PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ra Maya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Maya

178 cm
25
181 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
178 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sonny Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ra Maya!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maya scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sanchez.
Maya misses with a series of wild punches.
Maya misses with a two punch combination.
Maya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Maya.
Sanchez lands a jab to the nose.
Sanchez throws a combination that misses
and Maya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maya throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Maya throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Maya swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maya slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Maya misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maya swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sanchez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Maya falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maya throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sanchez counters with a series of strikes. Maya will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maya counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maya counters with a three punch combo that has Sanchez backing up. Sanchez nods at Maya to acknowledge the strikes.
Maya throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters with a left and a right that stings Maya.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Maya counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Maya counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.

Sanchez is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Maya misses.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maya.
Maya throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Maya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Maya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maya fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Maya misses.
Maya jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maya tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
Maya misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez moves out of range as Maya strikes.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maya throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Maya backing up. Maya nods at Sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.
Maya misses with a double jab
and Maya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maya swinging wildly here.
A combination from Maya does no damage.
Maya gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maya misses with a combination
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maya counters with a left and a right... And another left! Sanchez is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ra Maya!