PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Legend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sanchez
vs
Legend

177 cm
21
148 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Oblivion Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bruno Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Legend !
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legend misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Legend .
Legend throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Legend moves out of range.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Legend looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Legend comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
It seemed like Legend was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Legend clinches up with Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sanchez can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Legend keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Legend controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Legend .
Sanchez looking to stall.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legend has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Legend scores with a nice short uppercut.
Legend digs a right hand into Sanchez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanchez's gas tank.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Legend lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Legend .
Legend lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Legend .
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.
Legend blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Legend has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez wants to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Legend .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to force a seperation but Legend has the dominant position.
Sanchez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legend blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Legend .
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Legend has double underhooks.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Legend has him pinned against the cage.
Legend lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Legend scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanchez looking to throw knees to the head but Legend is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legend lands an uppercut.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanchez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legend has him pressed against the cage.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Legend showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.

Legend closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but Legend blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legend managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Legend lands a body shot in the clinch.
Legend pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Legend dominated that 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.

Legend lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bruno Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Legend avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Legend has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Legend takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Legend counters with a stiff right hand.

Sanchez is rocked!
Legend lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Sanchez up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Legend from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Sanchez's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Legend !
John Legend really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Oblivion Inc. logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.