PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Kusack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kusack is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. The key to victory for John Kusack has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kusack
vs
Sanchez

169 cm
19
149 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Kusack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kusack throws a big shot that misses.
Kusack looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like John Kusack has been cut.

Sanchez moves into the clinch successfully.
The referee calls for Sanchez to work.
Sanchez is working Kusack over against the cage.

Sanchez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez distracts Kusack with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kusack's head.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kusack's head.

Sanchez stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sanchez with a couple of short strikes.
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Kusack taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Kusack but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez looking to finish Kusack with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kusack!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kusack takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Kusack can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kusack flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Kusack is staying in there.
Kusack is in a horrible position here. Sanchez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kusack is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
Sanchez looking to finish Kusack with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kusack!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kusack is trying to escape the mount.
Kusack throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kusack is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kusack is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kusack is looking to improve his position but Sanchez isn't that keen on the idea.
Kusack is working hard here to advance position.
Kusack throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sanchez. What's that going to do exactly?
Kusack throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sanchez. What's that going to do exactly?
Sanchez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kusack has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kusack hang on?
Sanchez trying to control but Kusack is having none of it.
Sanchez looking to finish Kusack with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kusack!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kusack working to try and regain half guard.
Kusack is trying to stand up.
Sanchez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kusack's face.
Kusack throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Kusack is desperately trying to improve his position but Sanchez has a good base and remains in mount.
Sanchez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kusack hang on?
Kusack is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Sanchez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sanchez prevents Kusack from getting the reversal.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kusack swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Sanchez looking to control but Kusack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kusack in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Sanchez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kusack flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sanchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kusack is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kusack throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sanchez looking to finish Kusack with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kusack!
Kusack really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiago Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Kusack's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kusack with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanchez to score with a decent uppercut.

Sanchez closes the distance and pushes Kusack back into the cage.

Sanchez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sanchez lands strikes from half guard.

Sanchez stands up out of the half guard.
Kusack throws a jab when Sanchez was well out of range.

Sanchez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tiago Sanchez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kusack misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sanchez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sanchez is keen to just control but Kusack is a slippery customer.
Sanchez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanchez lands a nice short elbow.
Kusack is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kusack missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Kusack is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kusack trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.

Kusack throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Kusack has his feet on Sanchez's thighs here. He's pushed Sanchez off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sanchez screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Kusack!