PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Experiment lV (ranked 262 p4p, 41 weight class) and Yes Man Sanchez (ranked 381 p4p, 54 weight class). Sanchez has chosen Yes - Owner of a lonely heart as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Experiment lV
vs
Man Sanchez

190 cm
32
190 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

191 cm
37
194 lbs
37 - 21 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment lV!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yes Man Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a push kick but Experiment lV slaps the foot to one side.
Yes Man Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez swings widly with a right hand
and Experiment lV counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Experiment lV.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Experiment lV.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanchez blocks the leg kick.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Experiment lV moves out of range easily.
Experiment lV on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big left from Experiment lV misses.
Sanchez sizes up Experiment lV with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big left from Experiment lV misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez! But no joy.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Experiment lV slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sanchez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Experiment lV lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanchez or not.
Experiment lV tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Experiment lV.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Experiment lV blocks an elbow strike from Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Experiment lV avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
Experiment lV lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Experiment lV.
Sanchez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Experiment lV lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Experiment lV keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Experiment lV fakes the leg kick and cracks Sanchez in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid body kick from Experiment lV.
Sanchez looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Experiment lV turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Experiment lV misses with an uppercut.
Experiment lV's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Experiment lV lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanchez's sensitive parts.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Experiment lV moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Experiment lV moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Experiment lV is looking for a counter combo.
Experiment lV takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Yes Man Sanchez has been cut.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Experiment lV moves away.
Experiment lV feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Sanchez misses with a jab to the body
and Experiment lV counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sanchez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Experiment lV connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanchez scrambles back to his feet.
Experiment lV throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Whack! Experiment lV lands a heavy head kick that drops Sanchez. The ref tackles Experiment lV to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Sanchez was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Finnish Experiment lV!
After the fight, Finnish Experiment lV was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.