PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glass Joe Jr (ranked 2329 p4p, 2526 weight class) and Barnabus Sanitario (ranked 160 p4p, 173 weight class). Joe Jr's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Punch Out Theme. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Joe Jr
vs
Sanitario

178 cm
19
135
2 - 1 - 0

150 cm
19
135
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Mythical Fighter

Sakura Style
Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Glass Joe Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barnabus Sanitario!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Joe Jr gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Joe Jr working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanitario.
Sanitario has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanitario trying to control but Joe Jr is working from the bottom.
Sanitario missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Joe Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanitario on the ground.
Sanitario throws a big right hand that misses.
Joe Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joe Jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanitario's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanitario throwing strikes but missing.
Joe Jr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Joe Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe Jr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Sanitario shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanitario postures up in Joe Jr's guard and throws a big left but Joe Jr blocks it.
Sanitario in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanitario throwing strikes but missing.
Sanitario lands a couple of digs.
Sanitario throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Joe Jr works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanitario is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanitario in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanitario throwing strikes from guard but Joe Jr blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanitario in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Joe Jr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanitario looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Barnabus Sanitario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Joe Jr tries to sprawl but Sanitario drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sanitario looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Joe Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
Joe Jr avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanitario.
Sanitario thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Joe Jr's head.
Sanitario sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Joe Jr defending well though.
Sanitario thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Joe Jr's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanitario seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Joe Jr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanitario working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Joe Jr is rocked!
Sanitario lands a big elbow - Joe Jr is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Sanitario!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barnabus Sanitario!
Barnabus Sanitario looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I just want to be clean'.