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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Mattias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mattias has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Marlon Mattias has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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166 cm
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163 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marlon Mattias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruce Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders throws a left that rocks Mattias and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Sanders dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Mattias regain composure!
Mattias is rocked!
Sanders wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mattias, who protects the arm well.
Oh Mattias is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanders thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sanders tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanders has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanders advances to full mount.
Mattias seems to have got his legs back now.
Mattias is controlling an arm, preventing Sanders from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Sanders looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sanders is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mattias is surviving well by controlling Sanders's body position as best he can.
Sanders is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mattias is surviving well by controlling Sanders's body position as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mattias stops Sanders from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Sanders working for a submission but Mattias is keeping him at bay.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanders looks gassed!
Mattias is trying to escape the mount.
Sanders trying to control but Mattias is having none of it.
Mattias keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanders working for a guillotine from mount but Mattias is in no mood to give up.
Mattias working to try and regain half guard.
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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sanders mounts Mattias! Really nice guard pass there!
Mattias is controlling an arm, preventing Sanders from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanders looking for a guillotine from mount but Mattias is having none of it.
Sanders working for a guillotine from mount but Mattias is in no mood to give up.
Sanders has control of Mattias's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Mattias regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Sanders wants to control the pace but Mattias is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Mattias manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to control but Mattias is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mattias misses with a hook.
Sanders comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Sanders scores with a four punch combination!
Sanders connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A choreographed right hand from Sanders misses the target.
Mattias misses the shot to the body.
Bruce Sanders seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanders closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sanders looks to land a combination but Mattias avoids it well.
Sanders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanders scores with the left hand. Mattias knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattias throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sanders staying out of range there.
Sanders lands a with a good body shot.
Sanders throws a good cross that connects.
Sanders misses with a double jab.
A cross from Sanders lands.
Sanders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanders lands a with a good body shot.
Mattias misses with an uppercut
and Sanders counters with a left to the body.
Sanders takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mattias throws an off balance right hand
and Sanders counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanders looks to land a combination. Mattias sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sanders lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mattias misses with a body kick.
Sanders misses with a wild body shot.
Mattias takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Sanders misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanders slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Sanders dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sanders takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sanders listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mattias throws a low kick but Sanders avoids it.
Mattias swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sanders counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Mattias!
Sanders wants to work for an arm triangle but Mattias is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Sanders. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Mattias wants to control but Sanders is keeping busy.
Sanders wants to pass the guard but Mattias is defending well.
Sanders wants to take a breather but Mattias is having none of it.
Sanders seems to be working for a kimura but Mattias defends the submission attempt.
Sanders is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mattias is just riding it out for now. Sanders eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mattias moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Sanders seems to have locked his on tight now - Mattias screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Sanders, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Bruce Sanders!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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