PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Dekkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Sanchaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudy Dekkers has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dekkers
vs
Sanchaz

177 cm
20
167 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
162 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rudy Dekkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raul Sanchaz!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sanchaz moves into range and clinches up with Dekkers.

Dekkers has hold of one of Sanchaz's legs. Sanchaz is fighting the takedown attempt but Dekkers gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Dekkers trying to control but Sanchaz is working from the bottom.
Dekkers looking to pass the guard.
Dekkers postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dekkers throws an elbow that misses. Sanchaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dekkers's guard. Nice move by Sanchaz!
Sanchaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dekkers is keeping the position for now.
Dekkers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sanchaz throwing strikes from guard but Dekkers blocks nicely.
Sanchaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Dekkers is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Dekkers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dekkers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dekkers trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Dekkers has control of Sanchaz's left arm, preventing Sanchaz from doing any damage.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Raul Sanchaz was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dekkers circles away from the clinch attempt

and Dekkers counters with a takedown into side control.
Dekkers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sanchaz sneaks back into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchaz is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Dekkers jumps into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers trying to control the position but Sanchaz is working away.
Dekkers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sanchaz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Dekkers seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dekkers in side control, throwing shots but Sanchaz defends.
Sanchaz is trying to work for a sweep but Dekkers has mounted him!
Dekkers prevents Sanchaz from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers lands a big elbow.
Dekkers 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.
Dekkers fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchaz wants to control but Dekkers is having none of it.
Dekkers scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchaz?
Sanchaz working to try and regain half guard.
Dekkers working Sanchaz over with strikes here.

Dekkers is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Sanchaz can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dekkers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchaz is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers with good strikes from the mount here!
Dekkers tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dekkers avoids the attempt from Sanchaz to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanchaz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dekkers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sanchaz tries to clinch up.
Sanchaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Dekkers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchaz misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.

Sanchaz forces Dekkers back against the cage and clinches.

Dekkers has hold of one of Sanchaz's legs. Sanchaz is fighting the takedown attempt but Dekkers gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sanchaz keeping moving, preventing Dekkers from controlling successfully.
Dekkers stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchaz.
Dekkers chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanchaz wants to improve his position but instead Dekkers has moved into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Dekkers seems to be looking for submissions.
Dekkers 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.
Sanchaz is looking to improve his position.
Rudy Dekkers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sanchaz looking for submissions off his back.
Dekkers lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sanchaz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dekkers perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dekkers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dekkers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dekkers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dekkers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dekkers is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchaz trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Dekkers manages to pass to mount!
Sanchaz is squirming around, avoiding Dekkers's attempts to control the action.
Dekkers cracks Sanchaz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dekkers is landing with some decent strikes but Sanchaz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sanchaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dekkers controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Sanchaz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sanchaz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dekkers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Dekkers dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Dekkers shoots in and bounces Sanchaz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Dekkers wants to control from the top but Sanchaz keeps moving.
Dekkers showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dekkers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sanchaz's head.
Sanchaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchaz has an active guard here but Dekkers has managed to pass into half guard.
Sanchaz tries to get to full guard but Dekkers has control of the leg.
Dekkers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dekkers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchaz wants to get back to full guard.
Dekkers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dekkers wants to control but Sanchaz is keeping him busy.
Sanchaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dekkers.
Sanchaz gets back to full guard.
Dekkers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dekkers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sanchaz can do to turn this around?
Sanchaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dekkers landing some decent shots from guard.
Dekkers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dekkers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekkers with a nice head shot there.
Dekkers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Sanchaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dekkers defends it easily.
Raul Sanchaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanchaz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dekkers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dekkers working some strikes from top position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Sanchaz working for submissions but it's allowed Dekkers to get to half guard.
Rudy Dekkers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dekkers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rudy Dekkers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dekkers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Rudy Dekkers!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Rudy Dekkers!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Rudy Dekkers!

Rudy Dekkers wins by unanimous decision!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rudy Dekkers waved his t-shirt featuring Red Light Clothing ► Amsterdam!'s logo in front of the cameras.