PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barry Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Speedy Atkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atkins comes into a darkened arena with his song building. baddest of the bad - rev. horton heat kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Barry Sanders has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanders
vs
Atkins

170 cm
27
156 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

167 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Global Empire MMA Gear

PWNAGE™ (WOT)

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Barry Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Speedy Atkins!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atkins, right into the meat.
Atkins throws a right and a left that Sanders avoids nicely.
Speedy Atkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanders swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Atkins misses with a two punch combination.

Atkins rushes Sanders and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders is trying to push Atkins away but Atkins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins lands an uppercut.
Atkins lands a body shot.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike.
Atkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Atkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Barry Sanders has been cut.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with some punches.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Sanders takes a shot to the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Atkins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sanders's brow.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Atkins is trying to stall.
Atkins tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins misses with the head strike.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanders avoiding damage as Atkins throws knees to the body.
Sanders is looking to break free of the clinch but Atkins has double underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkins trying to land knees to the body.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanders backwards.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Atkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders tries to break free but Atkins pushes him back against the cage.
Atkins is pushing Sanders up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Sanders blocks an uppercut.
Sanders blocks an uppercut.
Atkins stalling in the clinch.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins avoiding damage.
Atkins tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins lands a right hand.
Atkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sanders tries to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling the position.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Atkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins tries to land a knee to the head but Sanders blocks with his arms.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Speedy Atkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Barry Sanders's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sanders misses with a few strikes there.
A good leg kick by Atkins.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Atkins fails in his attempt to clinch.

Atkins clinches with his opponent.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Sanders blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders blocking some punches.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Sanders.
Sanders blocks an uppercut.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
The referee calls for Atkins to work.
Sanders blocking some punches.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Sanders wants to break free but Atkins has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders wants to get back to striking at distance but Atkins won't allow it.
Atkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Sanders tries to break free but Atkins pushes him back against the cage.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins has Sanders pressed against the cage, preventing Sanders from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sanders takes a shot to the head.
Speedy Atkins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Atkins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atkins looking to stall.
Atkins misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is trying to break the clinch but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atkins misses with a punch to the body.
Atkins keeps control of Sanders as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Atkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Atkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders is trying to force a seperation but Atkins has the dominant position.
Atkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanderss head.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Atkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Atkins keeps control of Sanders as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Atkins.
Sanders blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Atkins lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Atkins fails to land.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Speedy Atkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Barry Sanders's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sanders misses with a kick to the body.
Sanders fails to land with a series of punches.
Atkins tries to clinch up but Sanders circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanders throws a shot to the body.
Atkins thuds his shin into the meat of Sanders's side.

Atkins clinches up against the cage.
Atkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Atkins working aggressively here.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanders.
Atkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanders blocks it with crossed arms.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
Atkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sanders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Atkins misses with an elbow strike.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Atkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanders is trying to break free.
Atkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Atkins lands a right hand.
Sanders blocks a body shot from Atkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Atkins lands with a left to the head.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanders tries to break the clinch but Atkins is controlling the position.
Atkins lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Atkins - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Atkins tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Atkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanders looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Atkins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanders backwards.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Atkins can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Barry Sanders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Atkins has a couple of punches blocked by Sanders.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atkins keeps control of Sanders as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sanders is trying to break the clinch but Atkins has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders prevents a body shot from Atkins.
Atkins trying to control the position but instead, Sanders has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atkins into the cage.
Atkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atkins tries a body shot but Sanders blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Atkins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Atkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Atkins throws a head punch that misses.
Atkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Atkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Atkins.
Atkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanders's elbow.
Speedy Atkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sanders lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Speedy Atkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Atkins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Speedy Atkins!
Speedy Atkins managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, PWNAGE™ (WOT), into his post fight interview.