PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alex Sunchez (ranked 1755 p4p, 213 weight class) and Rei Kolton (ranked 1451 p4p, 184 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sunchez
vs
Kolton

180 cm
26
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
175 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Sunchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rei Kolton!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolton connects with the punch.
Sunchez moves out of range as Kolton strikes.
Kolton leaves Sunchez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sunchez slips under a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sunchez is defended easily by Kolton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sunchez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunchez has his takedown stuffed
and Kolton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Sunchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sunchez moves away from the strike by Kolton.
Kolton lands a nice looking body shot.

Kolton clinches with his opponent.

Kolton manages to break the clinch.
Sunchez ducks right into an uppercut from Kolton.
Kolton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sunchez momentarily.
Kolton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sunchez was well out of range. Poor timing from Kolton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunchez with a poor takedown
and Sunchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kolton takes a swing at Sunchez's ribcage but misses.
Sunchez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kolton throws a sloppy body shot

and Sunchez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sunchez wants to work for an arm triangle but Kolton is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kolton keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kolton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sunchez.
Sunchez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sunchez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sunchez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sunchez is thwarting Kolton's attempts to control the position.
Sunchez working over Kolton with some ground and pound. Kolton looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunchez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kolton wants to control but Sunchez is keeping busy.
Sunchez throwing shots but Kolton is blocking nicely.
Sunchez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kolton can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sunchez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Still in half guard, Sunchez seems content to control.
Sunchez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kolton is trying to control but Sunchez passes into side control!
Sunchez working the body and head with strikes.
Kolton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sunchez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sunchez working the ground and pound.
Sunchez working away.
Sunchez tries to stand but Kolton is controlling his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kolton is trying to control Sunchez's posture but Sunchez avoids it.
Kolton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Kolton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sunchez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Kolton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sunchez is chipping away with strikes.
Sunchez landing a few strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kolton parries the strikes from Sunchez easily there. Sunchez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kolton to escape.
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Sunchez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kolton's legs.
We've been informed that Kolton has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kolton struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sunchez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Kolton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kolton now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sunchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Kolton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kolton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kolton works Sunchez's body with a nice hook.
Kolton cracks Sunchez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kolton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sunchez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kolton swings for the body but Sunchez moves out of range.
Kolton lands with a right hand.
Sunchez slips a jab from Kolton.
Sunchez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kolton sprawls and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kolton throws an overhand right that lands on Sunchez's shoulder, as Sunchez tries to avoid the shot.
Sunchez feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice defenses there by Sunchez.
Sunchez dives in for a single leg takedown but Kolton sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Sunchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sunchez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kolton sprawls well initially but Sunchez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kolton is looking to improve his position.
Sunchez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kolton!
Kolton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sunchez punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sunchez 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.
Sunchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Sunchez has hold of Kolton's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kolton manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Sunchez is landing with some decent strikes but Kolton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kolton can't escape the position.
Sunchez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kolton tries to lock up and control but Sunchez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Sunchez working for a guillotine from mount but Kolton is in no mood to give up.
Alex Sunchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sunchez is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kolton to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kolton shrugs it off.
Sunchez lands a couple of good shots and Kolton has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Sunchez not allowing Kolton to control his hands.
Sunchez landing with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kolton tries to escape but Sunchez has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Sunchez punches Kolton on the ear.
Sunchez has Kolton flattened out and is raining down punches.
Sunchez has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Kolton.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sunchez is landing with strikes. Kolton can't take much more of this.
Sunchez scores with punches from the back.

Kolton is rocked!
Sunchez is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Kolton is still in real trouble! Can Sunchez finish him?
Sunchez throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kolton could be in trouble here!
Kolton covers up after that shot from Sunchez.
Kolton is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Sunchez off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Sunchez is persistently looking for the submission but Kolton is defending it well.
Sunchez scoring with big shots to the body. Kolton is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Kolton was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Sunchez!
A very excited looking Alex Sunchez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.