PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Belkofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes to the cage accompanied by Higher Brain Pattern. Belkofer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Belkofer

178 cm
27
173 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
32
175 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Belkofer!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belkofer walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.

Belkofer clinches with his opponent.
Belkofer scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Belkofer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Belkofer swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Belkofer scores with a shoulder strike.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Belkofer is controlling the position.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Belkofer misses with a short punch on the inside.

Sanchez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Belkofer clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!

Sanchez tightening his grip on Belkofer, looking for the choke.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Belkofer is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Belkofer uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Belkofer pushes Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Belkofer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Belkofer.
Belkofer lands with a left to the head.
Belkofer lands a nice uppercut.
Belkofer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Belkofer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Belkofer is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sanchez is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Belkofer to the mat. Belkofer regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Belkofer is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Belkofer.
Sanchez working aggressively here.

Sanchez pulls guard successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sanchez is working an open guard so Belkofer takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Belkofer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanchez is fending him off so far but Belkofer persists. Nope, Sanchez circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Belkofer moves out of range.
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Belkofer was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.

Belkofer moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Belkofer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Belkofer.
Belkofer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Belkofer working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Belkofer.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Belkofer is keeping busy.
A short left from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands with a short head shot on the inside.

It looks like Diego Sanchez has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Belkofer.
Sanchez tries to work over Belkofer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Belkofer lands with a short shot to the head.
Belkofer lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands with a light punch inside.
Belkofer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez is trying to break the clinch but Belkofer has him pressed against the cage.
Sanchez looking to slow down the pace here.
Belkofer throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Belkofer keeps control of Sanchez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Belkofer swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanchez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Belkofer.
Sanchez is struggling to control the position.
A short right from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands with a short shot to the head.

Sanchez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

Belkofer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez misses with a body kick.
Sanchez wants to land a leg kick but Belkofer is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sanchez enables Belkofer to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sanchez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Belkofer gets to his feet. Sanchez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Belkofer is defended easily by Sanchez.
Belkofer avoids the head kick by Sanchez.

Belkofer moves into the clinch.
Sanchez taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belkofer gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Sanchez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanchez is trying to stall.
Belkofer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Belkofer scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Belkofer escapes and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez tries to move into range but Belkofer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanchez scores with a nice head shot.
Sanchez scores with a jab.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Belkofer.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez wants to slow Belkofer down by chopping away at his legs.
Belkofer slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Belkofer slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez leaves Belkofer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Belkofer fails to land the takedown.
Belkofer is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Sanchez

and Belkofer counters by clinching up.
Sanchez stalling in the clinch but Belkofer improves position.
Belkofer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
A short right from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands a right hand.
Sanchez tries to circle away but Belkofer has him pinned against the cage.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Belkofer has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanchez trying to control the position but instead, Belkofer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sanchez into the cage.

Sanchez pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Belkofer gets to his feet - Sanchez follows without any prompting.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belkofer counters with a series of strikes. Sanchez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sanchez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Belkofer.
Diego Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Belkofer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Belkofer looks for a takedown but Sanchez sprawls well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A left and a right from Sanchez both land. Nice combination.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Diego Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick

and Belkofer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Belkofer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Belkofer thows a huge punch but Sanchez dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Belkofer stands up out of the half guard.
A right-left combo lands from Belkofer.
Belkofer dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanchez tries to break the clinch but Belkofer is controlling the position.
Sanchez wants to get back to striking at distance but Belkofer won't allow it.
David Belkofer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belkofer.
Belkofer lands an uppercut.
Sanchez is trying to stall.

Sanchez has picked Belkofer up - he's going for a ride! Sanchez dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Belkofer has one foot on Sanchez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Belkofer gets a double leg takedown into Sanchez's guard.
David Belkofer has got the better of the ground game so far.

Belkofer stands up from Sanchez's guard - Belkofer perhaps looking for a knockout.
Belkofer fails to land the takedown.
Diego Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.

Belkofer darts in and clinches Sanchez up against the cage.
Belkofer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belkofer working aggressively here.
Belkofer scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez tries to stall but Belkofer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Belkofer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Belkofer works Sanchez's body with a nice hook.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut

and Belkofer counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Sanchez!
Sanchez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Belkofer looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Belkofer stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Belkofer avoids it.
Diego Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez slaps away a takedown attempt from Belkofer, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sanchez.

Belkofer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Belkofer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belkofer prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Belkofer working aggressively here.
A short right from Belkofer on the inside.
Belkofer has a couple of punches blocked by Sanchez.

Sanchez drags the fight down to the ground.

Sanchez is working an open guard so Belkofer takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Belkofer moves away.
Sanchez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Belkofer moves out of range easily.
Belkofer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Diego Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Belkofer.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick

and Belkofer counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Belkofer stands up from Sanchez's guard - Belkofer perhaps looking for a knockout.
Belkofer avoids a punch combination nicely.

Belkofer clinches with his opponent.
Belkofer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Belkofer pushes Sanchez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez is trying to push Belkofer away but Belkofer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Belkofer prevents Sanchez from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to break free but Belkofer pushes him back against the cage.
Belkofer lands with a left to the head.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Belkofer gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Belkofer throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
Belkofer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Belkofer as Sanchez tries to tie him up.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Belkofer misses with some punches.
Belkofer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Sanchez misses with a knee strike.
Sanchez misses with the head strike.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Belkofer lands a left hand.
Belkofer scores with a shot to the side of Sanchez's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Belkofer has Sanchez pressed against the cage, preventing Sanchez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Belkofer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Still in the clinch, Belkofer scores with a nice short uppercut.
David Belkofer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A short right from Belkofer on the inside.
Sanchez takes a shot to the head.
Sanchez working hard to break the clinch.
Sanchez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice left hand lands by Belkofer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Belkofer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Belkofer.
A short uppercut from Belkofer.
Diego Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Belkofer lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Belkofer.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Belkofer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Belkofer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Belkofer!
David Belkofer opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.