PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cael Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Never Faulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanderson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dope - Debonair. The crowd seem to be enjoying Never Faulter's choice of entrance music: Fire it up by Modest Mouse. Walter Never Faulter has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sanderson
vs
Never Faulter

189 cm
26
196 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
27
196 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cael Sanderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Never Faulter!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanderson fails to land the takedown.
Sanderson thows a body shot but no joy.
Sanderson slips a straight right by Never Faulter.
Sanderson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanderson misses with a hook. Never Faulter ducked under it nicely.
Some wild striking there from Never Faulter.
Sanderson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Never Faulter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanderson misses with a two punch combination.
Sanderson throws a jab but it's blocked by Never Faulter.
Never Faulter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanderson misses with a straight right.
Sanderson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanderson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Never Faulter's half guard.
Sanderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanderson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Never Faulter wants to get back to full guard.
Sanderson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanderson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Never Faulter is trying to maintain the position but Sanderson is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Never Faulter defending well though.
Sanderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Never Faulter regains full guard. Nicely done.
Never Faulter is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Never Faulter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanderson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Never Faulter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sanderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Never Faulter thows a big elbow that misses.
Sanderson can't keep his opponent in guard - Never Faulter advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sanderson is trying to maintain the position but Never Faulter is very close to passing his half guard.
Never Faulter throwing shots but Sanderson is blocking nicely.
Sanderson is looking to control Never Faulter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sanderson avoid being mounted?
Never Faulter is looking to take a break and control but Sanderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Never Faulter is looking to stall here but Sanderson recovers full guard.
Never Faulter throws a big right hand that misses.
Sanderson keeping moving, preventing Never Faulter from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Never Faulter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four 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 closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sanderson scores with punches from side control.
Never Faulter manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sanderson's best efforts.
Sanderson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Never Faulter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanderson.
Sanderson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Never Faulter defending well though.
Never Faulter trying to control but Sanderson postures up.
Sanderson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sanderson winds up and cracks Never Faulter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Never Faulter is trying to maintain the position but Sanderson is very close to passing his half guard.
Sanderson controlling the pace.
Sanderson lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Sanderson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Never Faulter misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Never Faulter misses.
Never Faulter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanderson.
Never Faulter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sanderson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Never Faulter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sanderson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Never Faulter on the side of the head.
Sanderson throws a jab when Never Faulter was well out of range.
Never Faulter takes one to the chin there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanderson misses with a looping right.
Never Faulter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice shot by Sanderson.
Sanderson catches Never Faulter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Never Faulter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanderson somewhat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanderson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sanderson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanderson prevents Never Faulter from improving his position.
Sanderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Never Faulter's head.
Sanderson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Never Faulter's head.
Sanderson is pressing down on Never Faulter's thigh, looking to free his foot. Never Faulter is holding on for now.
Never Faulter trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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. Sanderson connects with a nice short shot to Never Faulter's temple.
Never Faulter wants to control but Sanderson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Never Faulter is looking for a sweep. Sanderson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Sanderson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Never Faulter tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Never Faulter trying to hold on to Sanderson's head to control him but Sanderson postures up.
Sanderson prevents Never Faulter from improving his position.
Sanderson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sanderson thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Never Faulter to regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Never Faulter closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sanderson circles away.
Never Faulter takes a swing at Sanderson's ribcage but misses.
Sanderson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Never Faulter sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sanderson somewhat.
Never Faulter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanderson.
Never Faulter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Never Faulter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Never Faulter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanderson throws out the jab.
Sanderson looks to throw the jab but Never Faulter is out of range.
A big right from Sanderson misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Never Faulter gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Sanderson misses.
Sanderson moves in looking to clinch but Never Faulter pushes him off.
Sanderson throws the left hand but Never Faulter avoids the punch easily.
Sanderson throws a hook but Never Faulter avoids it easily.
Never Faulter has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Never Faulter there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanderson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Never Faulter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanderson shoots in for a takedown but Never Faulter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cael Sanderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Never Faulter ducks under a wild hook from Sanderson.
Never Faulter throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Sanderson counter with a right hand.
Sanderson thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cael Sanderson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Sanderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanderson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sanderson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Never Faulter counters with a shoot takedown. Sanderson fights it but they end up in guard.
Never Faulter throws and elbow that misses. Sanderson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Never Faulter's guard. Nice move by Sanderson!
Never Faulter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanderson trying to control but Never Faulter is working from the bottom.
Sanderson landing some decent shots from guard.
Never Faulter lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sanderson!
Sanderson tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Never Faulter looking to finish with strikes here!
Sanderson wants to control but Never Faulter is having none of it.
Never Faulter throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sanderson because Never Faulter loaded up on that one.
Never Faulter throwing strikes here but Sanderson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

Never Faulter goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Sanderson turns into him and now he's in Never Faulter's guard.
Never Faulter pulls Sanderson in close to his closed guard and prevents Sanderson from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Sanderson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Never Faulter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sanderson trying to control the position from guard on top but Never Faulter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Never Faulter can't keep his opponent in guard - Sanderson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sanderson is looking to advance position but Never Faulter won't allow it.
Cael Sanderson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanderson lands with a punch from half guard.
Never Faulter works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sanderson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Never Faulter has his foot on Sanderson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanderson works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Never Faulter is retaining full guard.
Sanderson wants to control from the top but Never Faulter keeps moving.
Sanderson stands and throws Never Faulter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Never Faulter is trying to improve his position.
Never Faulter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanderson looks up at the clock and then as Never Faulter takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sanderson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Never Faulter taking punishment in the form of punches.
Never Faulter is looking for a sweep.
Sanderson lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Never Faulter looks to move to half guard but instead Sanderson has passed into mount! Damn!
Sanderson looking to control but Never Faulter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanderson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Never Faulter's face.
Never Faulter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Sanderson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sanderson wants to control the pace but Never Faulter is squirming around nicely.
Never Faulter wants to hold on but Sanderson pushes him away.
Sanderson with shots to the head and body - Never Faulter looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanderson is in the full mount, landing 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Cael Sanderson!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Cael Sanderson!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Cael Sanderson!

Cael Sanderson wins by unanimous decision!