PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Poseidon Gonzalez (ranked 2357 p4p, 288 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 2751 p4p, 322 weight class). Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Duele El Carazon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzalez
vs
Sanchez

187 cm
28
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
29
180 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Poseidon Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Poseidon Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez feints a jab promting Gonzalez to slip. Sanchez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gonzalez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Gonzalez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez lands a head shot.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez throws a hook but Gonzalez avoids it easily.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but Sanchez circles away.
It seemed like Sanchez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gonzalez is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Gonzalez circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd cheers as Gonzalez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanchez doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Jesus Sanchez has been cut.

Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gonzalez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Sanchez avoiding damage.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez just leaning against Gonzalez, taking a breather.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzalez lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzalez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Sanchez blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gonzalez up against the cage.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanchez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Gonzalez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gonzalez lands a right hand.
Sanchez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Gonzalez throws a head punch that misses.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gonzalez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Gonzalez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Gonzalez, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Gonzalez against the cage but Gonzalez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've been told by Gonzalez's head coaches at Westside Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gonzalez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Poseidon Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
A countering left hand to the body from Sanchez misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Gonzalez misses.
Gonzalez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot that snaps Sanchez's head back.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Gonzalez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gonzalez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gonzalez defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzalez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Sanchez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gonzalez is trying to defend but Sanchez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sanchez thows a huge punch but Gonzalez dodges it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez stops Gonzalez from getting back to his feet.
Gonzalez is trying to get back to full guard.
Sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Gonzalez's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez wants to work for an arm triangle but Gonzalez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez winds up and cracks Gonzalez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gonzalez is trying to stand back up but Sanchez is controlling him
Gonzalez trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Gonzalez is trying to control but Sanchez passes into side control!
Gonzalez wants to control but Sanchez postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez is working Gonzalez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gonzalez tries to improve position but can't.
Sanchez prevents Gonzalez from escaping the position.
Sanchez lands a nice forearm strike.
Sanchez landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzalez keeps working.
Gonzalez is looking for a sweep.
Sanchez controls the position.
Sanchez cracks Gonzalez with a big right hand but Gonzalez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Gonzalez tries to buck Sanchez off but Sanchez is having none of it.

Gonzalez throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Gonzalez throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gonzalez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Gonzalez is out of range.
Poseidon Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Gonzalez takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gonzalez fails to land.
Sanchez is stalling here.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Gonzalez lands with a left to the head.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Gonzalez avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Gonzalez throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Gonzalez lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Poseidon Gonzalez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesus Sanchez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Gonzalez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Gonzalez stalling the fight.
Gonzalez throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gonzalez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez throws a head punch that misses.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gonzalez on the side of the head.

Gonzalez has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Gonzalez takes a shot to the head.
Gonzalez throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Gonzalez lands a left hand.
Gonzalez pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Gonzalez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poseidon Gonzalez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sanchez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Gonzalez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gonzalez throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Gonzalez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gonzalez digs a good body shot into Sanchez's ribs.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
Gonzalez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez throws a big counter combination but Sanchez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sanchez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gonzalez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanchez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Gonzalez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzalez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Gonzalez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Poseidon Gonzalez.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzalez, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Poseidon Gonzalez!
A very excited looking Poseidon Gonzalez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.