PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rajon Dal Garin (ranked 6527 p4p, 594 weight class) and Antonio Sanchez (ranked 7796 p4p, 633 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Dal Garin
vs
Sanchez

188 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Aspire Nutrition
Fanatic Inc.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rajon Dal Garin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dal Garin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sanchez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanchez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dal Garin scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sanchez manages to mount him!
Dal Garin is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Sanchez working for a guillotine from mount but Dal Garin is in no mood to give up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dal Garin wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dal Garin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dal Garin tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dal Garin hang on?
Sanchez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.

Sanchez get's back to his feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Dal Garin enables Sanchez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dal Garin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Dal Garin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dal Garin is wriggling around but Sanchez manages to pass to half guard.
Sanchez lands strikes from half guard.
Sanchez prevents Dal Garin from standing back up.
Sanchez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dal Garin is trying to maintain the position but Sanchez is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal Garin tries to kick Sanchez off but Sanchez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dal Garin wants to clinch but Sanchez slips to the side
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.

Sanchez gets a takedown into half guard.
Dal Garin is looking to get back to is feet but Sanchez passes into side control.
Dal Garin is breathing heavily.
Sanchez controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dal Garin is trying to buck Sanchez off.
Sanchez tries to move to mount but Dal Garin blocks the move with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dal Garin is trying to improve his position.
Sanchez is putting a hurting on Dal Garin here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanchez controlling the position.
Dal Garin tries to escape but Sanchez is in control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Sanchez dominated that round.
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.

Sanchez forces Dal Garin back against the cage and clinches.

Sanchez has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Dal Garin regains guard immediately.

Dal Garin is looking for a triangle but Sanchez pushes his legs off easily.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Dal Garin manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Dal Garin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanchez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sanchez avoiding damage.
Dal Garin working hard to break the clinch.
Dal Garin working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.

Sanchez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Dal Garin clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sanchez biding his time, looking for the opening.

Dal Garin defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Sanchez's arms.
Dal Garin looking very determined here, making life difficult for Sanchez.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sanchez controlling the positon.
Dal Garin tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez won't let Dal Garin get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Antonio Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dal Garin throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dal Garin is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dal Garin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
We've been informed that Sanchez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Sanchez is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Dal Garin is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Dal Garin flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Sanchez anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Dal Garin and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Sanchez slips an arm under Dal Garin chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Sanchez has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Sanchez is squeezing on Dal Garin like an anaconda would it's prey. Dal Garin fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Antonio Sanchez!