PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Sansing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alan Sansing will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Brown
vs
Sansing

160 cm
25
151 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charlie Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alan Sansing!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown shoots for a takedown but Sansing saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sansing as he jumps to the side.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charlie Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Sansing is out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Sansing. No joy for Brown on that attempt.
Brown doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Sansing counters by clinching up.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Sansing.

Sansing breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sansing fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sansing swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.

Sansing shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sansing showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is staying active underneath Sansing, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Brown is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sansing pulls his head out easily.
Sansing prevents Brown from improving his position.
Sansing is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sansing wants to take a breather but Brown is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sansing seems to be working for a kimura but Brown defends the submission attempt.
Brown avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sansing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Sansing has control of the leg.
Sansing is trying to control the action in half guard but Brown is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brown might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Brown is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sansing's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sansing's back!
Brown tries to keep control of the position but Sansing is staying busy.
Sansing tries to roll but Brown sticks to his back.
Brown doesn't have the hooks in and Sansing manages to turn into his guard.
Sansing missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sansing stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sansing trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sansing advances to half guard.

Sansing wants to work for an arm triangle but Brown is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Sansing wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Brown moves into full guard.
Sansing keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brown's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sansing looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sansing manages to get himself to full guard.
Sansing tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Sansing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brown is looking for a triangle but Sansing pushes his legs off easily.
Brown manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sansing manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Sansing dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sansing tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Sansing tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sansing moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown but Sansing manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Brown's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sansing throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Sansing closes the distance and pushes Brown back into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Sansing.

Sansing has Brown pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sansing pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Brown tumbling to the mat - Sansing dives into Brown's guard.
Brown tries to strike from the bottom.
Sansing trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alan Sansing has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is trying to control the position but Sansing postures up.
Brown throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Brown is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sansing throws a big elbow that misses.
Sansing throws a big right hand that misses.
Brown has Sansing pulled in close to control his posture.

Sansing got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brown has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sansing has managed to get both his arms back between Brown's legs - danger averted.
Sansing cracks Brown with a solid left hand.

Brown looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sansing stands and throws Brown's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Sansing lands some shots froms side control.
Sansing advances to mount.
Sansing pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sansing looking to control but Brown is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Brown that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sansing looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brown is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to control but Sansing is having none of it.

Sansing looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sansing looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sansing with the ground and pound from mount.
Sansing looking to control but Brown is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sansing connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Brown tries to hold on but Sansing pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansing looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sansing postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Brown looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BOOM! Sansing connects with a massive shot to the dome!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sansing landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brown is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sansing raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Sansing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Sansing looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sansing slaps away a takedown attempt from Brown, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sansing ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
A big right from Sansing misses.
Sansing misses with a wild body shot.
Sansing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.
Sansing checks a leg kick.
Sansing loads up on a big right hand but Brown slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sansing swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Sansing drives through with a takedown into Brown's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Brown is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sansing trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sansing loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sansing lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sansing stands up over Brown, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sansing.
Sansing wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Charlie Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sansing postures up.
Sansing preventing the sweep.
Sansing content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Brown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sansing can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sansing works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sansing tries to pass to full mount but Brown defends it.
Alan Sansing is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sansing trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown looking for submissions off his back.
Brown is trying to control but can't.
Sansing is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sansing keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alan Sansing wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sansing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sansing throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brown counters by clinching up.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sansing tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sansing tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Sansing is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sansing throws a body kick that misses.
Sansing misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Sansing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sansing 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Alan Sansing!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Alan Sansing!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Alan Sansing!

Alan Sansing wins by unanimous decision!
A less than humble Alan Sansing misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
In defeat, Charlie Brown stepped up to the mic, saying 'This fight's not over until my opponent tests negative for performance-enhancing drugs...and given his past history, I doubt that his system's clean.'.