PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devon Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Bailey
vs
Man Sanchez

187 cm
27
210 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

191 cm
25
216 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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King of Clothes

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Aspire Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Devon Bailey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yes Man Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bailey gets tackled into the cage by Sanchez. Sanchez maintains the clinch.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
A short left from Bailey.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Bailey misses with some punches.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
I was talking to Bailey's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Bailey.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Bailey controls the action.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey blocks an uppercut.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Bailey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Bailey.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
Bailey throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Bailey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bailey lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bailey or not.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bailey prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bailey.
Bailey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bailey misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bailey gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut 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!
Bailey lands a shot to the body.
Bailey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bailey digs a right hand into Sanchez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanchez's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bailey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanchez's brow.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey misses with the head strike.
Sanchez is looking to break free of the clinch but Bailey has double underhooks.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Bailey is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sanchez looks winded!
A short right from Bailey on the inside.
A short left from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.
Bailey lands an uppercut.
Sanchez pushes Bailey back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bailey.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bailey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Bailey.
Bailey pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bailey tries to clinch up.
Bailey takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez thumps Bailey with a low kick.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez moves into range and connects with a jab.

Bailey moves into the clinch.
Bailey lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Bailey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
Bailey misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a body punch.
Bailey struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanchez controls his hands.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Bailey.
Bailey lands a body shot.
Sanchez lands a left hand.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.

Sanchez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez slips under a jab.

Sanchez clinches up with Bailey and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanchez lands an uppercut.

It looks like Devon Bailey has been cut.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bailey's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez blocking some punches.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devon Bailey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devon Bailey's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sanchez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bailey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Bailey.
Bailey looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Bailey fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bailey throws a push kick but Sanchez slaps the foot to one side.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Sanchez swings for the body but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey misses with a body shot
and Sanchez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sanchez.
Bailey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sanchez connects with a right hand. Bailey shakes it off.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Bailey sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanchez, as that shot connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bailey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bailey connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sanchez on the side of the head.
Bailey falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanchez counters with a nice body shot.
Yes Man Sanchez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bailey tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Bailey.
Bailey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Bailey is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchez can do to turn this around?
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bailey throws a body kick that misses
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Bailey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sanchez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanchez there as he acknowledges the shot.
A low kick from Bailey is predictable there
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.
Bailey ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Bailey does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bailey moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut

and Bailey moves into the clinch.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bailey.
Sanchez tries to clinch there but Bailey circles away.
Sanchez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bailey throws out the jab.
Sanchez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Bailey moves away
and Bailey counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bailey. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Sanchez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bailey counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
Bailey fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bailey misses with a looping right.
Sanchez looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
Bailey pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Bailey.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bailey.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bailey cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bailey scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Bailey tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Bailey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bailey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bailey lands a body punch.
Devon Bailey has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Bailey working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Bailey lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Bailey as the two fighters clinch.
Bailey is working Sanchez over against the cage.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bailey lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Bailey scores with a hook to the body.
Bailey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanchez's elbow.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey tries a body shot but Sanchez blocks it.
Bailey lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bailey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bailey works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bailey is leaning against Sanchez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bailey lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bailey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bailey lands with a light punch inside.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Bailey blocks it.
Bailey working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bailey wants to clinch.
A jab from Bailey misses.
Bailey throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanchez lands with a good body shot.
Sanchez swings for the body but Bailey moves out of range.
Bailey misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Bailey ducked under it nicely.
Bailey works Sanchez's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bailey appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bailey scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Bailey moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Bailey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanchezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Bailey avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bailey.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Bailey avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez looks to score with a jab to the body but Bailey is just out of range.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Bailey is avoiding it.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanchez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Bailey saw that one coming.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bailey moves away.
Sanchez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bailey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Bailey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez.
Sanchez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez takes a swing at Bailey's ribcage but misses.
As Sanchez tries to get set, Bailey tries to push him back and clinch up but Sanchez manages to avoid the attempt.
Bailey connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Bailey misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Sanchez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Bailey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Sanchez gets tackled into the cage by Bailey. Bailey maintains the clinch.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bailey throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Bailey.
Sanchez lands a hook that snaps the head of Bailey backwards.
Bailey lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanchez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Bailey on the inside.
Bailey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Bailey uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bailey.
Bailey tries to work over Sanchez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanchez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bailey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bailey scores with a shoulder strike.
Bailey lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bailey lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bailey fails to land.
Sanchez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bailey blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Bailey lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Bailey controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Bailey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Bailey throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez blocks a body shot from Bailey.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Bailey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Bailey avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Sanchez looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bailey creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bailey tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bailey blocking some punches.
Bailey lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Bailey.

Sanchez is rocked!
Bailey dips a shoulder and cracks Sanchez with a mighty uppercut! Sanchez falls back against the cage and Bailey unloads with a barrage of strikes! Sanchez is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Bailey screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Devon Bailey!
Devon Bailey retains his light heavyweight title!
Devon Bailey seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Yes Man Sanchez was interviewed post fight and said 'YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YEESSSSSS!!!'.