PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marion Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Billings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marion Sanders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sanders
vs
Billings

213 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marion Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Billings !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Billings misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanders really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sanders leaves Billings with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sanders comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Sanders moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanders has Billings pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Billings manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sanders is trying to break the clinch but Billings has him pressed against the cage.

Billings jumps guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanders accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanders wants to stand but Billings has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Sanders gets to his feet - Billings follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanders closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Billings quickly recovers to half guard.
Sanders wants to stand up but Billings manages to regain full guard.
Sanders throws a strike but Billings rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sanders working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Billings doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Billings manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Billings content to stall in guard here.
Sanders will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billings with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanders looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders has Billings pulled in close to control his posture.
Billings throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanders works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Billings sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sanders is looking to sweep but instead, Billings has passed into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billings wants to pass to mount but Sanders is defending the position.
Billings seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Billings wants to free his trapped foot but Sanders is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Billings keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's four 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.

Sanders is defending against the submission attempts here by Billings .
Billings wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanders keeps working.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Billings has a takedown stuffed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Billings throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Sanders lands with a nice combination. Billings backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bill Billings will probably get the nod.
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.

Sanders closes the distance but Billings moves to the side
and Billings counters with a low kick, right behind Sanders 's knee.
Billings keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Billings looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Sanders was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Billings .
Billings changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sanders tries to avoid it but Billings manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sanders to the ground. Sanders escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sanders wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders closes the distance and clinches up with Billings , looking for a takedown. Sanders pushes Billings against the cage but Billings circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sanders tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Billings tests Sanders's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Billings shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sanders sprawls well. Sanders wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Billings gets slowly back to his feet.

Sanders instigates a clinch.
Sanders lands a good knee to the midsection. Billings won't want to take too many of those.
Sanders misses with a knee to the head.
Sanders wants to stall.
Sanders tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marion Sanders. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders stalling the fight.
Sanders goes for a takedown in the clinch but Billings prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders tries to throw a body punch but Billings avoids it by throwing Sanders back against the cage.
Billings is trying to pull guard but Sanders has him pressed against the cage.
Billings managing to block the knees to the body from Sanders.

Billings drags the fight down to the ground.
Billings is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Billings is pulling down on Sanders's head to control his posture.
Billings has a closed guard, preventing Sanders from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Billings has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Sanders should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Billings has tightened it up now! Sanders should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Bill Billings !