PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between xavier sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herkules Smasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

sanchez
vs
Smasher

191 cm
22
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
19
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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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 Las Vegas, xavier sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Herkules Smasher!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smasher throws a series of punches but sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Smasher tries to clinch up but sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Smasher throws a body kick that misses.
sanchez could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Smasher wants to clinch.
Smasher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
sanchez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smasher misses with an attempted mid kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smasher 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 sanchez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from sanchez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

sanchez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Smasher is pushing sanchez's head away, looking to escape. sanchez manages to hold on to the position though.
Smasher on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

sanchez stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Smasher throws a wild body kick that sanchez sees coming a mile off.
Smasher wants to clinch up but sanchez keeps it at a distance.
Smasher throws the kick towards the body but sanchez avoids it.
sanchez scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smasher throws a wild body kick that sanchez sees coming a mile off.

sanchez has taken the fight to the clinch.
sanchez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Smasher escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

sanchez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Smasher looks gassed!
Smasher is trying to buck sanchez off.

sanchez decides to stand back up.

sanchez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. sanchez lands a nice short elbow.

Smasher is rocked!
sanchez working over Smasher with some ground and pound. Smasher looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smasher is still in real trouble! Can sanchez finish him?
sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Smasher's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
sanchez stops Smasher from getting back to his feet.
Smasher is trying to defend against the ground and pound but sanchez scores with a couple of nice shots.The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Smasher pushes sanchez off looking to stand but sanchez dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez drops an elbow to the side of Smasher's head.
Smasher wants to get back to his feet.
sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smasher's head.
Smasher pushes sanchez off looking to stand but sanchez dives back in and keeps control.
Smasher seems to have recovered his senses.

Smasher pushes sanchez off and gets back to his feet.
Smasher misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smasher pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Good leg kick by Smasher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smasher buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smasher clinches but sanchez breaks the clinch
and sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Smasher backing up. Smasher nods at sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
Smasher throws a half hearted mid kick.

sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smasher with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
sanchez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smasher.
sanchez keeps control of Smasher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Smasher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
sanchez tries to clinch but Smasher is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smasher is looking to clinch.
sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Smasher throws a body kick the misses

and sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
sanchez trying to pass the guard but Smasher defending well.
sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Smasher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
sanchez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smasher's head.
sanchez is tying to control. Smasher wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

sanchez seems to be working for a kimura but Smasher defends the submission attempt.
sanchez is trying to control the action in half guard but Smasher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

sanchez gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Herkules Smasher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
sanchez taking a breather.
sanchez with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
sanchez lands a knee to the body.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Smasher manages to get underhooks.

sanchez lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smasher is looking to stand up but sanchez isn't so interested in that idea.
Smasher is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and sanchez dives into side control.

sanchez decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Smasher looks to land a body kick but sanchez moved away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smasher.
Smasher explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Smasher scores with a kick to the midsection.
sanchez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smasher tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and sanchez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Smasher tries to kick sanchez off but sanchez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

xavier sanchez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Smasher showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from sanchez.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smasher.
xavier sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Smasher darts in and clinches sanchez up against the cage.
sanchez prevents Smasher from breaking the clinch.

Smasher breaks from the clinch.
Smasher misses with a kick to the body
and sanchez counters with a big head kick but Smasher shrugs it off.
sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smasher looks to throw a body kick

and sanchez counters by clinching up.
sanchez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smasher has had enough of the clinch but sanchez keeps him there for the moment.
sanchez cracks Smasher with a nice body shot.
sanchez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
sanchez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smasher pulls his leg out and moves away.
Smasher is looking to land body kicks.
Smasher throws a jab when sanchez was well out of range.
Smasher looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
sanchez moves out of range of the body kick.
Smasher doesn't manage to clinch there - sanchez circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smasher gets off balance looking for a body kick

and sanchez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by sanchez.
sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
sanchez lands with a short shot to the head.
sanchez misses with a knee strike.

sanchez manages to break the clinch.
Smasher throws a body kick that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Smasher as sanchez shoots in.
Smasher misses with the body kick

and sanchez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Smasher's guard now.

sanchez gets to his feet - Smasher follows without any prompting.

sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
sanchez won't let Smasher get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Smasher looks a forlorn figure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
You get the feeling that Smasher really doesn't like being in this position too much.
sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
sanchez dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Smasher is trying to stand up.
sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
sanchez landing shots from mount.
sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
sanchez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Smasher looks a forlorn figure.
Smasher takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Smasher is in a horrible position here. sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Smasher wants to get back to his feet.
sanchez landing strikes from the mount.
Smasher is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Smasher is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
sanchez misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smasher is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
sanchez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Smasher because sanchez loaded up on that one.
sanchez unloads with some shots from mount but Smasher bucks and avoids them well.
Smasher is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smasher is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Smasher hang on?
Smasher is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Smasher hang on?
Smasher's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smasher trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Smasher hang on?
You get the feeling that Smasher really doesn't like being in this position too much.
sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
sanchez unloading with bombs!
sanchez scoring with strikes but Smasher is staying in there.
sanchez won't let Smasher get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
sanchez dominating with strikes here.
sanchez tries to control but Smasher wriggling away.

sanchez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
xavier sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
sanchez working Smasher over with strikes here.
sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smasher is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

xavier sanchez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

sanchez fails with the takedown.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smasher as he jumps to the side.
sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smasher is fending him off so far but sanchez persists. Nope, Smasher circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for xavier sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smasher swivels and escapes.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smasher but Smasher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
sanchez has a takedown stuffed.
sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smasher can do to turn this around?
sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smasher's waist but Smasher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing sanchez off to one side.
sanchez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smasher stuffs the takedown attempt from sanchez. sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Smasher. No joy for sanchez on that attempt.
Herkules Smasher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Smasher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Herkules Smasher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sanchez fails with the takedown.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smasher but Smasher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
sanchez looks for a takedown but Smasher sprawls well.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smasher but Smasher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
sanchez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smasher as he avoids it easily.
sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
sanchez closes the distance and clinches up with Smasher, looking for a takedown. sanchez pushes Smasher against the cage but Smasher circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smasher pinned against the cage. Smasher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice takedown defense from Smasher. No joy for sanchez on that attempt.
sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smasher circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
sanchez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smasher pinned against the cage. Smasher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sanchez.
sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smasher circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sanchez.
sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smasher is fending him off so far but sanchez persists. Nope, Smasher circles away and we're back to standing.
sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smasher is fending him off so far but sanchez persists. Nope, Smasher circles away and we're back to standing.
sanchez fails with the takedown.
sanchez tries for a takedown but Smasher sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sanchez.
sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Smasher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
sanchez fails to land the takedown.
sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smasher swivels and escapes.
sanchez misses with a takedown attempt - Smasher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smasher swivels and escapes.
Horrible takedown by sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Smasher which made him look bad.
sanchez looks for a takedown but Smasher sprawls well.
sanchez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smasher's waist but Smasher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing sanchez off to one side.
Smasher stuffs the takedown.
sanchez shoots in but Smasher avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sanchez shoots in but Smasher avoids the takedown attempt easily.
sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
sanchez fails to land the takedown.
sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
sanchez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from sanchez.
sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smasher circles away.
Herkules Smasher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
sanchez looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
sanchez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smasher circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herkules Smasher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... xavier sanchez!