PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alekos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Party Like a Rockstar kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Papadopoulos
vs
Sanchez

165 cm
22
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alekos Papadopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papadopoulos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sanchez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sanchez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Papadopoulos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Papadopoulos wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

Papadopoulos wants to work for an arm triangle but Sanchez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Papadopoulos is trying to work for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.
Papadopoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanchez on the ground.
Papadopoulos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Papadopoulos thows a huge punch but Sanchez dodges it nicely.
Papadopoulos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sanchez is trying to stand.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Papadopoulos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Papadopoulos showed some decent athleticism there.

Papadopoulos seems to be working for a kimura but Sanchez defends the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Papadopoulos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Papadopoulos looking to finish Sanchez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sanchez!

Papadopoulos jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sanchez manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Papadopoulos throws an elbow but Sanchez slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Papadopoulos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Papadopoulos is trying to get an arm triangle but Sanchez is defending well.
Sanchez defending against the ground and pound.
Papadopoulos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sanchez is letting Papadopoulos control him for a moment.
Papadopoulos tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Papadopoulos throws a strike aimed at the side of Sanchez's head but Sanchez avoids it well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Papadopoulos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Papadopoulos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Papadopoulos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Papadopoulos working the ground and pound but Sanchez is defending the strikes.
Sanchez can't do much from the bottom here.
Papadopoulos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sanchez is not content to let Papadopoulos control the position.
Papadopoulos cracks Sanchez with a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep.
Sanchez tries to escape but Papadopoulos is in control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Papadopoulos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Papadopoulos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Papadopoulos throwing strikes here but Sanchez is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Papadopoulos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sanchez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Papadopoulos 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.
Papadopoulos trying to control from half guard but Sanchez is working away.
Papadopoulos trying to mount his opponent but Sanchez defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alekos Papadopoulos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Papadopoulos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Papadopoulos throwing shots but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Papadopoulos is trying to control. Sanchez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sanchez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Papadopoulos is trying for a kimura here. Sanchez looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Papadopoulos wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Alekos Papadopoulos!