PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oswaldo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In The Ghetto - By Elvis Presley. Steel has chosen Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Steel

183 cm
30
187 lbs
22 - 9 - 1

185 cm
29
204 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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[CLOSED] Xtreme Laundry

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 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Oswaldo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Steel!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and Steel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sanchez misses with a body shot.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanchez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
Sanchez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Steel finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanchez's head.
Steel misses with a straight left.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
The crowd cheers as Sanchez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steel doesn't seem phased though.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steel throws a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Steels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez connects with a jab.
Steel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steel looks to throw a body kick
and Sanchez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Steel avoids them all with ease.
Steel slips under a jab from Sanchez.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Steel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Steel throws a poor cross that misses
and Sanchez counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Steel throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Steel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Steel thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Steel connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Sanchez has managed to clinch.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez wants to take the fight to the mat but Steel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Steel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steel lands with a light punch inside.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Steel controls his hands.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Sanchez punishes Steel's body with a nice straight punch.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Steel misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Steel throws a solid leg kick but Sanchez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Steel.
Nice uppercut there from Steel.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Steel moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Steel misses its intended target.
Sanchez jabs Steel right on the nose. Steel blinks but takes it well.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
Sanchez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice cross by Steel.
Crunch! Steel slams his shin into Sanchez's torso.
Sanchez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Steel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a good low kick that Steel was not able to check.
Steel looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Steel blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A jab lands there for Steel.
Steel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.
Steel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steel.
Sanchez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steel cracks a nice hook into Sanchez's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Steel dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steel.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Steel throws a solid leg kick but Sanchez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Steel.
Max Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
Sanchez blocks a jab.
Sanchez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Steel.
A solid leg kick lands there for Steel.
Steel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Sanchez misses
and Steel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Steel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Steel tries a low kick but Sanchez avoids it.
Steel defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez jabs Steel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steel.
Steel misses with a body shot
and Sanchez counters with a nice body shot.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
Steel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Steel ducked under it nicely.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Good exchange - Sanchez coming out on top.
Steel throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Sanchez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Steel throws a combination. Sanchez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sanchez lands a nice hook to Steel's body. Steel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steel connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Steel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sanchez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Steel is trying to break free.
Steel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sanchez or not.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Steel controls his hands.
Steel throws a punch but it's blocked by Sanchez.
A bit of stalling here from Steel.
Steel blocking some punches.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanchez is trying to stall.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sanchez up against the cage.
Steel prevents a body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Steel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.
Sanchez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Steel tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Steel back against the cage.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Sanchez - that landed with a thud.

Sanchez breaks the clinch.
Steel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Steel moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Steel avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Steel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Sanchez swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Steel misses its intended target.
Steel lands with a nice body kick.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Max Steel will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Steel throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Steel fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanchez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sanchez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sanchez misses with a looping right.
Sanchez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Steel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Steel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sanchez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Steel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice combination there by Sanchez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sanchez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
Steel throws a looping overhand right but Sanchez ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Steel slips the punch.
Steel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sanchez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel's sensitive parts.
Steel throws a good cross that connects.
Steel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Jab, jab by Sanchez - just one landing.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steel blocks the body kick.
Sanchez throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Steel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sanchez's knee momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steel misses with a low kick.
Steel thuds his right hand into Sanchez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Max Steel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Steel swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Oswaldo Sanchez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steel slips a jab from Sanchez.
Steel misses with a body punch
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel lands an overhand right.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick.
Steel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanchez's sensitive parts.
Steel dips to his left and cracks Sanchez with an uppercut!
Sanchez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a hook but Steel blocks it.
Steel connects with a looping right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Steel, as that shot connected.
A low kick from Sanchez is predictable there
and Steel counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Steel counters with a stiff right hand.
Steel throws a body punch but Sanchez moves out of range.
Steel blocks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Steel.
Steel misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez is trying to stall.
Steel misses with some punches.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez tries a body shot but Steel blocks it.

Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Oswaldo Sanchez.
I think Steel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Steel!
A victorious Max Steel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.