PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corporal Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Issacs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by "Indestructible" by Disturbed. This should be a great matchup!

Sanders
vs
Issacs

208 cm
23
290 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

202 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Corporal Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alan Issacs!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt - Issacs sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Sanders drives through with a takedown into guard.

Issacs has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanders can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanders scoring with some ground and pound.

Issacs has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Issacs scores with strikes from the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders staying busy and making it hard for Issacs to control.
Issacs avoiding Sanders 's attempts to control his hands.
Sanders breaks Issacs's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Issacs has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanders can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Issacs looks gassed!
Sanders chips away with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Issacs keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Sanders advances to half guard.
Issacs moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sanders passes Issacs's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sanders wants to free his trapped foot but Issacs is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Sanders is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Issacs doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanders.
Sanders seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Issacs does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Issacs manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Issacs had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sanders is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Issacs Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sanders's back instead.
Sanders tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sanders can't escape the position.
Issacs fails to move to back control.
Sanders regains half guard.
Sanders slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Issacs!
Issacs can't escape the position.
Sanders pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanders wants to control the pace but Issacs is squirming around nicely.
Sanders tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Sanders has hold of Issacs's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Issacs manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Issacs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Issacs hang on?
Issacs is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanders has a good base and remains in mount.
Issacs in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Sanders is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Issacs can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Sanders with shots to the head and body - Issacs looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Issacs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Issacs is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corporal Sanders dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sanders misses with a wild combination.
Issacs with a lazy takedown attempt

and Sanders counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Issacs!

Sanders is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Issacs doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sanders.
Issacs trying to control but Sanders postures up.

Sanders seems to be looking for submissions.
Issacs is looking to control Sanders's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Issacs avoid being mounted?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sanders is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Issacs tries to roll over but Sanders keeps him under control.
Sanders wants to pass to mount but Issacs is defending the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Sanders moves into range and clinches up with Issacs.

Sanders turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Sanders stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Sanders pushes Issacs up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Issacs tries for a takedown but Sanders manages to get underhooks.
Sanders tries for a takedown but Issacs manages to get underhooks.
Issacs tries for a takedown but Sanders manages to get underhooks.
Corporal Sanders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alan Issacs.

Issacs successfully pulls guard.
Corporal Sanders overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Issacs looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Issacs is looking for a triangle but Sanders pushes his legs off easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Issacs is on top in guard.

Issacs has gone for a leg lock! Sanders slips out almost immediately though and dives into Issacs's guard.
Sanders stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Issacs swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Issacs lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sanders!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Issacs trying to control but Sanders is having none of it.
Sanders bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Issacs looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Issacs keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Sanders lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sanders advances position into side control!
Issacs is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Sanders tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Issacs tries to improve position but can't.
Sanders advances to full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanders fails to move to back control.
Sanders looking to control but Issacs is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corporal Sanders dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sanders with a poor takedown

and Issacs counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sanders!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Issacs cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanders is trying to escape the mount but Issacs keeps good control and instead manages to take Sanders's back.
Sanders staying busy and making it hard for Issacs to control.
Issacs doesn't have the hooks in and Sanders manages to turn into his guard.
Issacs 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.
Sanders passes Issacs's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Issacs is looking to escape.

Issacs looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Sanders pushes past his half guard into mount!

Sanders looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Issacs is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanders with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanders avoids the attempt from Issacs to control.

Sanders has control of Issacs's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Issacs regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Issacs tries to reverse the position but Sanders maintains control.
Sanders landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A nice elbow there by Sanders.
Sanders lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanders landing punches.

Sanders looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sanders lands with some strikes.
Issacs is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sanders landing punches.
Issacs is looking to improve his position but Sanders isn't that keen on the idea.
Issacs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Issacs can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Issacs is trying to reverse the position but instead Sanders has taken his back - oops!

Sanders looking for the choke but no joy.
Sanders softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Issacs is in bad spot here.

Sanders looking for the choke from the back.

Sanders patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Sanders tries to keep control of the position but Issacs is staying busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders controlling well, preventing Issacs from escaping the position.
Issacs breaks Sanders's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Issacs thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Issacs trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
Sanders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Issacs's guard.

Issacs has his feet on Sanders's thighs here. He's pushed Sanders off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sanders screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alan Issacs!