PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonis Papageorgiou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jefe Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papageorgiou has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Antonis Papageorgiou has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Papageorgiou
vs
Sanchez

187 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonis Papageorgiou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jefe Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Papageorgiou is breathing heavily.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Papageorgiou's head.
Sanchez lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez works over Papageorgiou with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanchez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Papageorgiou keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanchez landing some decent shots from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Papageorgiou swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Papageorgiou's brow.
Papageorgiou throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez stands up over Papageorgiou, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Papageorgiou is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.
Oh Papageorgiou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez is in close to Papageorgiou's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Papageorgiou has momentary wrist control but Sanchez slips an elbow through the middle.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanchez landing with the ground and pound.
Sanchez cracks Papageorgiou with a solid left hand.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Papageorgiou's head.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Papageorgiou's head.
Sanchez scoring with some ground and pound.
Sanchez with a nice head shot there.
Sanchez lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Papageorgiou has momentary wrist control but Sanchez slips an elbow through the middle.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez works over Papageorgiou with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Papageorgiou's brow.

Papageorgiou is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Papageorgiou has momentary wrist control but Sanchez slips an elbow through the middle.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sanchez cracks Papageorgiou with a solid left hand.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Papageorgiou's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez with a nice head shot there.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez cracks Papageorgiou with a solid left hand.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sanchez lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Sanchez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sanchez landing a few strikes.
Sanchez working the ground and pound.
Sanchez landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Sanchez is putting a hurting on Papageorgiou here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sanchez lands a few punches from side control.
Sanchez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
Papageorgiou taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sanchez scores with punches from side control.
Sanchez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The referee warns Papageorgiou that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Sanchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Sanchez prevents Papageorgiou from getting the reversal.
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Papageorgiou takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount and Papageorgiou is in trouble!
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jefe Sanchez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Antonis Papageorgiou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Antonis Papageorgiou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jefe Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Papageorgiou, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes Papageorgiou against the cage but Papageorgiou circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Papageorgiou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Papageorgiou is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Papageorgiou circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Papageorgiou. No joy for Sanchez on that attempt.
Sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Papageorgiou sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Papageorgiou swivels and escapes.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Papageorgiou swivels and escapes.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papageorgiou pinned against the cage. Papageorgiou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Papageorgiou swivels and escapes.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Papageorgiou circles away.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez shoots in but Papageorgiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Papageorgiou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Papageorgiou shows good takedown defense.
Sanchez shoots in but Papageorgiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Papageorgiou is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Papageorgiou circles away and we're back to standing.
Antonis Papageorgiou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papageorgiou pinned against the cage. Papageorgiou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papageorgiou pinned against the cage. Papageorgiou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez shoots in but Papageorgiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papageorgiou pinned against the cage. Papageorgiou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Papageorgiou as he avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Papageorgiou as Sanchez shoots in.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Papageorgiou circles away.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Papageorgiou shows good takedown defense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonis Papageorgiou dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Antonis Papageorgiou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jefe Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Papageorgiou as he jumps to the side.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Papageorgiou is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Papageorgiou circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Papageorgiou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Papageorgiou which made him look bad.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez shoots in but Papageorgiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Papageorgiou circles away.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Papageorgiou shows good takedown defense.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice sprawl there from Papageorgiou as Sanchez shoots in.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Papageorgiou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Papageorgiou sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez shoots in and drives through. Papageorgiou sprawls well.
Sanchez fails to land the takedown.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Papageorgiou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanchez shoots in but Papageorgiou avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Papageorgiou pinned against the cage. Papageorgiou gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Papageorgiou as he jumps to the side.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Papageorgiou is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Papageorgiou circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sanchez.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown but Papageorgiou shows good takedown defense.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sanchez fails with the takedown.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Papageorgiou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sanchez looks for a takedown but Papageorgiou sprawls well.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Papageorgiou but Papageorgiou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
Antonis Papageorgiou is winning the standup battle so far.
Papageorgiou keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Papageorgiou stuffs the takedown attempt from Sanchez. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Papageorgiou as he avoids it easily.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonis Papageorgiou showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Papageorgiou 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!