PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Molby (ranked 8313 p4p, 709 weight class) and Antonio Sanchez (ranked 8923 p4p, 724 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Molby
vs
Sanchez

185 cm
19
225 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

200 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jan Molby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molby pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Molby drives through with a takedown into Sanchez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Sanchez wriggles free and stands up.
Molby thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Molby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Molby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sanchez misses with a right hand

and Molby counters with a takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Molby working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Molby working away.
Sanchez gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molby controlling from the full mount.
Molby landing shots from mount.
Molby looking to finish Sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanchez!
Sanchez has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Molby controlling the position easily from mount.
Molby lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Molby lands a big elbow.
Molby sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Molby wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molby lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanchez is in a horrible position here. Molby smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Molby tries to control but Sanchez wriggling away.
Molby working Sanchez over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Molby.
Molby lands a heavy elbow.
Molby fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Molby lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Molby landing strikes from the mount and Sanchez is in trouble!
Molby sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Molby pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Sanchez is rocked!
Molby landing shots from mount.
Molby in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Molby has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Molby raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sanchez is still in real trouble! Can Molby finish him?
Molby controlling from mount.
Molby postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Sanchez in real trouble here! The ref calls for Sanchez to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Molby!
Our winner, Jan Molby, 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.