PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Sanders (ranked 5060 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francesco Lo Bianco (ranked 2340 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Sanders has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sanders
vs
Lo Bianco

205 cm
24
209 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Francesco Lo Bianco!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanders dips to his left and cracks Lo Bianco with an uppercut!
Sanders shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lo Bianco eats them both and turns towards Sanders to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Lo Bianco looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lo Bianco fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lo Bianco shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanders pinned against the cage. Sanders gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kyle Sanders has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Francesco Lo Bianco.
Sanders throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Lo Bianco decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lo Bianco lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lo Bianco looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sanders avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lo Bianco.
Lo Bianco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lo Bianco working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo Bianco lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lo Bianco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lo Bianco is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Lo Bianco is controlling well.
Lo Bianco winds up and cracks Sanders with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lo Bianco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lo Bianco working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sanders knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lo Bianco on the ground.
Lo Bianco looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanders on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanders tries to get out of the position.
Lo Bianco takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lo Bianco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Lo Bianco seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lo Bianco is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lo Bianco is looking to advance position but Sanders won't allow it.
Lo Bianco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanders taking some punishment here, with Lo Bianco in his half guard.
Lo Bianco lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Lo Bianco.
Lo Bianco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lo Bianco works his way into side control.
Sanders takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sanders gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Oooh a big shot lands for Lo Bianco! Sanders is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Francesco Lo Bianco!