PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Montana (ranked 23502 p4p, 2703 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Montana
vs
Sanchez

183 cm
27
215
8 - 1 - 0

190 cm
27
205
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montana misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Montana with a body shot.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Montana at a distance.
Montana tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sanchez defending well as Montana loads up on a big left hand.
Montana throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a straight right hand.
Montana throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.
Montana swings for the body but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sanchez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Montana on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Montana loads up on a big right hand but Sanchez slips the punch.
Sanchez feints the counter takedown.
Sanchez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Montana. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sanchez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Montana throws a lazy right hand but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Montana misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick.
Montana is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sanchez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Montana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez throws out a counter right but Montana avoids it with no problem.
Sanchez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanchez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Montana jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Montana misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Montana down.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sanchez. That's going to slow Montana down.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Montana misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Montana 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Montana misses with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montana throws a sloppy body shot
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Montana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Montana closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

It looks like Joe Montana has been cut.
Montana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sanchez cracks Montana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Montana.
Montana throws a lazy uppercut
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Montana misses with a few strikes there.
It seemed like Sanchez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Montana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Montana's head.
Montana doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Montana is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Montana misses with a takedown attempt

and Sanchez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Montana's guard.
Sanchez wants to stand but Montana has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Montana looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Montana's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montana has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sanchez has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana tries to bench press Sanchez off him but Sanchez keeps the position.
Montana is working hard here to advance position.
Sanchez tries to stand but Montana is controlling his head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diego Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montana misses with the combination.
Montana throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Montana's cut.
That's time! Montana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Montana should have avoided that one.
Some wild striking there from Montana.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Montana misses with a hook to the body
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Montana lands the left hand.
Montana lands a jab to Sanchez's midsection.
A slow jab from Montana misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Montana.
Montana swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanchez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Montana looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Montana throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Montana throws a body shot but no joy.
Montana doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Montana.
Montana fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Montana.
Sanchez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Montana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Montana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Montana's head.
Montana shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Montana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montana just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanchez.
Sanchez feints and then cracks Montana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Montana down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Sanchez.
Montana takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanchez defending well as Montana loads up on a big left hand.

Sanchez lands a big head kick that sends Montana tumbling to the mat! Sanchez takes a step backwards and waves Montana back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Montana is rocked!
Sanchez lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Montana falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sanchez dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanchez!