PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Steve Sanchez (ranked 2359 p4p, 227 weight class) and Rad Dood (ranked 2662 p4p, 244 weight class). Sanchez's entrance music is Where is My Mind? by Pixies. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sanchez
vs
Dood

178 cm
25
158 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

168 cm
32
152 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rad Dood!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a hook.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Dood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dood looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Dood counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dood slips a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dood.
Sanchez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dood slips a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez connects with a looping right hand.
Dood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Dood.
Dood with the counter takedown but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Dood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Dood against the cage.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
Sanchez gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dood's defenses.

It looks like Rad Dood has been cut.
Dood tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Dood fails to land.
Sanchez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with an elbow over the top.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanchez.
Dood working aggressively here.

Dood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dood throws out a loose jab but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dood stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Dood throws a big shot that misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dood.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dood, as that shot connected.
Dood lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez cracks Dood with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Dood drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sanchez defends it well.
Dood throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dood is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sanchez rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez darts in trying to clinch

and Dood counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dood wants to take a breather but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez gets full guard.
Dood scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dood wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez pulls Dood in close to prevent any damage.
Dood wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dood is aware though and is defending well.
Sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dood is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dood's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Dood from controlling successfully.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez has his foot on Dood's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dood works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Dood from controlling successfully.

Sanchez working for a triangle but Dood defends it easily.
Dood throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rad Dood's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Dood.
And Dood tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanchez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Sanchez misses the jab.
Dood feints the counter takedown.
Dood swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sanchez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Steve Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Dood walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dood can do to turn this around?
Sanchez throws a jab when Dood was well out of range.
Sanchez wants to slow Dood down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dood counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Dood.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with an overhand left.
Dood lands a nice hook to Sanchez's body. Sanchez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Dood blocks a jab.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dood.
Dood moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Dood is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Dood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Dood.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez throws a hook but Dood avoids it easily.
Dood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Dood counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Steve Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Dood.
Dood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Dood lands with a nice body punch.
Dood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Dood is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sanchez moves out of range as Dood strikes.
Dood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a poor cross that misses
and Dood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dood scores with a body shot.
Dood misses the shot to the body.
Dood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Dood is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A big right from Sanchez misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a really nice looking cross but Dood seems unphased.
Dood on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sanchez wants it to stay on the feet.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Dood moves out of range.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Dood.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Dood feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Sanchez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dood defends it easily.
Dood postures up.
Dood is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dood throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dood is looking to control Sanchez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dood avoid being mounted?
Sanchez passes to side control.
You can see the frustration on Dood's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dood tries to improve position but can't.
Sanchez working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rad Dood's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dood scores with a jab.
Dood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Dood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanchez lands an elbow just above Dood 's eye.
Dood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanchez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dood's brow.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dood struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Dood stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dood backwards.
Sanchez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Dood lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Sanchez slows down the pace here.
Steve Sanchez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.
Dood blocking some punches.
Sanchez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez is pushing Dood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dood blocks an elbow strike.
Sanchez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dood's face.
Dood has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sanchez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dood can turn it around.
Dood blocks an elbow strike.
Rad Dood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Dood.
Dood jumps guard but Sanchez stands there with Dood around his waist. Dood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sanchez taking a breather.
Dood has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Dood blocks it.
Dood stalling against the cage.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dood is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Dood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with an elbow over the top.
A short uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steve Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Dood is out of range.

Dood drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dood stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Dood from controlling successfully.

Dood drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dood jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Sanchez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dood can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rad Dood has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Sanchez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dood gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dood scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Sanchez working for a triangle but Dood defends it easily.
Steve Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dood postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanchez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Sanchez!
Our winner, Steve Sanchez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.