PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lamont Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanford comes to the cage accompanied by Stevie Wonder - Superstition. Young is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Sanford
vs
Young

170 cm
30
164 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

166 cm
31
160 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
Hellbent

Voodoo Nutrition
Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lamont Sanford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Sanford on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've been told by Sanford's head coaches at 5 Star Spar Bazaar OFC that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Young moves forwards but Sanford connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sanford connects with a right hand. Young shakes it off.
A left lands for Young.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Lamont Sanford has been cut.
Young misses with an uppercut

and Sanford moves into the clinch.
Sanford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanford lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanford's brow.
Young lands a body shot.
Young prevents a body shot from Sanford.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young prevents a body shot from Sanford.

Sanford manages to break the clinch.
Sanford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young works Sanford's body with a nice hook.
Young misses with a low kick as Sanford jumps back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanford.
Sloppy strikes from Sanford. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Young slips a jab from Sanford.
Young let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Young throws a jab when Sanford was well out of range.
Young lands a jab to Sanford's midsection.
We've been informed that Young has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sanford throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Young walks into a left hand.
Young showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanford.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanford.
A little jabbing left from Young on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Sanford.
Young takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice shot by Sanford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young walks into a left hand.
Young misses with a double jab

and Sanford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sanford.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanford.
Sanford misses with a body punch.
Sanford is leaning against Young and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanford lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Young.
Young lands a body punch in the clinch.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanford tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Sanford lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanford throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.
Sanford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanford lands a shot to the body.
Sanford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
Nice body punch from Sanford.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young working aggressively here.
Sanford missing with knees to the body.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanford lands an uppercut.
Sanford tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Sanford tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Sanford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanford.
Sanford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanford tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Sanford is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Young takes an elbow to the temple.
Young lands a right hand.
Sanford can't find room to land a body shot as Young controls the action.
A body shot lands from Young.
Young misses with a body punch.
Young misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
Young prevents a body shot from Sanford.
Sanford tries to throw a body punch but Young avoids it by throwing Sanford back against the cage.
Young wants to stall.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanford.
Sanford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Young's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sanford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanford just misses with a punch to the body.
Young scores with a jab. Sanford acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sanford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lamont Sanford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lamont Sanford's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sloppy strikes from Sanford. Those never looked like landing.
Sanford looks to throw a body kick
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Young takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lamont Sanford is winning the standup battle so far.
Young misses with a body shot.
Sanford bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Young tries to clinch but Sanford is having none of it.
Young scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young tries to clinch up but Sanford circles away and keeps his distance.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanford. That's going to slow Young down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford lunges at Young with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Young's hand.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanford avoids the body shot from Young.
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Sanford's shoulder, as Sanford tries to avoid the shot.
That kick from Sanford tenderised Young's leg. Young is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sanford keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanford swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young scores with a shot to the body.
Sanford is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Young.
Sanford takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Young throws a hook to the side of Sanford's head but Sanford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanford.
Nice straight punches there by Sanford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sanford.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Sanford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Nice jab there from Young.
Sanford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Young wants to counter the offense by Sanford and move into the clinch position.
Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sanford scores with a nice right hand.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Sanford jabs at Young's body.
Sanford looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Sanford takes one on the button.
Sanford looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young is looking for the big counter here.
Young throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanford lands with a good body shot.
Young looks to land a right hand but Sanford moved out of range.
Young tries to clinch up.
Sanford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young throws a low kick but Sanford avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sanford misses the target.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Sanford misses its intended target.
Sanford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young checks a leg kick.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Young looks to land a right hand but Sanford moved out of range.
Sanford with a jab.
Sanford connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young walks into a left hand.

Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Sanford wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanford tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Young's brow.
Lamont Sanford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.
Young taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young avoiding damage as Sanford throws knees to the body.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Sanford controls the action.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanford gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
Sanford misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanford blocks a body shot from Young.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Sanford avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanford.
Sanford misses with a body punch.

Sanford breaks from the clinch.
Sanford misses with a left hand
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Young misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lamont Sanford will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lamont Sanford's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sanford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sanford misses with a lunging right hand
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young looks to land a right hand but Sanford moved out of range.
Young throws a hook to the side of Sanford's head but Sanford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanford avoids a kick to the body.
Young stuns Sanford with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sanford throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young throws a leg kick but Sanford checks it.
Sanford appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sanford throws a hook but Young blocks it.
Young is looking to land body kicks.
Sanford throws a big counter combination but Young scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanford.
Young lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Lamont Sanford's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford delivers a nice body kick.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanford connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sanford slips under a jab.
Sanford throws a wild body kick that Young sees coming a mile off.
Sanford misses with a hook.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanford swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Young scores with a push kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Young.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sanford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanford.
Sanford avoids the body shot from Young.

Young drives through and clinches with Sanford against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young prevents a body shot from Sanford.
A head punch on the inside from Sanford fails to land.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanford backwards.
Young misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanford takes a shot to the head.
Sanford letting Young take a breather here.
Stalling in the clinch from Young.
Sanford lands a nice uppercut.
Young slowing the pace effectively.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanford.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanford.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanford scores with a hook to the body.
Young working aggressively here.
Young dodges an elbow strike from Sanford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sanford on the inside.
Sanford working aggressively here.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lamont Sanford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daft Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young just leaning against Sanford, taking a breather.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanford or not.
Sanford blocks a body shot from Young.
Sanford being controlled against the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young working aggressively here.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Sanford breaks the clinch.
Sanford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanford digs a good hook to Young's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daft Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanford has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lamont Sanford!
Lamont Sanford managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Hellbent , into his post fight interview.