PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Narvaez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Narvaez
vs
Sanders

191 cm
22
181 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
183 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Narvaez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Sanders!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narvaez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sanders.
Narvaez throws a jab when Sanders was well out of range.
Narvaez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanders throws a lazy right hand but Narvaez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanders fails with the takedown.
Narvaez lands a head kick. Sanders smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sanders throws a hook but Narvaez blocks it.
Sanders shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Narvaez connects with a body shot.
Sanders missing with a left hand there. Narvaez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Narvaez wants to clinch.
Narvaez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanders's calf.
Nice body punch from Sanders.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Narvaez but Narvaez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sanders doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Narvaez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rafael Narvaez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Sanders.
An inside leg kick lands from Narvaez.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanders looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Narvaez wants to stand but Sanders is controlling the position.
Narvaez wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders looking to sit in guard and control but Narvaez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Narvaez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sanders is keeping the position for now.
Narvaez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is looking to sweep but instead, Narvaez has passed into half guard.
Sanders has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Narvaez is working away from the top position though.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Narvaez is controlling well.
Narvaez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to control but Narvaez is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Narvaez seems content to control.
Sanders wants to control but Narvaez is keeping busy.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Narvaez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Narvaez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanders ducks right into an uppercut from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Narvaez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rafael Narvaez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narvaez connects with a solid leg kick.
A cross from Sanders lands.
Sanders throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanders throws a right hand that misses
and Narvaez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sanders momentarily.
Narvaez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Sanders.
Narvaez lands with a nice body kick.
Rafael Narvaez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Narvaez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanders's calf.
Narvaez feints and then cracks Sanders's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanders down.
Narvaez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanders takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sanders throws a shot to the body.
Sanders keeps the fight on the outside.
Narvaez lands a jab.
Narvaez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Narvaez throws a solid leg kick but Sanders takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Narvaez.

Sanders drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Narvaez is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that round.
That's time! Narvaez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sanders slips a straight right by Narvaez.
Sanders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sanders on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanders fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Narvaez keeps Sanders at a distance using the push kick.
Narvaez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sanders takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanders's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanders throws a right hand that misses
and Narvaez counters with a left and a right that stings Sanders.
Narvaez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanders's sensitive parts.
Sanders misses with a shot to the body

and Narvaez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanders struggles to land a body shot inside as Narvaez controls his hands.
Sanders wants to stall.
Narvaez lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Sanders.
Narvaez gets through Sanders's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanders can't get the takedown.
Sanders drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rafael Narvaez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anthony Sanders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narvaez digs a right hand into Sanders's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sanders's gas tank.
A short right from Sanders on the inside.
A short uppercut from Narvaez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narvaez.
Narvaez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Narvaez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Narvaez lands a nice shot to the body.
Sanders is breathing heavily.
Narvaez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanders's efforts to push away.
Narvaez lands a body punch.
Narvaez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanders backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Narvaez.
Sanders tries to stall but Narvaez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A hook to the body from Narvaez.
Narvaez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Narvaez lands a hook that snaps the head of Sanders backwards.
Narvaez blocking some punches.
Sanders's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanders is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Narvaez is leaning against Sanders and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Narvaez presses Sanders against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Narvaez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Narvaez lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Narvaez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Narvaez lands a body shot.
Narvaez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Narvaez.
A nice left hand lands by Narvaez.
A body shot lands from Narvaez.
Narvaez presses Sanders against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Narvaez scores with a shot to the side of Sanders's head.
Sanders is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sanders's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanders can't find room to land a body shot as Narvaez controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Narvaez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Narvaez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Sanders is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Narvaez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sanders is still on wobbly legs! Can Narvaez finish him?
Narvaez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sanders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanders seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanders wants a takedown.
Narvaez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Narvaez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Narvaez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanderss head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanders looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Good body shot from Narvaez.
Narvaez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Narvaez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sanders backwards.
Narvaez creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Sanders's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Sanders drops to his knees and Narvaez pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Narvaez!
Rafael Narvaez retains his welterweight title!