PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kane Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcello Sanchez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kane Davis's chin.

Davis
vs
Sanchez

182 cm
20
172 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

183 cm
19
182 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kane Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcello Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Sanchez is working for a submission of some sort.
Davis looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura here.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davis defending well though.
Sanchez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Davis is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
Davis is trying to stand.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanchez breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Davis tries to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Davis is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Davis taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davis?
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Davis is squirming around nicely.
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanchez looking to finish Davis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Davis!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez lands a nice shot to the head.
Sanchez breaks from Davis's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.

Sanchez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Davis manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Davis is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scoring with punches and elbows.
Sanchez scoring with punches and elbows.
Davis on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Davis is working from the bottom.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Davis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Davis is trying to control Sanchez's posture but Sanchez avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Sanchez.
Sanchez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Davis is trying to control Sanchez's posture but Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez scores with punches from side control.
Sanchez throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
Davis is pushing Sanchez's head away, looking to escape. Sanchez manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davis is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcello Sanchez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanchez.
Davis throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Davis rushes Sanchez and presses him up against the cage.
Sanchez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Davis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Davis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Davis gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kane Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcello Sanchez.

Davis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice combination there by Davis.

It looks like Marcello Sanchez has been cut.
Davis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Davis.
Davis pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Davis tries to clinch up.
Jab, jab by Davis - just one landing.
Davis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Davis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sanchez off to one side.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Davis, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Davis against the cage but Davis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown but Davis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sanchez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.

Davis forces Sanchez back against the cage and clinches.
Davis with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sanchez's defenses.

Sanchez is rocked!
Davis pushes Sanchez against the cage. Davis is working some dirty boxing. Davis pushes off with a quick right hook! Sanchez goes down! Sanchez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Davis moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kane Davis!