PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shorty Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burnt Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Sanders
vs
Out

183 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shorty Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Burnt Out!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Out swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanders looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Out scores with a takedown into Sanders's guard.
Sanders being controlled here, momentarily.

Out stands up from Sanders's guard - Out perhaps looking for a knockout.

Out gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanders fails to pull guard.

Out pulls guard.
Sanders postures up.
Out is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Out works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Out is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sanders knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sanders is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Out's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Still in half guard, Out seems content to control.
Out missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Out takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Out has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Out throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Out seems content to control.

Out stands up from half guard.
Out tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Out takes a swing at Sanders's ribcage but misses.

Out darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Out is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out is tying to control. Sanders wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Despite being in the dominant position, Burnt Out just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanders doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Out counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Out content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Out is trying to work for a kimura but Sanders is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to stand back up but Out is controlling him
Out not doing much here.

Out is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Sanders has managed to free his arm - good work.

Sanders looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Out looks to land a body kick but Sanders moved away.

Out shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Out thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Out misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Out looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Out controlling the pace for now.
Sanders is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Out looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Sanders taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Burnt Out!