PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Drago (ranked 6807 p4p, 723 weight class) and Jesus Sanchez (ranked 3643 p4p, 469 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanchez's choice of entrance music: Duele El Carazon. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Drago
vs
Sanchez

183 cm
23
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 Helsinki, Ivan Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez scores with a shot to the body.
Sanchez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drago on the side of the head.
Sanchez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Sanchez lands a big right hand that sends Drago crashing to the mat! Sanchez stays standing though and waves Drago back to his feet!

Drago is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sanchez lands a huge takedown. Drago is out but the ref is slow to react and Sanchez lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Drago lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jesus Sanchez!
A relieved looking Jesus Sanchez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.