PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hector Sanchez (ranked 2893 p4p, 5232 weight class) and Charles Sanders (ranked 381 p4p, 600 weight class). Charles Sanders will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sanchez
vs
Sanders

176 cm
26
175
2 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
180
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hector Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Sanders pushes Sanchez off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sanchez lands a jab to Sanders's midsection.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanders wants to break free but Sanchez has control.
Sanders wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanchez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanders's efforts to push away.
Sanders prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've been hearing reports that Sanchez has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Sanchez is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sanders is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Sanchez to the mat. Sanchez regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez looking for a sweep. Not yet Sanchez, not yet.

Sanchez has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sanders off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
A punch lands to the side of Sanchez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Sanders sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sanders counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sanchez is on top in guard.

Sanchez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Sanchez tries for a kimura but Sanders is defending well.
Sanders prevents Sanchez from improving position.

Sanchez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sanders has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez prevents Sanders from escaping the position.
Sanders being controlled for a moment.
Sanders is not content to let Sanchez control the position.
Sanchez tries to advance to mount but Sanders denies him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to buck Sanchez off.
Sanders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sanders prevents Sanchez from moving into mount.
Sanchez has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sanchez looking to control but Sanders is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Sanchez is working for a guillotine from mount but Sanders frees his head quite easily.
Sanders is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanders is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Sanchez working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Sanders looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Sanchez! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Hector Sanchez!