PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estefan Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Foo Fighters- My Hero as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Sanchez

195 cm
47
218 lbs
50 - 32 - 0

195 cm
35
212 lbs
16 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 50 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Estefan Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitch! dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Bitch! lands with a hook. Sanchez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A leg kick checked by Sanchez.
Sanchez feints the counter takedown.
Bitch! is looking to clinch.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bitch! throws out the jab.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Bitch! moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Bitch!.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bitch!.

Sanchez gets tackled into the cage by Bitch!. Bitch! maintains the clinch.
Sanchez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sanchez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bitch! has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bitch! throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.

Sanchez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sanchez gets control of Bitch!'s arms and successfully pulls guard. Sanchez will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sanchez controls Bitch! momentarily but Bitch! frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bitch! manages to get himself to full guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bitch! has control of Sanchez's left arm, preventing Sanchez from doing any damage.
Bitch! avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanchez throws a big elbow that misses.
Sanchez pushes down on Bitch!'s leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sanchez throwing shots but Bitch! is blocking nicely.
Bitch! trying to control but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bitch! avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bitch! avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanchez.
Bitch! regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez distracts Bitch! with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bitch! preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bitch! avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.

Sanchez stands and steps away. Bitch! gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sanchez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Bitch!.
Bitch! misses with the head strike.
Sanchez dodges an elbow strike from Bitch!.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Bitch! misses with a looping left.
As Bitch! backs off Sanchez throws a huge counter combo but Bitch! manages to avoid it all.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Bitch! moves out of range easily.
Bitch! was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sanchez ducks right into an uppercut from Bitch!.
Bitch! moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Sanchez is looking for the big counter here.
A lazy left from Bitch! finds it's target.
Sanchez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Bitch!.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bitch!.
Bitch!'s hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bitch! scrambles back to his feet.
Bitch! throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sanchez scores with a one two! Bitch! had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Bitch! is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Bitch! is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a brutal head kick. Bitch! looks out on his feet and Sanchez throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Estefan Sanchez!
A very excited looking Estefan Sanchez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.