PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marc Sandal (ranked 25176 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andreas Telfer (ranked 5974 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sandal
vs
Telfer

180 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

187 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marc Sandal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andreas Telfer!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ben Hemmingworth and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Sandal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sandal plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Telfer shoots for a takedown but Sandal saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Telfer tries for a takedown but Sandal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Telfer has a takedown stuffed.
Sandal seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Marc Sandal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andreas Telfer.
No joy there for Sandal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Telfer fails with the takedown.
Telfer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sandal looks to land a combination. Telfer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Telfer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Telfer throws out a loose jab but Sandal uses good head movement to avoid it.

Telfer has Sandal up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Telfer tries to pull guard but Sandal forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sandal lands a knee to the body.

Sandal breaks from the clinch.
Sandal looks to land a combination. Telfer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sandal lands with a right hand.

Telfer clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandal stalling.
Telfer goes for a takedown attempt but Sandal pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sandal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Sandal moves into the clinch.
Sandal stalling against the cage.
Sandal has Telfer pushed against the cage.

Sandal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Telfer slips a jab and a cross from Sandal.
Sandal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sandal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sandal lands a jab-cross combination.
Telfer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sandal sprawls well. Sandal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Telfer gets slowly back to his feet.
Sandal seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Telfer drives through and clinches with Sandal against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sandal has picked Telfer up - he's going for a ride! Sandal dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Sandal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Telfer on the ground.

Telfer looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Telfer trying to control but Sandal postures up.
Sandal not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sandal thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Telfer wants to improve his position but Sandal is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Telfer actively working from the bottom here.
Telfer is trying to get back to full guard.

Sandal decides to return to a standing position.
Donk. Sandal catches Telfer right on the button with a cross.
Sandal throws out a powerful jab.
Sandal connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sandal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Telfer.
Nice sprawl there from Sandal as Telfer shoots in.
Sandal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Telfer is defended easily by Sandal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sandal lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Telfer backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice sprawl there from Sandal as Telfer shoots in.
Telfer shoots and misses
and Sandal counters with a nice uppercut.
Telfer looks winded!
Sandal throws a series of strikes that have Telfer backpedaling.
Telfer fails with a takedown attempt.

Sandal shoots in and gets a takedown into Telfer's guard.
Sandal stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Telfer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sandal not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Telfer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Sandal dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sandal lands a head kick!
Telfer has his takedown stuffed
and Sandal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Telfer shoots in but Sandal avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sandal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Telfer takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Telfer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Telfer has his takedown stuffed

and Sandal holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marc Sandal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andreas Telfer.
Sandal is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sandal lands an elbow inside that Telfer shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Sandal.
Sandal landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Telfer is breathing heavily.
Sandal pushes Telfer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandal lands with a left to the head.
Sandal stalling in the clinch.

Sandal lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sandal thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Telfer's head.
Sandal wants to stand up but Telfer is controlling the position.
Sandal content to control rather than advance.
Telfer is refusing to be controlled, as Sandal sits in half guard.
Marc Sandal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Telfer wants to control but Sandal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sandal content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Telfer looking for submissions off his back.
Telfer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sandal's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sandal's back!
Sandal is trying to stand back up.

Telfer is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Sandal has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Telfer has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Sandal taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Telfer doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Andreas Telfer!