PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masa Sanada (ranked 132 p4p, 16 weight class) and Dominic Trujillo (ranked 925 p4p, 133 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Sanada
vs
Trujillo

180 cm
24
174 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
174 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Sanada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominic Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanada throws a body punch but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo with the counter takedown but Sanada avoids it easily.
Sanada throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trujillo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Trujillo punishes Sanada's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo avoids it easily.
Trujillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanada is just out of range.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trujillo was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Trujillo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trujillo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada scores with a punch to the head.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sanada as he jumps to the side.
A left lands for Trujillo.
Trujillo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanada.
Trujillo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sanada tries to avoid it but Trujillo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sanada to the ground. Sanada escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Sanada looks to land a right hand but Trujillo moved out of range.
Trujillo feints the counter takedown.
Sanada ducks under a wild hook from Trujillo.
Sanada looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sanada lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanada misses the target.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trujillo moves away.
Trujillo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Sanada is looking to wear down Trujillo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanada throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice shot by Sanada.
Sanada waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trujillo.
Masa Sanada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanada digs a good hook to Trujillo's body.
Trujillo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sanada misses with an uppercut.
Trujillo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trujillo throws a sloppy body shot
and Trujillo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trujillo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada throws a big shot that misses.
Trujillo throws an off balance right hand
enabling Sanada to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanada 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 four minutes gone in the round.
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 big right from Sanada misses.
Sanada throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trujillo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trujillo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada lands a jab to Trujillo's midsection.
Sanada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masa Sanada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanada swings widly with a right hand

and Trujillo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sanada's guard.
Sanada is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Trujillo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanada takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanada closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Trujillo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanada looks to throw the jab but Trujillo is out of range.
Trujillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanada's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Trujillo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanada scrambles back to his feet.
Sanada lands a right hook to the body.
Sanada lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trujillo can do to turn this around?
Sanada moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanada lunges at Trujillo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Trujillo's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trujillo manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada digs a good hook to Trujillo's body.
Sanada lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trujillo.
Trujillo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanada.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
Sanada loads up on a big right hand but Trujillo slips the punch.
Jab by Trujillo.
Trujillo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sanada throws a jab but it's blocked by Trujillo.
Sanada scores with a hook.
Sanada needs to keep his hands up - Trujillo had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Sanada connects with a nice looking jab.

Trujillo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Sanada throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Trujillo cracks Sanada with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Trujillo lands a jab.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Trujillo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trujillo catches Sanada with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sanada throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Trujillo tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanada pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A jab from Sanada misses.
Sanada looks to land a combination but Trujillo avoids it well.
Trujillo scoring well with a low kick there.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Sanada throwing a counter right hand but Trujillo manages to avoid it.
Sanada swings for the body but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada throws a shot to the body.
Masa Sanada is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo staying out of range there.
Sanada avoids the body shot from Trujillo.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo blocks it.
Trujillo misses with a straight left.
Trujillo misses the body punch
and Sanada counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sanada misses with a straight left.
Trujillo cracks a nice hook into Sanada's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trujillo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanada was well out of range. Poor timing from Trujillo.
Trujillo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Trujillo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trujillo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sanada defends it well.
Sanada throws a jab when Trujillo was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada dominated that second round.
That's time! Sanada's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Trujillo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanada throws a hook but Trujillo avoids it easily.

Sanada closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trujillo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trujillo tries to throw a body punch but Sanada avoids it by throwing Trujillo back against the cage.

Trujillo wants the takedown. Sanada is fighting it off but Trujillo persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sanada's guard against the cage.
Sanada wants to stand up but Trujillo is controlling him.
Sanada pulls Trujillo in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo throws a big right hand that misses.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sanada holds on and takes a little breather.
Sanada trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada is pulling down on Trujillo's head. It's preventing any offense from Trujillo, at least for the moment.
Trujillo postures up.
Sanada looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sanada walks into a straight right hand from Trujillo.
Sanada takes a swing at Trujillo's ribcage but misses.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trujillo feints the counter takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanada. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada throws a jab when Trujillo was well out of range.
Trujillo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sanada misses with a straight right.
Trujillo slips a jab from Sanada.
Trujillo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sanada avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanada is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trujillo.
Trujillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanada.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Sanada does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanada misses with a body shot.
Sanada misses with an uppercut. Trujillo saw that one coming.
Trujillo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sanada defends it well.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanada throws a looping overhand right but Trujillo ducks down to avoid it.
Dominic Trujillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trujillo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanada throws a hook to the side of Trujillo's head but Trujillo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanada misses with a looping right.
A big right from Sanada misses.
Trujillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanada.
Masa Sanada is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo throws an overhand right that lands on Sanada's shoulder, as Sanada tries to avoid the shot.
Trujillo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Sanada was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Trujillo.
Donk. Sanada catches Trujillo right on the button with a cross.
Sanada scores with a nice right hand.
Trujillo misses with a looping right.
Trujillo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanada sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Sanada slips a jab from Trujillo.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Masa Sanada.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanada, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masa Sanada!