PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Kungen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Sandelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King Kungen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kungen
vs
Sandelos

201 cm
24
245 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

194 cm
19
268 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Kungen!
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, Jonathan Sandelos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sandelos has closed the distance and engaged Kungen in a clinch.
Kungen looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kungen avoids a wild elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos lands a good knee to the midsection. Kungen won't want to take too many of those.
Sandelos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sandelos lands an elbow that stopped Kungen in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like King Kungen has been cut.
Sandelos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kungen.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sandelos obliges.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.
Sandelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kungen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sandelos scores with a knee to the head.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.
Kungen dodges an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Kungen blocks the elbow strike.
Kungen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sandelos lands a nice elbow.
Sandelos working Kungen over with knees to the body.
Sandelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sandelos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sandelos looking to throw knees to the head but Kungen is blocking nicely.
Sandelos misses with a knee to the head.
Sandelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sandelos pushes off an throws an elbow but Kungen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sandelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kungen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sandelos missing with knees to the body.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sandelos.
Kungen blocks the elbow strike.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Kungen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sandelos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kungen.
Kungen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sandelos looking to throw knees to the head but Kungen is blocking nicely.
Kungen tries to work over Sandelos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sandelos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kungen's brow.
Sandelos misses with an elbow strike.
Kungen has Sandelos pushed against the cage.
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos trying to land knees to the body.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sandelos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kungen's brow.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sandelos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kungen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sandelos looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sandelos misses with an elbow strike.
Sandelos connects with a knee to the head.
Sandelos has Kungen pressed against the cage, preventing Kungen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kungen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sandelos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kungen avoids it.
Sandelos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kungen is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sandelos.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Sandelos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sandelos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
Kungen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but Kungen blocks with his arms.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kungen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kungen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kungen tries to land knees in the clinch but Sandelos avoids the damage to the body.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Kungen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sandelos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Kungen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandelos missing with knees to the body.
Sandelos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kungen is defending well for now.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but Kungen blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kungen avoids the damage to the body.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but Kungen blocks with his arms.
Sandelos misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Kungen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sandelos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kungen is trying to break the clinch but Sandelos has him pressed against the cage.
Sandelos looking to throw knees to the head but Kungen is blocking nicely.
Sandelos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kungen's face.
Sandelos misses with a knee to the head.

Kungen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick lands from Sandelos.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sandelos, right into the meat.
Sandelos scoring well with a low kick there.
Sandelos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sandelos.
Sandelos feints and then cracks Kungen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kungen down.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kungen.
Sandelos scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sandelos, right into the meat.

Sandelos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kungen, pushing him back against the cage.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Sandelos connects with a knee to the head.
Sandelos landing knees to the body.
Sandelos lands a knee to the body.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but Kungen blocks it.
Sandelos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kungen's face.
Sandelos lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sandelos.
Sandelos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kungen's efforts to push away.
Kungen trying to control the position but instead, Sandelos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kungen into the cage.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sandelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Sandelos.
Kungen is trying to break the clinch but Sandelos has him pressed against the cage.
Sandelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Sandelos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sandelos thuds his shin into the meat of Kungen's side.
Sandelos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sandelos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sandelos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kungen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kungen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sandelos lands with a kick to the temple. Kungen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Sandelos.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sandelos.
Sandelos thows a body kick. Kungen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sandelos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sandelos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kungen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Sandelos moves into the clinch successfully.
Jonathan Sandelos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Sandelos misses with an elbow over the top.
Knees to the body from Sandelos.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sandelos throws an elbow but misses.
Sandelos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kungen takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
Sandelos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sandelos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kungen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kungen avoids it.
Kungen wants a takedown.
Sandelos lands an elbow just above Kungen 's eye.
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kungen blocks it with crossed arms.
Sandelos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sandelos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sandelos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Kungen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sandelos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sandelos bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sandelos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandelos.
Sandelos throws a quick inside leg kick.
King Kungen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kungen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandelos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jonathan Sandelos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sandelos feints and then cracks Kungen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kungen down.
Sandelos lands a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sandelos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sandelos.
Kungen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sandelos lands a head kick!
Sandelos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kungen's calf.
Sandelos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kungen. That did some damage!
Sandelos throws a leg kick which misses Kungen's front leg but catches the back leg as Kungen tries to avoid it.
Sandelos lands a nice looking kick to the body. Kungen takes a step back to recover.
Jonathan Sandelos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sandelos lands with a slapping head kick.
Sandelos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jonathan Sandelos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sandelos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kungen's sensitive parts.
Sandelos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos throws a head kick that Kungen semi-blocks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandelos.
Sandelos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kungen.
Sandelos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sandelos.
Sandelos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kungen.
Sandelos throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sandelos closes the distance and pushes Kungen back into the cage.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sandelos pushes off an throws an elbow but Kungen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sandelos throws an elbow but misses.
Sandelos misses with an elbow over the top.
Sandelos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sandelos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kungen's brow.
Sandelos misses with an elbow over the top.
Sandelos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kungen blocks it with crossed arms.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kungen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Kungen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sandelos lands a knee to the head.
Sandelos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kungen.

Kungen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kungen wants to clinch but Sandelos slips to the side
and Sandelos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kungen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Kungen darts in trying to clinch
and Sandelos counters with a nice body kick.
Kungen throws a right and a left that Sandelos avoids nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Sandelos.
Kungen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sandelos. Sandelos obviously looking to wear him down.
Sandelos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sandelos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Sandelos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sandelos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sandelos scores with a spinning back kick!

Sandelos drives through and clinches with Kungen against the cage.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.
Sandelos lands a good knee to the midsection. Kungen won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Sandelos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on King Kungen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sandelos lands with a slapping head kick.
Sandelos scores with a head kick.

Sandelos moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sandelos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kungen's brow.
Sandelos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kungen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Sandelos misses with an elbow strike.
Kungen blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Sandelos.
Sandelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kungen avoids the damage to the body.
Kungen avoids a wild elbow strike from Sandelos.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sandelos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kungen's brow.
Kungen avoids a wild elbow strike from Sandelos.
Kungen blocks the elbow strike.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it misses.
Sandelos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kungen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sandelos throws an elbow but misses.
Sandelos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sandelos lands a knee to the body.
Kungen dodges an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos working Kungen over with knees to the body.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kungen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kungen wants a takedown but no success here.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
Kungen tries for a takedown but Sandelos manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Kungen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Kungen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
Sandelos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kungen misses with the head strike.
Sandelos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kungen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sandelos missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sandelos throws an elbow but misses.
Kungen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sandelos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kungen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but Kungen blocks it.
Sandelos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sandelos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike from Sandelos.
Sandelos misses with an elbow strike.
Sandelos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kungen tries a body shot but Sandelos blocks it.
Knees to the body from Sandelos.
Sandelos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kungen avoids the damage to the body.
Sandelos is pressed up against the cage. Kungen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sandelos down to the mat. Sandelos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kungen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Sandelos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kungen throws a head kick that misses
and Sandelos counters with a head kick.
Sandelos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sandelos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kungen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sandelos circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Kungen with that takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sandelos. That's going to slow Kungen down.
Sandelos thumps Kungen with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sandelos.
Sandelos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kungen's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Sandelos lands but Kungen takes it in his stride.

Sandelos clinches up against the cage.
Sandelos missing with knees to the body.
Sandelos pushes off an throws an elbow but Kungen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kungen blocks it with crossed arms.
Kungen tries to throw a body punch but Sandelos avoids it by throwing Kungen back against the cage.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but Kungen blocks it.
Kungen avoids the elbow strike from Sandelos, against the cage.
Kungen tries a body shot but Sandelos blocks it.
Kungen blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Sandelos.
Sandelos misses with an elbow over the top.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sandelos throws an elbow but misses.
Kungen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sandelos misses with a knee strike.
Sandelos misses with an elbow strike.
Sandelos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kungen's efforts to push away.
Kungen is working for takedown but Sandelos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sandelos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kungen lands with a short shot to the head.
Sandelos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sandelos throws an elbow that misses.
Kungen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sandelos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kungen is defending well for now.
Sandelos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kungen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sandelos has Kungen pressed against the cage, preventing Kungen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sandelos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sandelos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sandelos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sandelos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kungen managing to block the knees to the body from Sandelos.
Sandelos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kungen tries to break the clinch but Sandelos is controlling the position.
Sandelos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kungen avoiding damage as Sandelos throws knees to the body.
Kungen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sandelos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sandelos tries a knee to the head but Kungen blocks it.
Sandelos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kungen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sandelos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kungen blocks it with crossed arms.
King Kungen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kungen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kungen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Sandelos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sandelos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Jonathan Sandelos!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Jonathan Sandelos!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Jonathan Sandelos!

Jonathan Sandelos wins by unanimous decision!