PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Boyett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trent Boyett is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Boyett
vs
Sanders

177 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Trent Boyett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Byron Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Boyett.
Boyett swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Boyett.
Boyett throws a left that rocks Sanders and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Boyett dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Sanders regain composure!

Sanders is rocked!

It looks like Byron Sanders has been cut.

Boyett decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sanders to his feet.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Boyett finish him?
Boyett misses with a looping right.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanders shoots in but no luck this time.

Boyett moves into the clinch.
Boyett stalling in the clinch but Sanders improves position.

Boyett breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boyett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Boyett.
Trent Boyett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanders slips a jab and a cross from Boyett.
Boyett scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sanders fails with the takedown.
A combination from Boyett does no damage.

Sanders looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sanders stopping the sweep attempt from Boyett.
Sanders prevents Boyett from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to control from the top but Boyett keeps moving.
Sanders throws and elbow that misses. Boyett uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanders's guard. Nice move by Boyett!
Boyett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Boyett stands up and waves to Sanders to follow him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Trent Boyett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Byron Sanders.
Sanders looks gassed!
Boyett misses with a two punch combination.
Trent Boyett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boyett misses with a series of wild punches.
Boyett throws a right hand that Sanders ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanders also avoids with ease.
Boyett rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanders moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sanders avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Boyett swings for the body but Sanders moves out of range.
Boyett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boyett misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boyett lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanders shoots in for a double leg but Boyett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boyett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanders slips a jab and a cross from Boyett.
Boyett misses with the combination.

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

Trent Boyett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Byron Sanders's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boyett.
Boyett will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boyett just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanders wants to clinch.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boyett but Boyett pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyett is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trent Boyett is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boyett stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanders. Sanders gets slowly back to his feet.
Trent Boyett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Byron Sanders.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boyett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boyett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanders.
Boyett throws a shot to the body.
Sanders is breathing heavily.

Boyett closes the distance and clinches.
Sanders drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Boyett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Boyett is trying to break the clinch but Sanders has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyett wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boyett lands a body shot.
Sanders is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Boyett gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Boyett manages to break the clinch.
A jab-cross combination lands for Boyett and sends Sanders crashing to the mat! Boyett follows him down to the mat - Sanders regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Boyett works his foot free and advances to mount.
Boyett controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyett unloads with some shots from mount but Sanders bucks and avoids them well.
Boyett controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sanders is trying desperately to improve position.
Boyett tries to control but Sanders wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Boyett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Byron Sanders'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Boyett throws a series of punches but Sanders avoids them all with ease.
Boyett looks to land a body kick but Sanders moved away.
Sanders moves out of range of the body kick.
Boyett looks to land a right hand but Sanders moved out of range.
Boyett misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boyett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boyett is looking to land body kicks.
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boyett throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Boyett does no damage.
Boyett throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanders.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sanders scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Boyett is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sanders looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyett with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanders is pressing down on Boyett's thigh, looking to free his foot. Boyett is holding on for now.
Boyett trying to control from the bottom.
Boyett wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyett controlling the position well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanders lands a nice short elbow.
Sanders scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boyett is trying to maintain the position but Sanders is very close to passing his half guard.
Boyett is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Sanders.
Boyett keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Boyett wants to control but Sanders is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boyett is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Sanders drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sanders looks up at the clock and then as Boyett takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sanders smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyett tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Sanders landing strikes from the mount.
Boyett is looking to improve his position but Sanders isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boyett taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Byron Sanders comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boyett has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trent Boyett!