PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alen Ohanian (ranked 1609 p4p, 203 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 2101 p4p, 247 weight class). Sanchez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Duele El Carazon. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Ohanian
vs
Sanchez

181 cm
22
179 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alen Ohanian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ohanian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Ohanian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Ohanian's head.
Ohanian cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Ohanian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ohanian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ohanian paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Ohanian back into the cage.

Ohanian breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Ohanian pushes him off.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
We've been informed that Sanchez has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sanchez throws a hook but Ohanian blocks it.
Sanchez defending well as Ohanian loads up on a big left hand.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ohanian managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Sanchez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ohanian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohanian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ohanian fails to land.

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

Ohanian tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ohanian.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Sanchez has Ohanian pressed against the cage, preventing Ohanian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ohanian is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Ohanian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez missing with knees to the body.

Ohanian manages to break the clinch.
We've been told by Ohanian's head coaches at The Coffee Shop that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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 throws a shot to the body.
Ohanian swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Ohanian displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ohanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ohanian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ohanian dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.

Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ohanian lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez has Ohanian pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ohanian manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Ohanian tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Ohanian scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ohanian working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ohanian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Ohanian manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ohanian.
Ohanian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sanchez's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Ohanian. Those never looked like landing.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ohanian paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.

Ohanian breaks from the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Sanchez scores with the left hand. Ohanian knows he should have avoided that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Ohanian scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Jesus Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Ohanian is just out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ohanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Ohanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Ohanian misses with an uppercut
and Ohanian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanchez misses with a right hand
and Ohanian makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez walks into a jab.
Sanchez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ohanian can pounce on him.
Ohanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanchez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ohanian misses with a double jab.
Ohanian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ohanian throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ohanian lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ohanian with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohanian throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ohanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Ohanian avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Ohanian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sanchez is looking to clinch but Ohanian is avoiding it.
Ohanian lands with a nice body punch.
Alen Ohanian is winning the standup battle so far.
Ohanian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Ohanian.
Sanchez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ohanian slips a straight right by Sanchez.
Ohanian was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ohanian.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ohanian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ohanian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Sanchez 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ohanian swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Ohanian pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sanchez back to the cage. Ohanian follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ohanian walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.

Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Ohanian.
Ohanian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Ohanian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohanian misses with a body kick.
Ohanian misses with an uppercut.
Ohanian lands with a shot to the body.
Ohanian's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ohanian duly obliges.
Ohanian misses with a few strikes there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez! But no joy.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Ohanian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ohanian has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Ohanian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez prevents Ohanian from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ohanian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ohanian blocking some punches.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez is looking for a takedown.

Ohanian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohanian misses with a body kick.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Ohanian keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanchez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ohanian swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanchez.
Ohanian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Ohanian.
Sanchez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ohanian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanchez scrambles back to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a combination
and Ohanian counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ohanian stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ohanian moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ohanian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ohanian throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ohanian.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Ohanian's shoulder, as Ohanian tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ohanian lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanchez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ohanian throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Ohanian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ohanian throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ohanian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ohanian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Ohanian is having none of it.
Ohanian misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ohanian tried to score with a low kick but Sanchez checks it.
Sanchez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Sanchez gets a clinch.

Ohanian breaks from the clinch.
Ohanian digs a good hook to Sanchez's body.

Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ohanian's efforts to push away.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ohanian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ohanian throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ohanian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alen Ohanian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Ohanian back into the cage.

Ohanian breaks from the clinch.
Ohanian throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Ohanian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ohanian walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ohanian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Ohanian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice cross by Ohanian.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ohanian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanchez moves out of range as Ohanian strikes.

Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A shot in the inside from Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ohanian.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ohanian manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ohanian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ohanian looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
Sanchez defending well as Ohanian loads up on a big left hand.
Ohanian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanchez 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 tries to clinch but Ohanian moves away
and Ohanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ohanian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanchezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Ohanian against the cage.
Ohanian lands a right hand.

Ohanian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ohanian throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Jesus Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alen Ohanian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ohanian fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ohanian misses with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Ohanian misses the target.
Ohanian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ohanian thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sanchez throws an off balance right hand
and Ohanian counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ohanian scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Ohanian moved out of range.
Ohanian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Ohanian moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big right from Ohanian misses.
Ohanian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ohanian lands a lovely overhand right.

Sanchez cracks Ohanian with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Sanchez has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ohanian to stand back up!

Ohanian is rocked!
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Ohanian circles away.
A counter left hand to the body from Ohanian misses its target.
Oh Ohanian is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Ohanian moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Ohanian! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jesus Sanchez!
An out of breath Jesus Sanchez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.