PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paco Sanchez (ranked 3216 p4p, 24502 weight class) and el Rey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). el Rey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanchez
vs
Rey

175 cm
25
160
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paco Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, el Rey!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rey. Rey obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rey takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez thinks about countering with a head kick.
Rey drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That has opened up el Rey's cut even more.
Rey has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rey there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Rey throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Rey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rey counters with a body kick.
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rey manages to avoid it.
Sanchez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Sanchez throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Rey stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Sanchez follows into mount!

Rey is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rey is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez misses with a head shot.
Rey seems to have recovered his senses.
Rey keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rey blocking the ground and pound.
Rey wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rey is wriggling around trying to escape.

Sanchez swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Rey is now in Sanchez's guard. A big mistake from Sanchez there, giving up the dominant position!

Sanchez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rey won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.

Sanchez has his foot on Rey's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rey works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rey manages to get himself to full guard.

Sanchez postures up in Rey's guard and throws a big left but Rey blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Rey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Sanchez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rey working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rey preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanchez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rey works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rey looks winded!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanchez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez throwing strikes from guard but Rey blocks nicely.
Sanchez is looking to work some ground and pound but Rey has wrist control.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paco Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on el Rey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice shot lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a jab when Rey was well out of range.
Rey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paco Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Rey throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
It looked like Sanchez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Paco Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rey takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
el Rey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rey misses with a body shot.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Rey.
Rey is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Rey let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rey takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Whack! Sanchez lands a heavy head kick that drops Rey. The ref tackles Sanchez to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Rey was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Paco Sanchez!