PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anna Margret (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Margret
vs
Sanchez

180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Muscle & Finesse

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anna Margret!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Margret shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanchez tries to sprawl out of it but Margret keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanchez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Margret bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez stuffs the takedown attempt from Margret. Margret gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez shoots and misses

and Margret counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Margret.
Margret prevents Sanchez from getting back to his feet.
Sanchez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Sanchez is looking for a triangle but Margret pushes his legs off easily.
Margret wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
Margret is fighting to break Sanchez's control of his arms but Sanchez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sanchez wants to sweep but no luck.
Margret would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margret passes Sanchez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep. Margret is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Margret trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Margret decides to stand and escape the position.

Margret closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Margret lands in his opponent's guard.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to stand but Margret is controlling the position.
Margret would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Margret has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Sanchez is trying to keep Margret in close.
Margret trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Margret's guard.
Margret preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Sanchez stands up from Margret's guard - Sanchez perhaps looking for a knockout.
Margret has his takedown stuffed
and Sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anna Margret. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a nice looking combination but Margret bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Margret shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sanchez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Margret's guard now.
Sanchez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Sanchez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Sanchez is looking to clinch.

Margret closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Sanchez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sanchez is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez moves into full guard.
Margret won't allow Sanchez to get back to his feet.
Margret trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Margret stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sanchez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Margret trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanchez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez is pulling down on Margret's head. It's preventing any offense from Margret, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Anna Margret will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sanchez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Margret looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sanchez trying to control but Margret is working from the bottom.
Sanchez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sanchez looking to sit in guard and control but Margret gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sanchez pushes Margret off and gets back to his feet.

Margret shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Margret is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sanchez is keeping busy.

Sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Margret gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Sanchez moves into the clinch.

Sanchez breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Sanchez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sanchez passes into half guard.
Sanchez prevents Margret from improving his position.
Sanchez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Margret trying to control here.
Sanchez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Margret tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sanchez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez working the head and body with strikes.
Sanchez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sanchez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Margret working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Margret is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanchez dominating with strikes here.
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanchez breaks from Margret's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sanchez lands with some strikes.
Sanchez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Margret?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Sanchez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Margret with a lazy takedown attempt

and Sanchez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sanchez stops a takedown attempt from Margret.

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Margret dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.

Sanchez looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Margret!
Paul Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee warns Margret that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Margret in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Margret is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sanchez controlling from mount.
Sanchez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Sanchez looking for a guillotine from mount but Margret is having none of it.
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Margret is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Margret is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Margret tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez landing punches.
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Sanchez is landing with some decent strikes but Margret is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Margret tries to lock up and control but Sanchez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sanchez wants to control but instead Margret manages to regain half guard.
Margret regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Margret is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanchez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez prevents Margret from getting back to his feet.
Sanchez working some strikes from top position.
Sanchez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sanchez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sanchez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Sanchez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Sanchez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Margret is trying to keep an underhook but Sanchez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sanchez wants to free his trapped foot but Margret is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Margret manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Margret looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanchez is one step ahead there.
Sanchez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sanchez passes into half guard.
Sanchez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sanchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Sanchez.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Sanchez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanchez 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Sanchez!