PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Duele El Carazon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jesus Sanchez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Washington
vs
Sanchez

175 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Travis Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Washington!
Washington gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Washington is trying to maintain the position but Sanchez is very close to passing his half guard.
Washington is concentrating on defense, preventing Sanchez from advancing position.

Sanchez is working for a kimura here but Washington manages to reverse the position and he's now in Sanchez's guard.
Sanchez controlling Washington's posture.
Sanchez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Washington manages to get himself to full guard.

Sanchez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Washington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Washington working a defensive guard here.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Washington managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington keeping full guard, as Sanchez tries to pass.
Washington working a defensive guard here.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Washington is keeping the position for now.
Washington is pulling down on Sanchez's head to control his posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Washington is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Sanchez wants to control from the top but Washington keeps moving.
Washington is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Washington keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez passes into half guard.
Washington won't allow Sanchez to pass to mount.
Sanchez is still trying to improve position.

Sanchez seems to be looking for submissions.
Sanchez is pressing down on Washington's thigh, looking to free his foot. Washington is holding on for now.

Sanchez seems to be working for a kimura but Washington defends the submission attempt.
Washington is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington trying to control here.
Washington slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sanchez wants to pass the guard but Washington is keeping the position.

Washington is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sanchez defends well.
Sanchez stopping the sweep attempt from Washington.
Sanchez advances to half guard.

Sanchez seems to be looking for submissions.

Sanchez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sanchez is looking to advance position but Washington won't allow it.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Washington defends it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Washington is working hard here to advance position.
Sanchez is looking to advance position but Washington won't allow it.
Washington wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Washington is staying active underneath Sanchez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez is looking to advance position but Washington won't allow it.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Washington wants to control but Sanchez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Sanchez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Washington is looking to clinch.
Sanchez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Washington with a body shot.
Washington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Washington with a body shot.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Travis Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Washington as he avoids it easily.

Sanchez tries to keep at a distance but Washington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Washington won't allow it.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington lands a body punch.
Sanchez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Washington holds him up against the cage and eventually Sanchez drops back down to his feet.
Travis Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Sanchez.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Washington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez prevents a body shot from Washington.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Washington just stands there and leans against the cage.
Washington swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Washington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Washington misses with the head strike.
Washington blocking some punches.
Washington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Washington misses with a body punch.
Sanchez has a couple of punches blocked by Washington.
Sanchez tries to pull guard but Washington forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Washington slips the punch.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Washington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Washington drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sanchez sprawls and moves away.

Washington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sanchez, pushing him back against the cage.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Washington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sanchez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Washington's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez being controlled here momentarily.
Sanchez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Washington prevents Sanchez from improving position.
Sanchez works to advance to full mount. Washington defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sanchez with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

Sanchez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Washington manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Sanchez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Washington is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jesus Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Washington is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sanchez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Sanchez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sanchez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Washington is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sanchez wants to free his trapped foot but Washington is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Sanchez is working for a submission of some sort.
Washington trying to control from the bottom.

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.
Sanchez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sanchez trying to advance position but Washington counters by regaining guard.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Washington wants to sweep here but Sanchez controlling him for the moment.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Washington tries to improve position but can't.

Sanchez tries for a kimura but Washington is defending well.
Washington is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jesus Sanchez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Washington tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Washington is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Washington circles away and we're back to standing.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanchez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Washington clinches.

Sanchez pulls guard successfully.
Sanchez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Washington postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Washington tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanchez is retaining full guard.
Washington won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Washington trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Washington slips nicely into half guard.
Sanchez felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Washington tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sanchez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Washington is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanchez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is holding on to half guard well.
Sanchez is trying to control but can't.
Washington wants to take a breather but Sanchez is having none of it.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Washington trying to mount his opponent but Sanchez defends it.
Sanchez is staying active underneath Washington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Travis Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two 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.
Washington tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Washington gets caught napping as Sanchez dives in and scores a takedown. Washington manages to retain guard.
Washington is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Washington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Washington looking to control.
Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Sanchez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Washington, who protects the arm well.
Washington holds on to Sanchez's head and controls the position momentarily.
Jesus Sanchez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling the position from side mount.
Washington is looking to regain half guard here but Sanchez keeps moving and retains side control.
Washington struggling a bit here.
Washington trying to remain calm as Sanchez controls from the top position.
Washington tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sanchez working away.
A lull in the action here as Sanchez stalls from top position.
Washington is trying to control Sanchez's posture but Sanchez avoids it.
Sanchez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Washington will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Let's hope that Sanchez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez moves into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sanchez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Sanchez!
Our winner, Jesus Sanchez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.