PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Richarlison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Richarlison acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sanchez
vs
Richarlison

178 cm
25
181 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

174 cm
21
170 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sonny Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Richarlison!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richarlison.
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez stalks Richarlison and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Richarlison's face. Richarlison staggers backwards, shaken.
Ricky Richarlison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richarlison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richarlison tries for a takedown but Sanchez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that Richarlison avoids nicely.
Richarlison looks for a takedown but Sanchez sprawls well.
Richarlison misses with a takedown attempt - Sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sonny Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Richarlison.
Sanchez slaps away a takedown attempt from Richarlison, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Richarlison ducks under and follows up with a left that Richarlison also avoids with ease.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sanchez scores with a three punch combo!
Horrible takedown by Richarlison or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
Sanchez stuffs the takedown attempt from Richarlison. Richarlison gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richarlison closes the distance and clinches up with Sanchez, looking for a takedown. Richarlison pushes Sanchez against the cage but Sanchez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Richarlison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richarlison showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Richarlison looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez scores with a jab. Richarlison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Richarlison will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Richarlison looks gassed!
Richarlison fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sanchez lands a hook that stumbles Richarlison back into the cage. Sanchez follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Richarlison to the canvas! Sanchez pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Richarlison has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Sonny Sanchez!