PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Franz Neumann (ranked 4158 p4p, 4325 weight class) and Angelo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Neumann
vs
Sanchez

176 cm
23
146
0 - 0 - 0

167 cm
18
140
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Helsinki Xtreme Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franz Neumann!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
An attempted straight right counter from Neumann misses the target.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Neumann.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez defending well as Neumann loads up on a big left hand.
Neumann lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Neumann connects with a single shot there.
Angelo Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neumann keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Sanchez has Neumann up against the cage in a clinch.
Neumann can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez pushes Neumann back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neumann wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Neumann can't break the clinch.
Neumann is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Neumann can't break the clinch.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Neumann wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neumann is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Neumann wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Neumann is trying to break free.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez prevents Neumann from breaking the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez keeps control of Neumann as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Neumann is trying to break free.
Sanchez pushes Neumann back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Sanchez.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Neumann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Neumann backwards.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neumann tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez just leaning against Neumann, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Neumann wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanchez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Neumann backwards.
Neumann tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Neumann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Neumann avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Neumann is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Neumann wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Neumann's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Sanchez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Neumann breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Neumann keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez looks to land a combination but Neumann avoids it well.
Neumann dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Neumann misses with a hook.
Sanchez unleashes a big counter combination but Neumann bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Neumann scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Neumann.
Sanchez feints the counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neumann lands with a cross.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Neumann is avoiding it.
Neumann shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sanchez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sanchez duly obliges.

Neumann is rocked!
Sanchez slips a jab from Neumann.
Oh Neumann is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neumann.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Neumann throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Neumann misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Neumann.
A little feinted left hand from Neumann on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Neumann.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Neumann seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Sanchez slips a jab from Neumann.
Sanchez unleashes a big counter combination but Neumann bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Neumann avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Neumann connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanchez scrambles back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Neumann.
Sanchez is looking for the big counter here.
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Neumann jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Neumann moves out of range.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Neumann with a series of wild strikes but Neumann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Neumann misses the target.
The fighters circling - Neumann throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez moves forwards but Neumann connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sanchez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Neumann lands a head shot.
Sanchez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Neumann misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Neumann is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Neumann paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Neumann there.
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Neumann's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Neumann misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Neumann throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Neumann is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Neumann swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Neumann misses the target.
Neumann slips under a jab.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neumann.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Neumann throws out the jab.
As Neumann backs off Sanchez throws a huge counter combo but Neumann manages to avoid it all.
Neumann dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neumann lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez unleashes a big counter combination but Neumann bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Neumann will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neumann slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Angelo Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neumann.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Neumann scores with a nice head shot.
Nice defenses there by Neumann.
A big left from Neumann misses.
Neumann misses with a looping left.
Neumann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Neumann moves out of range.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Franz Neumann is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanchez!

Sanchez rushes Neumann and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Neumann wants to break the clinch but can't.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Neumann blocking some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neumann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Neumann working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez has Neumann pressed against the cage, preventing Neumann from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neumann is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Neumann manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez cracks Neumann with a good jab.
Sanchez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neumann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Neumann takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sanchez moves out of range as Neumann strikes.
A swing and a miss from Neumann.
A countering left hand to the body from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Neumann misses.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neumann was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Neumann with a series of wild strikes but Neumann uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Sanchez rushes Neumann and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Neumann wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Neumann is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Neumann's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Neumann wants to break the clinch but can't.
Neumann wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Neumann prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez has Neumann pressed against the cage, preventing Neumann from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sanchez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps control of Neumann as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Sanchez.
Neumann is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neumann is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Neumann takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Neumann's head.
Neumann looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neumann is trying to push Sanchez away but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Neumann blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez tries to work over Neumann's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Neumann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neumann wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Neumann is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Neumann breaks from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Neumann avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanchez punishes Neumann's body with a nice straight punch.
Some wild striking there from Sanchez.
Neumann throwing a counter right hand but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Neumann throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.
Neumann thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circle momentarily. Neumann darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez swings for the body but Neumann moves out of range.
Neumann throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez slips a jab from Neumann.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez slips a jab from Neumann.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Neumann.
Neumann takes one to the side of the head.
Sanchez stuns Neumann with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez moves out of range as Neumann strikes.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Neumann is looking to counter punch.
Neumann misses with a looping left.
Neumann smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Neumann misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Neumann misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Neumann misses.
Neumann swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Neumann.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neumann circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Neumann was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Neumann was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

Sanchez rushes Neumann and presses him up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez prevents Neumann from breaking the clinch.
Angelo Sanchez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Neumann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch but Sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Neumann blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Neumann's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Neumann tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neumann is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez keeps control of Neumann as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neumann wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neumann tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Neumann tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Neumann blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez prevents Neumann from breaking the clinch.

Neumann breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanchez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Sanchez rushes Neumann and presses him up against the cage.
Neumann is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
Neumann is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Sanchez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Neumann wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sanchez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands with a left to the head.
Neumann wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neumann is looking to break free of the clinch but Sanchez has double underhooks.
Neumann is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Neumann's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neumann has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Neumann's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Neumann is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Franz Neumann has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Neumann tries to break free but Sanchez pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez keeps control of Neumann as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angelo Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelo Sanchez!
Angelo Sanchez thanked the fans post fight for their support.