PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Halery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Metallica - Enter Sandman as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Halery
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Halery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Halery fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanchez connects with a crisp jab.
Sanchez jabs Halery right on the nose. Halery blinks but takes it well.
Halery really is a fat lump.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Halery with a series of wild strikes but Halery uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Halery has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Halery fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanchez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Halery backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez lands a jab-cross combination.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Halery will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Halery lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
Halery doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Halery. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Halery doesn't seem bothered though.
Halery fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Halery is breathing heavily.
Sanchez throws a series of strikes that have Halery backpedaling.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Sanchez lands a left and a right that send Halery crashing to the mat, dazed. Sanchez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Halery is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Halery takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Sanchez cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Diego Sanchez!
An out of breath Diego Sanchez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.