PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Luka Dragovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Dragovic
vs
Sanchez

178 cm
28
175 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

190 cm
31
175 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luka Dragovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragovic misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Dragovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dragovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Dragovic throws a hook to the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dragovic connects with a right hand. Sanchez shakes it off.
Dragovic lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

It looks like Junior Sanchez has been cut.
Dragovic swinging wildly here.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Dragovic takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Dragovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A punch combination from Dragovic misses.
Dragovic tries to bum rush Sanchez with a series of wild strikes but Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dragovic stuns Sanchez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Dragovic counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovic throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Dragovic.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovic moves out of range easily.

Dragovic moves into the clinch.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Dragovic misses the shot to the body.
Dragovic throws out a powerful jab.
Dragovic throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Dragovic.
Dragovic connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanchez, as that shot connected.
Sloppy strikes from Dragovic. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dragovic throws out the jab.
Dragovic tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Dragovic misses with a low kick.
Dragovic lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dragovic, as that shot connected.
Dragovic throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
Dragovic wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Dragovic throws a combination that misses
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Dragovic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dragovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Dragovic throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez slips a jab from Dragovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Dragovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Sanchez's cut.
That's time! Dragovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dragovic looks to land a left hand but Sanchez moved out of range nicely.
Dragovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Luka Dragovic is winning the standup battle so far.
Dragovic looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dragovic.
Dragovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dragovic throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Dragovic misses with a hook
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Dragovic backing up. Dragovic nods at Sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
Dragovic throws a shot to the body.
Dragovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Sanchez should have avoided that one.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Dragovic.
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!
Sanchez moves away from the strike by Dragovic.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanchez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dragovic to score with a decent uppercut.

That has opened up Junior Sanchez's cut even more.
Dragovic misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dragovic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Sanchez forces Dragovic back against the ropes and clinches.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dragovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Luka Dragovic has been cut.
Dragovic throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Dragovic misses with a combination
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez keeps the fight on the outside.
Dragovic swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sanchez counters with a big head kick but Dragovic shrugs it off.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovic will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Dragovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dragovic really felt that one!
Dragovic looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dragovic.
Dragovic throws a hook but Sanchez blocks it.
Dragovic throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Dragovic against the ropes.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez pushes Dragovic away with a front kick.
Dragovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Junior Sanchez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dragovic misses with the combination.
Dragovic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dragovic falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sanchez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanchez keeps control of Dragovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sanchez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Dragovic staggers Sanchez with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Sanchez looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dragovic.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dragovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Dragovic throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
Dragovic misses with a double jab
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Luka Dragovic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Dragovic does it's job there.
Dragovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dragovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dragovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Dragovic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a head kick. Dragovic smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dragovic takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Dragovic misses with an uppercut.
Dragovic on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez scores with a spinning back kick!
Dragovic jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dragovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Dragovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragovic misses with a kick to the body.
Dragovic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanchez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Dragovic takes that one, having scored the knockdown.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Dragovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dragovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dragovic misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dragovic tries a head kick but it misses.
Dragovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Dragovic.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the body.
Dragovic throws a lazy body kick
and Sanchez counters with a low kick, right behind Dragovic 's knee.
Sanchez throws a leg kick which misses Dragovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Dragovic tries to avoid it.
Dragovic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez counters with a head kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Dragovic moves out of range.
Dragovic misses with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Dragovic misses the target.
Sanchez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dragovic.
We've been informed that Sanchez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovic moves out of range easily.
Dragovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanchez. That did some damage!
Dragovic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Dragovic backing up. Dragovic nods at Sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
Sanchez keeps Dragovic at a distance using the push kick.
Dragovic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dragovic.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dragovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dragovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
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!
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Dragovic moves out of range easily.
Dragovic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragovic.
Luka Dragovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dragovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dragovic throws an off balance right hand
and Sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.
Dragovic throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dragovic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dragovic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragovic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dragovic misses with a combination
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dragovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Sanchez dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Dragovic tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Dragovic throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Dragovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanchez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragovic looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dragovic.
Sanchez thows a leg kick but Dragovic checks it
and Dragovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dragovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dragovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Dragovic.
Dragovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez moves in looking to clinch but Dragovic pushes him off.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dragovic misses with a two punch combination.
Dragovic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Dragovic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dragovic swinging wildly here.
Sanchez throws a nice head kick!
Sanchez swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragovic.
A slow jab from Dragovic misses its intended target.
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragovic throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Dragovic lands with a shot to the body.
Dragovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragovic.
Dragovic changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Dragovic does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dragovic thows a body shot but no joy.
Dragovic lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dragovic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Dragovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luka Dragovic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dragovic 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 48:46
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 48:46
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 48:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luka Dragovic!
After winning the bout, Luka Dragovic thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.