PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leland Huff (ranked 6711 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xeno Sanju (ranked 6088 p4p, 562 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Huff
vs
Sanju

152 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

198 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leland Huff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xeno Sanju!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huff 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.

Sanju throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Huff escapes and throws Sanju's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Huff stands up and beckons Sanju to his feet.

Sanju tries to sprawl but Huff drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Sanju is defending against the submission attempts here by Huff.
Sanju is trying to control but can't.
Sanju looks winded!
Sanju is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Huff scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huff is trying to work for a kimura but Sanju is defending well.
Sanju trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

Huff is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Xeno Sanju is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Huff darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanju tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Huff manages to move to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Huff jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Sanju is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Sanju and Huff has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Huff scoring with punches from side control.

Huff is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanju is defending well.
Huff taking a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Huff is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sanju has escaped the position, nice work there.
Huff could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Huff tries for a kimura but Sanju is defending well.

Huff tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Huff has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Huff is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sanju knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Huff happy to just control the position for now.
Sanju is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Huff thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leland Huff dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Huff has Sanju up against the cage in a clinch.
Huff lands an elbow that stopped Sanju in his tracks for a moment.
Sanju tries to score a body lock takedown but Huff shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Sanju tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sanju jumps guard but Huff turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Leland Huff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xeno Sanju.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanju tries to pull guard but Huff holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanju drops back down to his feet.
Sanju is breathing heavily.
Huff lands an elbow just above Sanju 's eye.

It looks like Xeno Sanju has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huff jumps guard.

Huff has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sanju off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Sanju closes the distance looking to clinch

and Huff counters with a single leg into guard. Sanju didn't expect that.
Sanju is wriggling around but Huff manages to pass to half guard.

Huff is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Sanju sees it coming and defends easily.
Huff scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sanju is defending against the submission attempts here by Huff.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Huff wants to work for an arm triangle but Sanju is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from Huff.

Huff is looking for a kimura here.

Huff decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Huff drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sanju is wriggling around but Huff manages to pass to half guard.

Huff working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Leland Huff overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Huff seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Huff is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Huff is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanju defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sanju is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Huff has latched onto it... Big trouble! Huff pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Sanju is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Huff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leland Huff!