PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shoei Braz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The YES! Cartwheel. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Braz
vs
Man Sanchez

175 cm
32
205 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

191 cm
23
216 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Shoei Braz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yes Man Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Braz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Braz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Shoei Braz has been cut.
Braz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez scores with a leg kick.
Braz checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Braz attempts a counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it well and moves away.
Braz has been working on his balance at HFC Training Center, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a front kick that sends Braz stumbling back into the cage.
Braz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Braz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braz tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.
Braz slips under a jab.
Braz feinted with a counter takedown.
Braz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yes Man Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Braz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Braz appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Braz slips under a jab.
Sanchez catches Braz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Yes Man Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braz slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Braz attempts a counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it well and moves away.
Sanchez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Braz's head.
Braz needs to keep his hands up - Sanchez had a free shot at his head there.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Braz slips the punch.
Braz changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Sanchez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Braz is out of range.
Sanchez tests Braz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braz walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yes Man Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shoei Braz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Braz ducks down to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Braz changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sanchez throws a chopping leg kick but Braz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Braz attempts a counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it well and moves away.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Braz dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Braz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez lands a nice shot that snaps Braz's head back.
Braz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Braz half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sanchez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Braz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yes Man Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Braz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Sanchez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braz doesn't seem phased though.
Sanchez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez cracks Braz with an open hand slap.

Shoei Braz's cut is getting worse.
Sanchez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Braz attempts a counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it well and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braz appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sanchez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Braz momentarily.
Braz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Braz is out of range.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Braz slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Braz tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.
Sanchez thumps Braz with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a nice body punch.
Braz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Braz might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Braz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Braz checks it

and Braz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Braz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanchez sees it coming and defends easily.

Braz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanchez defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Braz seems to be working for a kimura but Sanchez defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yes Man Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shoei Braz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Braz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
Sanchez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Braz tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.
Sanchez throws a hook but Braz blocks it.
Braz appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Braz moved out of range nicely.
Braz attempts a counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Braz is just out of range.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braz was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Braz tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Braz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braz tries to counter with a takedown but Sanchez is quick to defend against it.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Braz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanchez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Braz. That did some damage!
Sanchez throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Braz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Braz half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Braz's shoulder, as Braz tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez looks to throw a body kick

and Braz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Braz is trying to work for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.

Sanchez is defending against the submission attempts here by Braz.

Braz is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Braz to get the leverage.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.

Braz seems to be working for a kimura but Sanchez defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position for now.

Braz is looking for a kimura here.
Shoei Braz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Braz is working for a submission of some sort.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Braz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanchez sees it coming and defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yes Man Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sanchez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yes Man Sanchez!
Yes Man Sanchez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Shoei Braz stepped up to the mic, saying 'I`ll be back'.