PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshall Mason has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Mason
vs
Sanders

180 cm
28
182 lbs
8 - 18 - 0

185 cm
20
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Sanders!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanders shoots in for a takedown but Mason shows good takedown defense.
Mason throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Mason.
Sanders lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sanders.
Mason tries to clinch up.
Mason swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Sanders counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mason utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanders with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mason working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanders.
Sanders distracts Mason with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mason keeping moving, preventing Sanders from controlling successfully.
Sanders with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sanders wants to pass the guard but Mason is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders lands a couple of digs.
Sanders cracks Mason with a solid left hand.
Sanders throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mason works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sanders lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sanders throws a strike but Mason rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mason is breathing heavily.

Mason drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mason jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sanders is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sanders keeping full guard, as Mason tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason is working hard here to advance position.
Mason trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sanders's guard.
Mason throwing strikes from guard but Sanders blocks nicely.

Sanders is working an open guard so Mason takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Sanders gets a takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mason is trying to stand up here but Sanders is controlling him well.
Sanders trying to control the action but Mason is working from the bottom.
Sanders really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mason. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sanders not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sanders landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sanders working the head and body with strikes.
Sanders winds up and cracks Mason with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanders looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mason with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanders scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sanders lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sanders looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanders takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders trying to control from half guard but Mason is working away.
Mason avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason is trying to stand.

Sanders stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Marshall Mason is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sanders scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sanders not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sanders is nestled in close to Mason, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanders landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mason wants to get back to his feet.
Sanders is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Sanders dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sanders shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mason looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanders lands a nice short elbow.
Mason avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a head shot. Mason uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sanders with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sanders in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanders scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders throws a strike but Mason rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sanders bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mason's guard.
Sanders is working Mason over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sanders postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sanders stops Mason from standing up.
Mason utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sanders postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Joe Sanders has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanders prevents Mason from getting back to his feet.
Sanders works over Mason with some ground and pound from guard.
Sanders loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanders's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanders postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanders keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mason's head.
Sanders pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mason is keeping the position for now.
Sanders stops Mason from standing up.
Sanders tries to free his leg and advance position but Mason is retaining full guard.
Sanders is looking to work some ground and pound but Mason has wrist control.
Sanders landing with the ground and pound.
Sanders must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sanders postures up in Mason's guard and throws a big left but Mason blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mason is keeping the position for now.
Sanders trying to control but Mason is working from the bottom.
Sanders passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mason prevents Sanders from moving into mount.
Mason pushes Sanders away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sanders gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sanders advances nicely into full mount.
Mason in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sanders landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanders is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mason can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanders lands with some strikes.

Mason is rocked!
Sanders putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Mason is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanders scoring with strikes but Mason is staying in there.
Sanders connects with a bit shot that sees Mason covering up! More strikes from Sanders and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sanders is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Sanders!