PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bailey Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey Sanders could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DJ Frank's chin.

Sanders
vs
Frank

180 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Juggernaut And Gladiators

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bailey Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, DJ Frank!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frank tries a head kick but it misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Frank working aggressively here.
Sanders crunches a lovely knee into Frank's ribcage.
Sanders putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Frank in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sanders tries to pull guard but Frank won't allow it.
Frank being controlled against the cage.
Frank wants to break free but Sanders has control.
Frank has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
I was talking to Sanders's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frank can't break the clinch.
Frank goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frank tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanders lands a nice knee to the body.

Sanders successfully pulls guard.
Sanders is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanders.
Sanders has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanders takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanders lands a nice short elbow.
Sanders content to control rather than advance.
Frank really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanders. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sanders working over Frank with some ground and pound. Frank looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanders lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Sanders stands up from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanders closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Frank is trying to escape the position but Sanders is controlling the position.
Frank is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sanders has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Sanders advances to mount.
Sanders landing strikes from the mount and Frank is in trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanders connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanders tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Sanders looking for a guillotine from mount but Frank is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanders has isolated one of Frank's arms. Frank looking to fight him off but Sanders twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bailey Sanders!