PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between EJ Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The game. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sanchez
vs
Thompson

185 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Lights Out Clothing

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, EJ Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
Sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thompson circles away.

Thompson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Thompson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Thompson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?

Thompson working for a guillotine from mount but Sanchez is in no mood to give up.
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
Thompson controlling the pace for now.
Thompson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

It looks like EJ Sanchez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is squirming around, avoiding Thompson's attempts to control the action.
Sanchez is trying desperately to improve position.
Thompson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Thompson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thompson tries to get out of the position.
Sanchez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

Thompson is working for a guillotine from mount but Sanchez frees his head quite easily.
Thompson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Thompson stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson regains half guard.

Thompson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thompson is pressing down on Sanchez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Thompson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thompson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thompson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Thompson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez tries to free his leg and advance position but Thompson is retaining full guard.
Sanchez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thompson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Thompson's guard.

Thompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sanchez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sanchez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanchez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thompson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thompson's back!
Sanchez throwing damaging strikes from the back! Thompson could be in trouble here!
Thompson covering up well under a series of strikes from Sanchez.
Thompson turns into Sanchez and is now in his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Thompson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thompson's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thompson is on top in guard.
Thompson trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Thompson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Thompson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Thompson laying and praying for a moment but Sanchez takes advantage and regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Thompson passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on EJ Sanchez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thompson 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.
Thompson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Thompson works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Thompson is looking for a kimura here.
Thompson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson blocks the strikes from Sanchez.
Ground and pound from Thompson.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Sanchez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Thompson on the ground.
Thompson slips a nice elbow through Sanchez's hands, connecting with Sanchez's forehead.
Thompson working the head and body with strikes.
Sanchez wants to get back to full guard.
Thompson is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanchez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Thompson lands with a punch from half guard.

Thompson stands up and beckons Sanchez to join him on the feet.

Sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Thompson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanchez is working away from the top position though.
Sanchez is just content to waste time from the top position. Thompson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thompson is looking to sinch up a triangle. Sanchez throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Thompson's body to avoid the submission. Thompson has instead reached around Sanchez's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Thompson arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Joe Thompson!