PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ian St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

St James
vs
Sanders

176 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ian St James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanders feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
St James looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanders working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sanders accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St James is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sanders gets to his feet - St James follows without any prompting.
St James throws a nice head kick!

Sanders is rocked!
St James tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can St James finish him?
Sanders moves out of range as St James throws a body kick.
Sanders fails with a takedown attempt.
St James misses with a head kick.
St James lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders shoots in but St James avoids the takedown attempt easily.
St James moves in looking to clinch but Sanders pushes him off.
St James tries a head kick but it misses.

Sanders has managed to clinch.
Sanders is looking for a takedown up against the cage. St James gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ian St James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bill Sanders.
Sanders looks gassed!
Sanders is working for takedown but St James is calmly controlling the position for now.
St James wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St James blocking some punches.
Sanders managing to block the knees to the body from St James.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanders.
Sanders prevents St James from breaking the clinch.
St James avoiding damage as Sanders throws knees to the body.
Sanders goes for a takedown attempt but St James pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sanders stuffs the takedown attempt from St James. St James gets slowly back to his feet.
St James pulls out of a head kick attempt.
St James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sanders counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sanders wants a takedown but no success here.
Sanders is looking for a takedown up against the cage. St James gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
St James is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
St James prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sanders using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sanders with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sanders gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanders moves into full mount! St James won't be happy about that!
Sanders lands a big elbow.

St James is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanders scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish St James?
Oh St James is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St James is in a horrible position here. Sanders smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanders fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Sanders has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! St James is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bill Sanders!