PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joel Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carluco Danrio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sanchez
vs
Danrio

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joel Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carluco Danrio!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danrio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Danrio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danrio misses the shot to the body.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Danrio fails with the takedown.

Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sanchez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Danrio some visible discomfort.
Danrio can't do much from the bottom here.
Sanchez working the head with strikes.

Danrio is rocked!

Sanchez decides to stand back up. Sanchez steps back and let's Danrio get back to his feet.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Sanchez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Danrio counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danrio wants to take a breather but Sanchez is having none of it.
Danrio stops Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Danrio moves nicely into side control.
Sanchez manages to get back to half guard.
Danrio looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to improve his position but Danrio is controlling well.
Sanchez gets back to full guard.
Sanchez wants to stand up but Danrio is controlling him.
Sanchez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Danrio controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Danrio landing some decent shots from guard.
Danrio won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Danrio throwing strikes but missing.

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

Sanchez 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.
Sanchez is looking to work some ground and pound but Danrio has wrist control.
Danrio looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danrio is looking to stand up but Sanchez isn't so interested in that idea.
Sanchez landing with the ground and pound.
Danrio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.

Danrio looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Danrio had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sanchez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Danrio Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sanchez's back instead.
Danrio controls the position.
Danrio tries to get the hooks in deep but Sanchez pushed the leg off.
Sanchez rolls, trying to escape but Danrio keeps control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danrio tries to get the hooks in deep but Sanchez pushed the leg off.
Sanchez tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Danrio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez tries to reverse the position but Danrio maintains control.
Sanchez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Danrio pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanchez wants to try and get back to his feet.
Sanchez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sanchez tries to reverse the position but Danrio maintains control.
Danrio misses with a head shot.
Sanchez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez is trying to stand up.
Sanchez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanchez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sanchez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.
Sanchez lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez pushing down on Danrio's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sanchez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Danrio actively working from the bottom here.
Sanchez is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Danrio reverses the position - he's now on top in Sanchez's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danrio stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Danrio wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Danrio scores with a takedown into Sanchez's guard.
Danrio preventing the sweep.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Danrio from controlling successfully.
Danrio wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Danrio stops Sanchez from standing up.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Danrio controlling him for the moment.
Danrio trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joel Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez striking from the bottom.
Danrio stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Danrio looks to clinch

and Sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.

Danrio is looking for a triangle but Sanchez pushes his legs off easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Danrio's head.

It looks like Carluco Danrio has been cut.
Sanchez landing with the ground and pound.
Sanchez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Danrio has momentary wrist control but Sanchez slips an elbow through the middle.
Danrio is still in real trouble! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez preventing the sweep.
Danrio seems to have recovered his senses.
Danrio is trying to keep Sanchez in close.
Sanchez throws a strike but Danrio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sanchez tries to strike from the bottom.
Sanchez is looking to stand up but Danrio isn't so interested in that idea.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danrio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sanchez tries to clinch

and Danrio counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Danrio trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Danrio has passed into side control.
Danrio is chipping away with strikes.
Sanchez is trying to work for a sweep but Danrio has mounted him!
Danrio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Danrio in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Danrio trying to control but Sanchez is having none of it.

Danrio working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Sanchez turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Danrio off and cradles Sanchez's limp body as Danrio celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Carluco Danrio!