PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanavio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damme is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fight to Survive. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sanavio
vs
Damme

188 cm
32
196 lbs
17 - 7 - 2

186 cm
28
199 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanavio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damme tries to clinch up but Sanavio circles away and keeps his distance.
Damme tries to clinch up but Sanavio circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanavio keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanavio shoots in but no luck this time.
Sanavio misses with a low kick.
Sanavio connects with a body shot.
Damme closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanavio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Damme showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanavio.
Sanavio throws a jab but it's blocked by Damme.
Sanavio changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Damme checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sanavio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme tries to clinch up.
Damme scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanavio doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanavio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damme looks to land a combination but Sanavio avoids it well.
Damme with a nice cross.
Sanavio circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanavio checks a low kick from Damme.
Damme throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damme is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crunch! Damme slams his shin into Sanavio's torso.
Damme closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanavio counters with a good low kick that Damme was not able to check.
Damme closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sanavio counters with a left to the body.
Sanavio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Damme throws a head kick that misses
and Sanavio counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Van Damme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damme doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanavio circles away.
Sanavio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damme manages to avoid it.
Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sanavio gets a takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Damme regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sanavio won't allow Damme to get back to his feet.
Damme working a defensive guard here.
Damme wants to sweep here but Sanavio controlling him for the moment.
Sanavio passes Damme's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanavio looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Damme on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Damme is looking for a sweep. Sanavio is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanavio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sanavio seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio wants to free his trapped foot but Damme is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sanavio throwing shots but Damme is blocking nicely.
Damme is trying to get back to full guard.
Damme is trying to stand.

Sanavio is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Damme has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sanavio tries to pass to full mount but Damme defends it.
Sanavio lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sanavio prevents Damme from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio winds up and cracks Damme with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sanavio works his way into side control.
Sanavio lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanavio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Damme some visible discomfort.
Sanavio working the body and head with strikes.
Sanavio scores with a couple of short elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Damme is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Damme takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damme on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Damme is rocked!
Sanavio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Sanavio 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.

Sanavio tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Damme is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Sanavio dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sanavio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanavio keeps the fight on the outside.
Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanavio looks for a takedown but Damme sprawls well.
Sanavio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Damme blocks a head kick by Sanavio.
Sanavio is looking to wear down Damme with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sanavio misses with a low kick.
Damme swinging wildly here.
Sanavio misses with an uppercut. Damme saw that one coming.
Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanavio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanavio lands an overhand right.
Sanavio swings for the body but Damme moves out of range.
Sanavio throws a chopping leg kick but Damme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sanavio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanavio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanavio swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanavio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damme wants to clinch up but Sanavio keeps it at a distance.
Sanavio keeps the fight on the outside.
Damme throws a head kick that half lands.
Sanavio dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanavio is looking to score with low kicks.
A punch combination from Damme misses.
A big left from Sanavio misses.
Sanavio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damme tries to clinch up but Sanavio circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanavio throws a leg kick but Damme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sanavio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Damme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Damme takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damme tries to clinch up but Sanavio circles away and keeps his distance.
Damme wants to clinch up but Sanavio keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sanavio. Damme shrugs it off though.
Van Damme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damme tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sanavio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Van Damme seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanavio. Damme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damme swings for the body but Sanavio moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Damme looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sanavio looks to land a left hand but Damme moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Sanavio there.
Sanavio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sanavio swats away the attempt to clinch by Damme.
Sanavio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Damme walks into a jab.
Sanavio misses with a wild body shot.

Sanavio shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sanavio showed some decent athleticism there.
Damme is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio moves into full mount! Damme won't be happy about that!
Damme is looking to get to half guard.
Sanavio landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanavio cracks Damme with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Damme is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanavio has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanavio unloading with bombs!
Sanavio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Damme is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
BOOM! Sanavio connects with a massive shot to the dome!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanavio with the ground and pound from mount.
Damme is still in real trouble! Can Sanavio finish him?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanavio cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanavio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sanavio unloading with bombs!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Sanavio! Damme is hurt baaadly! Sanavio is firing away with more strikes - Damme is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Sanavio!
Diego Sanavio made sure to mention his sponsor, [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « AJFC↑ TRIPLE 160Q ® in his post fight interview.