PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 2138 p4p, 3988 weight class) and Tiff Sanford (ranked 254 p4p, 438 weight class). Sanford has chosen Body Count - Body Count's in the House as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Tinashe Chukwuma is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Chukwuma
vs
Sanford

190 cm
20
242
4 - 2 - 0

196 cm
20
260
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiff Sanford!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanford takes a swing at Chukwuma's ribcage but misses.
Chukwuma looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chukwuma misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanford counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Chukwuma throws an off balance right hand
letting Sanford counter with a right hand.
Sanford takes a swing at Chukwuma's ribcage but misses.
Sanford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chukwuma misses with a looping right.
Sanford lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sanford cracks Chukwuma with an open hand slap.
Sanford has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Chukwuma is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sanford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chukwuma.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Chukwuma counters with a nice body shot.
Chukwuma takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chukwuma shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chukwuma tries to clinch there but Sanford circles away.
Sanford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanford throws a right hand that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanford takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanford takes a swing at Chukwuma's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chukwuma throws a shot to the body.
Sanford tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chukwuma was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanford.
Chukwuma jabs Sanford to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanford avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chukwuma scores with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chukwuma.
Sanford misses with a wild combination.
Chukwuma swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chukwuma.
Chukwuma will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sanford lands a right hook to the body.
Chukwuma misses with a right hand
and Sanford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A leg kick checked by Sanford.
Sanford is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chukwuma with a body shot.
Sanford moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanford ducks under a wild hook from Chukwuma.
Sanford let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Chukwuma throws a leg kick
and Sanford counters with a big right hand! Oh Chukwuma is in trouble here! Sanford follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiff Sanford!
After winning the bout, Tiff Sanford thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.