PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Cathaway (ranked 136 p4p, 20 weight class) and Huffy Sanna (ranked 1372 p4p, 176 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cathaway
vs
Sanna

183 cm
25
195 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
196 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Cathaway!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Huffy Sanna!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanna misses with a straight right.
Cathaway ducks under a wild hook from Sanna.
Cathaway clobbers Sanna with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Huffy Sanna has been cut.
Sanna on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Cathaway bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Sanna! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cathaway drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cathaway jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cathaway sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cathaway preventing the sweep.

Cathaway drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cathaway jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cathaway sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sanna really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cathaway. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cathaway pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanna is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cathaway postures up.

Cathaway gets to his feet - Sanna follows without any prompting.
Huffy Sanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Cathaway lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanna doesn't seem phased though.

That has opened up Huffy Sanna's cut even more.
Cathaway keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Sanna is rocked!
Cathaway jabs Sanna to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanna is still on wobbly legs! Can Cathaway finish him?
Sanna looks winded!
Cathaway is stalking Sanna. Sanna circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Cathaway, and it's lights out! Sanna really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimmy Cathaway!
Jimmy Cathaway retains his middleweight title!