PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cael Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Day Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dayman Remix. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanderson
vs
Man

186 cm
24
193 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

180 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cael Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Day Man!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Sanderson or perhaps it was just good defense by Man which made him look bad.
Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Sanderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sanderson throws and elbow that misses. Man uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sanderson's guard. Nice move by Man!
Sanderson striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Man postures up in Sanderson's guard and throws a big left but Sanderson blocks it.
Sanderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sanderson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sanderson trying to control the position.
Sanderson strikes from his own guard.
Man passes into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanderson is not content to let Man control the position.
Man drops an elbow to the side of Sanderson's head.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Man connects with a nice short shot to Sanderson's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man trying to control the action but Sanderson is working from the bottom.
Sanderson is in trouble now - Man has advanced to mount!
Sanderson is trying to stand.
Sanderson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

It looks like Cael Sanderson has been cut.
Sanderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Man landing strikes from the mount and Sanderson is in trouble!
Man looking to control but Sanderson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanderson is desperately trying to improve his position but Man has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Man looking to control but Sanderson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanderson throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sanderson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Sanderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Man scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanderson?
Sanderson is trying to escape the mount.
Sanderson is bucking up trying to escape but Man cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Man wants to control the pace but Sanderson is squirming around nicely.
Man with shots to the head and body - Sanderson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Man in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanderson tries to hold on but Man postures up.
Man with the ground and pound from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Man with shots to the head and body - Sanderson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanderson is trying to escape the mount.
Sanderson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanderson throwing hammer fists to the chest of Man. What's that going to do exactly?

Sanderson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Man.
Man lands with some strikes.
Man pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanderson is in a horrible position here. Man smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Cael Sanderson's cut is getting worse.
Sanderson is trying desperately to improve position.
Man sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Man landing strikes from the mount and Sanderson is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson is desperately trying to improve his position but Man has a good base and remains in mount.
Man unloading with bombs!
Sanderson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanderson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanderson tries to get out of the position.
Man cracks Sanderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanderson is working to get back to half guard.
Man wants to control the pace but Sanderson is squirming around nicely.
Man working Sanderson over with strikes here.
Sanderson is in a horrible position here. Man smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanderson is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man landing strikes from the mount and Sanderson is in trouble!

Cael Sanderson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee warns Sanderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Day Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cael Sanderson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Man shoots and misses

and Sanderson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Man's guard.
Sanderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Man has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sanderson scoring with some ground and pound.
Man wants to get back to his feet but Sanderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Sanderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sanderson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Man on the ground.
Sanderson throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Man is breathing heavily.
Sanderson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sanderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man wants to stand but Sanderson is controlling the position.
Sanderson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Man is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Man goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sanderson prevents it.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man tries for a takedown but Sanderson manages to get underhooks.
Cael Sanderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Day Man.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanderson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Man is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Sanderson scores a takedown into full mount!
Sanderson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanderson wants to control the pace but Man is squirming around nicely.
Sanderson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanderson landing strikes from the mount.
Sanderson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanderson lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanderson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Man looks a forlorn figure.
Sanderson landing shots from mount.
Sanderson looking to finish Man with some ground and pound. This is bad for Man!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Sanderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanderson working Man over with strikes here.
The referee warns Man that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanderson landing strikes from the mount.
Sanderson blocks Man's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Man is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Man takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanderson dominating with strikes here.
Man tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cael Sanderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanderson breaks from Man's wrist control and lands an elbow.
A nice elbow there by Sanderson.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanderson looking to finish Man with some ground and pound. This is bad for Man!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man regains half guard.
Sanderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanderson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Sanderson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cael Sanderson'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. This is the final round!

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

Sanderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.

Man is looking for a triangle but Sanderson pushes his legs off easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanderson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanderson throwing strikes from guard but Man blocks nicely.
Sanderson throws a strike but Man rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Man takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson striking off his back.
Sanderson keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Man wants to stand but Sanderson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Sanderson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanderson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sanderson tries to strike from the bottom.
Man throwing strikes but missing.
Sanderson keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.

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.
Sanderson ducks under a wild hook from Man.
Sanderson avoids the head kick by Man.
Sanderson shoots in for a takedown but Man shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Man shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Sanderson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sanderson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sanderson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Man's head.
Sanderson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanderson wants to stand and escape but instead Man has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sanderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Man advances to half guard.
Sanderson tries to roll over but Man keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson pushes Man off looking to stand but Man dives back in and keeps control.
Man moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Sanderson.
Sanderson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Man wants to control but Sanderson is keeping him busy.
Sanderson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Man wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Man trying to control the position but Sanderson is working away.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Man doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sanderson counters with a shoot takedown. Man fights it but they end up in guard.
Sanderson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man wants to stand but Sanderson is controlling the position.
Sanderson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Man has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanderson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Man controls Sanderson momentarily but Sanderson frees himself.

Man is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sanderson is aware though and is defending well.
Sanderson lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanderson lands a couple of digs.
Sanderson is working Man over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cael Sanderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanderson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cael Sanderson!