PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Janos Prohaska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanavio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janos Prohaska had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Prohaska
vs
Sanavio

186 cm
22
195 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Janos Prohaska!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanavio!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prohaska misses with a low kick.
Sanavio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prohaska moves away.
Prohaska fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanavio manages to avoid it.
Sanavio lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheers as Prohaska lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sanavio doesn't seem phased though.
Prohaska swinging wildly here.
Sanavio misses the body punch
and Prohaska counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Prohaska. Sanavio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Prohaska misses the shot to the body.
Sanavio throws a combination. Prohaska tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Prohaska falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanavio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanavio looks to score with a jab to the body but Prohaska is just out of range.
Sanavio misses the shot to the body.
Prohaska moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Prohaska takes a swing at Sanavio's ribcage but misses.

Prohaska pushes Sanavio up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Prohaska.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sanavio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Sanavio on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prohaska lands a left hand.
Prohaska tries to throw a body punch but Sanavio avoids it by throwing Prohaska back against the cage.
Prohaska tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanavio's elbow.
Sanavio tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Prohaska's elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Sanavio.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanavio.
Sanavio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanavio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanavio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Sanavio as the two fighters clinch.
Prohaska pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanavio leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sanavio swings wildly with an uppercut but Prohaska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanavio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanavio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Prohaska goes for a takedown attempt but Sanavio pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sanavio dodges the punch combination from Prohaska.
Prohaska misses with the combination.
Sanavio swings away with a body shot that misses

and Prohaska counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sanavio presses Prohaska against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio misses with the head strike.
Sanavio lands a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sanavio as Prohaska tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Sanavio.
Sanavio misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Prohaska drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sanavio pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sanavio fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Prohaska on the side of the head.
Sanavio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Prohaska. Prohaska obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanavio lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prohaska throws a sloppy head kick and Sanavio moves out of range easily.
Prohaska takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Janos Prohaska has been cut.
Sanavio throws a looping overhand right but Prohaska ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Sanavio misses.
Sanavio lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanavio misses the shot to the body.
Diego Sanavio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanavio throws a body punch but Prohaska moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Sanavio.
Prohaska is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio ducks under a wild hook from Prohaska.
Sanavio lands with a cross.
Prohaska misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanavio misses with a body punch

and Prohaska counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sanavio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanavio is pressing down on Prohaska's thigh, looking to free his foot. Prohaska is holding on for now.
Sanavio scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanavio is keen to just control but Prohaska is a slippery customer.
Sanavio missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanavio works his way into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Prohaska taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanavio avoids the attempt from Prohaska to control.
Sanavio thowing shots but they're missing.
Sanavio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prohaska manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanavio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Janos Prohaska's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sanavio misses the jab.
Prohaska fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Janos Prohaska is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanavio scores with a nice strike.
Prohaska fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prohaska lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanavio just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice combination there by Prohaska.
Prohaska slips a jab and a cross from Sanavio.
Prohaska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanavio throws a jab but it's blocked by Prohaska.
Prohaska misses with a looping left.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.
Sanavio swings for the body but Prohaska moves out of range.
Prohaska tries a low kick but Sanavio avoids it.
Prohaska throws a combination that misses
and Sanavio counters with a left to the body.
Prohaska throws a body punch but Sanavio moves out of range.
Sanavio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanavio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prohaska just misses with a punch to the body.
Prohaska throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.
Prohaska tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanavio was well out of range. Poor timing from Prohaska.
Sanavio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanavio lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanavio misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanavio looks to land a combination but Prohaska avoids it well.
Sanavio just misses with a punch to the body.

Prohaska fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Sanavio sprawls well initially but Prohaska persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sanavio wants to control but Prohaska is keeping busy.
Prohaska seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sanavio does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska working over Sanavio with some ground and pound. Sanavio looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanavio gets full guard.
Sanavio has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Prohaska has passed into side control.
Sanavio manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Sanavio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Prohaska defending well though.
Sanavio is looking to pass Prohaska's guard but actually Prohaska recovers to full guard.
Sanavio trying to control the position from guard on top but Prohaska is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio throws and elbow that misses. Prohaska uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanavio's guard. Nice move by Prohaska!
Sanavio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sanavio wants to sweep here but Prohaska controlling him for the moment.
Sanavio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Prohaska preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Prohaska scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanavio should have avoided that one.
Sanavio misses the shot to the body.
Sanavio misses with a body punch
and Prohaska counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanavio thinking.
Prohaska misses with a double jab
and Sanavio counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Prohaska stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanavio dodges the punch combination from Prohaska.
Prohaska misses with a wild body shot.
Sanavio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanavio is looking to clinch but Prohaska is avoiding it.
Prohaska looks to land a combination but Sanavio avoids it well.
Prohaska thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanavio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanavio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prohaska was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanavio.
Prohaska takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanavio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prohaska.
Diego Sanavio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanavio takes a swing at Prohaska's ribcage but misses.
Prohaska goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A combination from Prohaska does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Janos Prohaska will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Janos Prohaska's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Prohaska punishes Sanavio's body with a nice straight punch.

Prohaska shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Prohaska seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sanavio keeping moving, preventing Prohaska from controlling successfully.
Sanavio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanavio is trying to control the position but Prohaska postures up.
Sanavio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Some bone on bone action there as Sanavio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Prohaska misses the shot to the body.
Sanavio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanavio throws a right hand that Prohaska ducks under and follows up with a left that Prohaska also avoids with ease.
Sanavio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Prohaska throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanavio sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prohaska moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sanavio misses with a straight left.
Diego Sanavio seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanavio thows a body shot but no joy.
Prohaska is looking to wear down Sanavio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Prohaska avoids the body shot from Sanavio.
A jab from Prohaska misses.
Sanavio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Prohaska tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Prohaska throws a front kick aimed at Sanavio's knee but Sanavio avoids it well.
Prohaska uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanavio.
Prohaska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanavio.
Sanavio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanavio there as he acknowledges the shot.
Prohaska looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Prohaska misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanavio. Prohaska does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.

Prohaska scores a takedown into full mount!
Sanavio is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska raining down shots from the mount!
Prohaska lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanavio can't escape the position.
Prohaska wants to control the pace but Sanavio is squirming around nicely.
Sanavio regains half guard.
Prohaska prevents Sanavio from improving his position.
Sanavio is refusing to be controlled, as Prohaska sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio wants to improve his position but Prohaska is controlling well.
Sanavio is pressing down on Prohaska's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Prohaska slips nicely into half guard.
Sanavio tries to roll over but Prohaska keeps him under control.
Sanavio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Janos Prohaska overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanavio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janos Prohaska clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Janos Prohaska's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A shot to the body from Sanavio misses
and Prohaska counters with a right hand to the body.
Sanavio throws a body punch but Prohaska moves out of range.
Sanavio lands a slapping body shot.
Sanavio takes a swing at Prohaska's ribcage but misses.
Prohaska misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanavio dips to his left and cracks Prohaska with an uppercut!
Prohaska swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Sanavio counter with a right hand.
Prohaska swings for the body but Sanavio moves out of range.
Prohaska ducks right into an uppercut from Sanavio.
Sanavio blocks a head kick by Prohaska.
Prohaska misses with a hook. Sanavio ducked under it nicely.
Sanavio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Prohaska moves away.
Prohaska shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sanavio scores with a body shot.
Prohaska displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanavio throws out the jab.
Sanavio fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prohaska slips a jab from Sanavio.
No joy there for Sanavio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Prohaska scores a takedown into full mount!
Sanavio is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Prohaska with a couple of short strikes.
Sanavio is in all sorts of trouble here.
Prohaska is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanavio is trying desperately to improve position.
Prohaska scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanavio?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio wants to hold on but Prohaska pushes him away.
Prohaska landing punches.
Prohaska lands a big elbow.
Sanavio is squirming around, avoiding Prohaska's attempts to control the action.
Prohaska prevents Sanavio from getting the reversal.
Sanavio is in a horrible position here. Prohaska smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Prohaska punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice elbow there by Prohaska.
Prohaska can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanavio is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Prohaska looking to control but Sanavio is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanavio is in a horrible position here. Prohaska smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Prohaska landing shots from mount.

Sanavio is rocked!
Sanavio tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Prohaska is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanavio can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Prohaska with good strikes from the mount here!
Prohaska putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanavio is still in real trouble! Can Prohaska finish him?
Prohaska working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Prohaska.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prohaska trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanavio is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janos Prohaska had his way with Diego Sanavio in that round.
The cut man is working on Janos Prohaska's cut.
That's time! Prohaska's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Prohaska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanavio seems to have recovered his senses.
Prohaska avoids the body shot from Sanavio.
No joy there for Prohaska, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Prohaska avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanavio throws a jab when Prohaska was well out of range.

Prohaska gets a clinch.
Sanavio lands a shoulder strike.
Prohaska blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prohaska looking for a takedown.
Sanavio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanavio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanavio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanavio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Prohaska has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Sanavio regains guard immediately.

Sanavio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Prohaska doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Prohaska manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sanavio is controlling Prohaska's posture.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prohaska lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Prohaska trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanavio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prohaska stopping the sweep attempt from Sanavio.
Sanavio controls Prohaska momentarily but Prohaska frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Prohaska trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Prohaska preventing the sweep.
Sanavio manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Poor strikes thrown by Sanavio there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sanavio dominating with strikes here.
Sanavio looking to finish with strikes here!
Sanavio looking to ground and pound but Prohaska is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prohaska manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sanavio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Prohaska defending well though.
Sanavio wants to control but Prohaska is keeping him busy.
Diego Sanavio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Prohaska is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sanavio wants to pass the guard but Prohaska is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sanavio is looking for a kimura here.
Prohaska is pressing down on Sanavio's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Janos Prohaska is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Prohaska on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Prohaska tries to get out of the position.
Sanavio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Prohaska swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanavio swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Sanavio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Prohaska has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:48
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Janos Prohaska retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!