PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between TJ Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boomer Sander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Styles comes to the cage accompanied by Underground Kings By Drake. Sander has chosen Drop The World as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Styles
vs
Sander

175 cm
18
134 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, TJ Styles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Boomer Sander!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Styles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sander swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sander should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Styles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sander throws a nice looking combination but Styles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Sander.
Styles throws a sloppy head kick and Sander moves out of range easily.
Sander throws a right and a left that Styles avoids nicely.
Sander displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Styles.
Sander will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Styles throws the kick towards the body but Sander avoids it.
Sander misses with a two punch combination.
Sander circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Styles gets a clinch.

Sander manages to break the clinch.
Styles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Sander has eaten all the pies!
Sander fails to land with a series of punches.
Sander throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sander swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Styles counters with a nice uppercut.
Sander misses with a double jab.
Sander lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Styles circles away quickly and effectively.
Styles tries to land a body kick
and Sander counters with a two punch combo.
Styles tries to clinch up but Sander circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Sander misses.
A combination from Styles does no damage.
Styles throws a series of punches but Sander avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sander.
Sander looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sander lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sloppy strikes from Sander. Those never looked like landing.
Sander misses with the combination.
Sander throws a nice looking combination but Styles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sander misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Styles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Styles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sander.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sander misses with a combination

and Styles counters by moving into the clinch.
Styles is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sander to keep the fight standing.

Styles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Sander misses.
Styles doesn't manage to clinch there - Sander circles away.
No joy there for Sander, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sander lands with a nice combination. Styles backs away looking to recover.
A combination from Sander does no damage.
Styles shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sander sprawls well. Sander wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Styles gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Styles. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sander scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Styles slips a jab and a cross from Sander.
Styles slips a jab and a cross from Sander.
Horrible takedown by Styles or perhaps it was just good defense by Sander which made him look bad.
Sander misses with the combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boomer Sander dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Styles clinches with his opponent.

Sander escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sander lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Styles circles away quickly and effectively.
Styles fails with the takedown.
Sander throws a combination that misses

and Styles holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Sander breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sander lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sander throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sander throws a series of strikes that have Styles backpedaling.
A punch combination from Sander misses.
Styles will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sander fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Styles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sander lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Styles circles away quickly and effectively.
Styles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sander swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Styles throws a body punch but Sander moves out of range.
Styles tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sander throws a right hand that Styles ducks under and follows up with a left that Styles also avoids with ease.
Styles tries to clinch there but Sander circles away.
Some wild striking there from Sander.
Sander slips under a jab.
Sander throws a right hand that Styles ducks under and follows up with a left that Styles also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sander tries to bum rush Styles with a series of wild strikes but Styles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sander is breathing heavily.
Styles misses with a takedown
and Sander counters with a one-two to the body.
Sander lands a jab-cross combination.
Boomer Sander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sander shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Styles eats them both and turns towards Sander to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Styles. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Styles is looking to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Sander. No joy for Styles on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for TJ Styles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sander stuffs the takedown.
Boomer Sander is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Styles.
Sander misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Sander does no damage.
TJ Styles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sander throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sander fails to land with a series of punches.
Styles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sander.
Styles wants to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sander.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sander throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sander misses with a few strikes there.
A bone on bone clash there as Sander blocks the leg kick.
Sander throws a series of punches but Styles moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Sander.
Sander misses with a combination

and Styles decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sander's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Styles gets to his feet - Sander follows without any prompting.
Sander misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Boomer Sander will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sander swinging wildly here.
Sander throws a combination that misses
and Styles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A head kick misses from Styles.

Styles drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sander wants to get back to his feet but Styles is dominant here and he's now got Sander's back!

Sander preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Styles.
Sander takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Styles wants to control but Sander manages to buck him off and is now in Styles's guard! Nice work there by Sander!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Styles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sander doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Styles is tightening it up a little... Sander has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Sander reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Sander taps out! Nice BJJ there by Styles!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). TJ Styles!
TJ Styles seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.