PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diablo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Williams is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sanchez
vs
Williams

180 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Infliction Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diablo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Williams!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Williams connects with a crisp jab.

Sanchez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Williams to the mat! Williams manages to get full guard.
Sanchez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanchez won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Williams scores with a decent looking hook.

Sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sanchez working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sanchez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sanchez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sanchez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Sanchez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez stops Williams from getting back to his feet.
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.
Williams looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sanchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williams pushes Sanchez off looking to stand but Sanchez dives back in and keeps control.
Sanchez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Sanchez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.

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

Williams shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sanchez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Williams decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sanchez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Williams has his takedown stuffed

so Sanchez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Sanchez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sanchez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Williams trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez is pushing down on Williams's leg trying to pass to half guard. Williams is fighting to maintain full guard but Sanchez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sanchez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Williams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanchez working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Sanchez.
Williams has hold of Sanchez's hands but Sanchez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sanchez moves nicely into side control.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Williams takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez lands some shots froms side control.
Williams can't do much from the bottom here.
Williams dodges the ground and pound from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands an elbow.

Williams sneaks out the side door and pushes Sanchez away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Williams with a poor takedown

and Sanchez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Williams!
Sanchez avoids the attempt from Williams to control.
Sanchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Williams is rocked!
Sanchez lands a big elbow - Williams is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Williams is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Diablo Sanchez!