PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lars Christiansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and guy sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Christiansen
vs
sanchez

175 cm
23
166 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

180 cm
28
163 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Christiansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, guy sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiansen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between sanchez's hands.
sanchez slaps away a takedown attempt from Christiansen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Christiansen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from sanchez.
sanchez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Christiansen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
sanchez tries to clinch there but Christiansen circles away.
Christiansen missing with a left hand there. sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts sanchez, as that shot connected.
sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christiansen.
sanchez fails in his attempt to clinch.
sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christiansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
sanchez is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Christiansen avoids the head kick by sanchez.
sanchez tries to clinch up.
Christiansen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Christiansen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Christiansen lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christiansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez keeping moving, preventing Christiansen from controlling successfully.
Christiansen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
sanchez wants to get back to his feet but Christiansen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Christiansen with a flurry of punches that miss.
sanchez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Christiansen stays in close to sanchez's body and controls the position.
Christiansen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down sanchez for as long as he can get away with.
sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Christiansen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Christiansen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Christiansen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
sanchez is trying to keep Christiansen in close.
Christiansen postures up in sanchez's guard and throws a big left but sanchez blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Christiansen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Christiansen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Christiansen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
sanchez has momentary wrist control but Christiansen slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
sanchez being controlled here, momentarily.
Christiansen throws a strike but sanchez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
sanchez wants to control from the top but Christiansen keeps moving.

Christiansen kicks sanchez off and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen lands with an uppercut that bounces sanchez off the cage and back into rage.
sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Christiansen counters with a two punch combo.
sanchez tries to clinch up but Christiansen circles away and keeps his distance.
sanchez tries to clinch
enabling Christiansen to counter with a crisp jab.
sanchez throws a hook but Christiansen blocks it.
A punch combination from Christiansen misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Christiansen.
sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Christiansen misses its intended target.
sanchez closes the distance but Christiansen moves to the side
and Christiansen counters with a stiff right hand.
sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christiansen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
sanchez tries to clinch up
and Christiansen counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christiansen throws a body punch but sanchez moves out of range.
Christiansen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
sanchez tries to clinch
and Christiansen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
sanchez is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Christiansen dominated that round.
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.

Christiansen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but sanchez swivels and escapes.
sanchez tried to score with a low kick but Christiansen checks it.

Christiansen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
sanchez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Christiansen is one step ahead there.
Christiansen trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Christiansen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Christiansen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead sanchez passes into half guard.
Christiansen tries to get to full guard but sanchez has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Christiansen's head.

Christiansen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Christiansen throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Christiansen makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
sanchez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
sanchez wants to clinch up but Christiansen keeps it at a distance.
sanchez is looking to clinch but Christiansen is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
sanchez's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and sanchez duly obliges.
Lars Christiansen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
sanchez darts in trying to clinch
and Christiansen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Christiansen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says sanchez as he avoids it easily.
Christiansen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
sanchez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
sanchez is looking to clinch.
Christiansen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christiansen misses with a wild combination.
Christiansen walks into a jab.
A big left from Christiansen misses.
sanchez closes the distance but Christiansen moves to the side
enabling Christiansen to counter with a crisp jab.
Christiansen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
sanchez is looking to clinch but Christiansen is avoiding it.
sanchez tries to clinch but Christiansen moves out of range.
Christiansen falls off balance throwing a combination

so sanchez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen looking for a sweep. Not yet Christiansen, not yet.
Christiansen tries to strike from the bottom.

Christiansen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Christiansen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Christiansen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Christiansen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. sanchez defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
sanchez won't allow Christiansen to sweep him here.
Christiansen thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Christiansen is trying to keep sanchez in close.
Christiansen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for sanchez!
Christiansen wants to control the pace but sanchez is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lars Christiansen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Christiansen keeps the fight on the outside.
Christiansen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Christiansen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
sanchez slips a jab from Christiansen.
sanchez connects with a right hand. Christiansen shakes it off.
sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Christiansen counters with a two punch combo.
Christiansen scores with a three punch combo!
sanchez has his takedown stuffed

and Christiansen counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Christiansen.
sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
sanchez keeping moving, preventing Christiansen from controlling successfully.
Christiansen postures up in sanchez's guard and throws a big left but sanchez blocks it.
Christiansen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiansen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Christiansen trying to control the position from guard on top but sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Christiansen is looking to work some ground and pound but sanchez has wrist control.
Christiansen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
sanchez doesn't manage to clinch there - Christiansen circles away.
Christiansen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Christiansen tries to bum rush sanchez with a series of wild strikes but sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sanchez.
Lars Christiansen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of guy sanchez.
Christiansen sizes up sanchez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
sanchez closes the distance looking to clinch
and sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez tries to move into range but Christiansen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Christiansen tries to score a power double leg takedown but sanchez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Christiansen somewhat.
Christiansen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
sanchez tries to clinch there but Christiansen circles away.
sanchez clinches but Christiansen breaks the clinch

and Christiansen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lars Christiansen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christiansen connects with a couple of short punches.
Christiansen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Christiansen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Christiansen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Christiansen throwing strikes but missing.
Christiansen with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

sanchez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Christiansen lands a couple of digs.
Christiansen working some strikes from top position.
Christiansen wants to control from the top but sanchez keeps moving.
Christiansen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Christiansen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Christiansen lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Christiansen landing punches.
Christiansen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of sanchez's face.
Christiansen scoring with strikes but sanchez is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Christiansen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christiansen lands a big shot there that rocks sanchez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Christiansen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can sanchez hang on?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christiansen controlling from the full mount.
guy sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christiansen lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lars Christiansen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Christiansen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lars Christiansen!