PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jaime Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ziben Smif (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Smif

195 cm
25
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
25
230 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaime Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ziben Smif!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Smif back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Sanchez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smif. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Sanchez lands with a nice combination. Smif backs away looking to recover.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smif fails with the takedown.
Smif is looking to clinch.
Smif throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez misses with a kick to the body
and Smif counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smif takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Smif rushes Sanchez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Smif gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Smif throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Smif thows a huge punch but Sanchez dodges it nicely.
Smif lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smif scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smif passes to side control.
Smif advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Smif there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Smif wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Sanchez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smif with shots to the head and body - Sanchez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smif avoids the attempt from Sanchez to control.
Smif looking to ground and pound but Sanchez is blocking nicely.
Smif unloads with some shots from mount but Sanchez bucks and avoids them well.
Smif with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smif is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smif pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smif wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smif with a couple of short strikes.
Smif wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Smif working Sanchez over with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smif working the ground and pound effectively.
Smif tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
A nice elbow there by Smif.
Smif trying to control but Sanchez is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smif in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smif looking to control and managing it successfully.

Smif is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sanchez is surviving well by controlling Smif's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smif controlling the pace for now.
We've been informed that Smif has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Smif landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smif breaks from Sanchez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziben Smif dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sanchez ducks under a wild hook from Smif.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Sanchez throws a series of punches but Smif avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Smif. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Smif does no damage.
Sanchez throws a right hand that Smif ducks under and follows up with a left that Smif also avoids with ease.

Smif drops Sanchez with a beautiful combination! Sanchez stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Smif is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Smif shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ziben Smif has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanchez is refusing to be controlled, as Smif sits in half guard.
Sanchez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smif passes to full mount!
Smif sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smif lands with some strikes.
Smif content just to control the position here.
Smif with a couple of short strikes.
Sanchez is bucking up trying to escape but Smif cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smif looking to control but Sanchez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smif with a couple of short strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smif wants to control the pace but Sanchez is squirming around nicely.
Sanchez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smif scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sanchez?
Smif has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smif can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sanchez is looking to escape.
Smif sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sanchez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smif on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smif working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Sanchez turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Smif off and cradles Sanchez's limp body as Smif celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Ziben Smif!