PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bryant
vs
Sanchez

170 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Bryant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julio Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a head kick but Bryant moves out of range.
Sanchez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bryant avoids it really well and circles away.
Bryant misses with a few strikes there.
Bryant moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Julio Sanchez has been cut.
Bryant scores with a decent looking hook.
Bryant looks to land a combination. Sanchez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryant keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Nick Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Sanchez.
No joy there for Bryant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bryant keeps the fight on the outside.
Bryant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bryant throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant feints a jab promting Sanchez to slip. Bryant then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sanchez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A combination from Bryant does no damage.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bryant.
A punch combination from Bryant misses.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bryant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nick Bryant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bryant tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bryant lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bryant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bryant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bryant misses with a two punch combination.
Bryant misses with a double jab
and Sanchez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bryant is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant stuffs the takedown.
No joy there for Bryant, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bryant uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Bryant.
Bryant's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bryant scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Bryant moves out of range.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bryant was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.
Sanchez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bryant misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Bryant shows good takedown defense.

Sanchez clinches up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Bryant does it's job there.
Bryant looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bryant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.

Sanchez pulls guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Bryant wanted to stand there but Sanchez had control of the position.
Sanchez is pulling down on Bryant's head. It's preventing any offense from Bryant, at least for the moment.
Bryant wants to get up but he can't break Sanchez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sanchez has his hands on Bryant's head, controlling the position.

Julio Sanchez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Sanchez clinches up with Bryant and pushes him back against the cage.

Sanchez jumps guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez is trying to keep Bryant in close.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bryant trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanchez's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Bryant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Sanchez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sanchez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bryant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bryant catches Sanchez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bryant as he avoids it easily.
Bryant rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bryant.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nick Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Sanchez.

Sanchez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bryant, pushing him back against the cage.
Bryant takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bryant working hard to break the clinch.
Bryant blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez is trying to pull guard but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bryant tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Bryant is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant tries to circle away but Sanchez has him pinned against the cage.
Bryant prevents the takedown attempt.
Sanchez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bryant after a bit of a struggle.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Bryant wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanchez won't allow it.
Sanchez wants a takedown.

Bryant manages to break the clinch.
Bryant misses with a double jab.
A combination from Bryant does no damage.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown. Bryant tries to sprawl out of it but Sanchez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bryant manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bryant swinging wildly here.
Nick Bryant is winning the standup battle so far.
Bryant shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sanchez eats them both and turns towards Bryant to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Bryant as Sanchez shoots in.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Bryant moves out of range.
Good shot there by Bryant.
Nick Bryant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bryant sprawls well. Bryant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryant misses with a two punch combination.
Bryant throws a series of punches but Sanchez moves out of range.
Bryant smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez scores with a head kick. Bryant tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bryant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Bryant.
Bryant scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bryant stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Sanchez clinches up against the cage.
Bryant wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bryant.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bryant misses with a series of wild punches.
Bryant tries to move into range but Sanchez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bryant lunges at Sanchez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanchez's hand.
Bryant lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sanchez is defended easily by Bryant.
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bryant.
Sanchez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bryant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanchez catches Bryant with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bryant connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bryant throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bryant uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Bryant throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bryant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez throws a quick inside leg kick.

Sanchez clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Bryant dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julio Sanchez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sanchez shoots in looking for a takedown but Bryant manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sanchez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sanchez needs to keep his hands up - Bryant had a free shot at his head there.
Bryant misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Bryant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Bryant. Those never looked like landing.
Bryant misses with a few strikes there.

Sanchez pushes Bryant up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bryant's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.
Bryant displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sanchez.
Bryant misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Bryant moves out of range.
Sanchez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nick Bryant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Sanchez.
Bryant throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bryant misses with a looping left.
Bryant tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bryant moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bryant as he avoids it easily.
Sanchez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bryant finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Bryant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Bryant does no damage.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Sanchez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bryant sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanchez somewhat.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Bryant.
Bryant is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A punch combination from Bryant misses.
Bryant stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bryant wants it to stay on the feet.
A left lands for Bryant.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bryant throws a combination. Sanchez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Bryant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sanchez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bryant moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bryant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez shoots in but Bryant avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Bryant.
Bryant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.

Bryant gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sanchez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bryant keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez forces his way into half guard.
Bryant is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez is trying to control. Bryant wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bryant is looking to get back to is feet but Sanchez passes into side control.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Bryant is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez taking a breather here.
Julio Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nick Bryant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bryant wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nick Bryant.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Bryant, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Bryant!