia over with knees to the body.
Garcia wants to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanders takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Garcia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees to the body from Sanders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Sanders with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanders with a knee to the head.
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanders obliges.
Garcia is breathing heavily.
Sanders with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia working hard to break the clinch.
Sanders looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Garcia throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanders misses with a knee strike.
Sanders utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Sanders manages to break the clinch.
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garcia throws out the jab.
Sanders scores with a nice body kick.
Garcia misses with a hook. Sanders ducked under it nicely.
Sanders throws a big counter head kick but Garcia avoids it with no problem.
Sanders connects with an inside leg kick.
Garcia throws a body punch but Sanders moves out of range.
Garcia throws an off balance right hand
and Sanders counters with a nice low kick that buckles Garcia's knee momentarily.
Sanders goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Garcia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sanders blocks a jab.
Sanders lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia misses with a hook
and Sanders counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders throws a nice outside leg kick.

Sanders forces Garcia back against the cage and clinches.
Sanders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sanders scores a nice knee to the body.
Garcia throws a head punch that misses.
Sanders scores with a knee to the head.
Sanders with a knee to the head.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Sanders.
Sanders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanders connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garcia's face.
Sanders scores with a knee to the head.
Sanders with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sanders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garcia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanders slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Garcia misses with a body punch.
Sanders avoids the elbow strike from Garcia, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Sanders.
Garcia struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Sanders blocks an elbow strike.
Sanders with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garcia presses Sanders against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees to the body from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia is leaning against Sanders and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders can't break the clinch.

Sanders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sanders walks into a jab.
Sanders dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garcia. That did some damage!
Garcia throws a big shot that misses.
Sanders thumps Garcia with a low kick.
Sanders ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garcia cracks Sanders with an open hand slap.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanders looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Sanders dodges an elbow strike from Garcia.
A knee to the head by Sanders.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanders stalling in the clinch.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Sanders dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sanders misses with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Sanders there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sanders is looking to slow Garcia down with leg kicks.
Garcia keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanders tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garcia checks a leg kick.
Sanders throws a low kick but it's checked well by Garcia.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Garcia misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Sanders.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice body kick from Sanders.
Garcia throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanders counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Sanders. That one must have hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Garcia takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Andrew Sanders seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Garcia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanders moves away.
Sanders throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body kick there by Sanders.
Sanders with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanders can pounce on him.
Garcia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanders.
Sanders has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garcia darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanders can pounce on him.
Sanders throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sanders explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Sanders connects with a high kick.
Sanders tries to clinch up but Garcia circles away and keeps his distance.
Lenny Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanders is just out of range.
Sanders throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Garcia's head.
Sanders plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders thuds his shin into the meat of Garcia's side.

Sanders gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanders obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Garcia swings for the body but Sanders moves out of range.
Sanders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Garcia misses with a hook.
Sanders swats away the attempt to clinch by Garcia.
Garcia misses with a hook
and Sanders counters with an inside leg kick.
Garcia misses with a looping right.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanders can pounce on him.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanders delivers a nice body kick.
Garcia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Garcia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sanders lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders lands with a thumping leg kick.
Garcia takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sanders throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sanders looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Sanders clinches up with Garcia and pushes him back against the cage.
Garcia is trying to stall.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Garcia.
Andrew Sanders seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanders misses with a knee strike.

Sanders breaks from the clinch.

Sanders closes the distance and pushes Garcia back into the cage.
Sanders is stalling here.
Sanders lands a knee to the head.
Sanders using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Garcia has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Garcia takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanders leaning against his opponent.
Garcia pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders looking to throw knees to the head but Garcia is blocking nicely.
Sanders lands a good knee to the midsection. Garcia won't want to take too many of those.
Sanders with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Garcia just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanders's brow.
Garcia is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanders gets an underhook and turns Garcia into the cage.
Sanders landing knees to the body.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanders scores with a knee to the head.
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but Garcia blocks with his arms.
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Sanders showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sanders tries to clinch
letting Garcia counter with a right hand.
Sanders lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sanders moves out of range as Garcia strikes.
Garcia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanders lands a front kick.
Nice body kick there by Sanders.

Sanders closes the distance and pushes Garcia back into the cage.
Sanders throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanders misses with a knee strike.
Garcia tries to stall but Sanders uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sanders with a knee to the head.
Sanders connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders trying to stall but Garcia improves his position.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanders throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garcia misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to force a seperation but Garcia has the dominant position.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanders throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Garcia blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanders avoids the elbow strike from Garcia, against the cage.
Sanders is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garcia is defending well for now.
Garcia is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanders unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Garcia is trying to stall.
Sanders avoids a wild elbow strike from Garcia.
Sanders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanders being controlled against the cage.
Sanders with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.
Sanders looking to stall.
Sanders tries to land a knee to the head but Garcia blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanders wants to stall.
Sanders landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garcia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Sanders scores with a knee to the head.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.

Sanders escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Sanders throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Garcia misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanders closes the distance and clinches.
Sanders misses with a knee to the head.
Garcia stalling the fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanders as Garcia tries to tie him up.
Sanders landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sanders pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sanders looking to stall.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sanders lands a knee to the body.
Sanders throws a knee to the head but misses.
Garcia is trying to break the clinch but Sanders is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sanders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Garcia stalling.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanders as Garcia tries to tie him up.
Sanders with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanders landing knees to the head.
Garcia can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Sanders with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garcia takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garcia has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Garcia misses with an elbow strike.
Sanders lands a knee to the head.
Lenny Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanders dodges an elbow strike from Garcia.
Sanders tries a knee to the head but Garcia blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Sanders comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanders has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Sanders!