PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Sanchez (ranked 4979 p4p, 7954 weight class) and JT Pummel (ranked 521 p4p, 642 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sanchez
vs
Pummel

185 cm
25
193
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
193
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gabe Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, JT Pummel !
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Pummel , which made it look bad.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pummel sprawls well. Pummel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Pummel throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.

It looks like Gabe Sanchez has been cut.
Pummel throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Pummel only half commits.
Sloppy strikes from Sanchez. Those never looked like landing.
Pummel throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pummel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Sanchez rushes Pummel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pummel is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanchez gets an underhook and turns Pummel into the cage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to pull guard but Pummel has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabe Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pummel just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Sanchez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pummel fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A combination from Pummel does no damage.
Pummel throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Pummel throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Pummel both land. Nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pummel !

Sanchez is rocked!

Gabe Sanchez's cut is getting worse.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Pummel circles away.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pummel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pummel throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
JT Pummel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Pummel feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Pummel lands a really nice looking cross but Sanchez seems unphased.
Pummel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Pummel comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Sanchez stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Pummel is on him like rabid pit bull! Sanchez slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). JT Pummel !