PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yajson Rram (ranked 23895 p4p, 337 weight class) and Marcos Sanchez (ranked 4020 p4p, 215 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rram
vs
Sanchez

164 cm
20
143 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

167 cm
21
142 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yajson Rram!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcos Sanchez !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rram was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanchez .
Sanchez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rram is out of range and Sanchez settles back down.
As Sanchez looks to move away, Rram throws a big counter combo but Sanchez just gets out of the way.
Rram misses with the combination.
Sanchez misses with a combination
and Rram counters with a straight right hand.
Sanchez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sanchez throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Rram's head but Rram sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Rram sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rram throwing a counter right hand but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Rram misses with a wild combination.
Rram fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rram misses with a wild combination.
Rram misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rram throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rram ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rram scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Marcos Sanchez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rram counters with a three punch combo that has Sanchez backing up. Sanchez nods at Rram to acknowledge the strikes.
Rram scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Rram uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez .
Rram appears to be looking for a big counter.
Rram avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rram looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rram scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanchez doesn't seem bothered though.
Rram lands a jab to the head.
Rram throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Rram.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rram throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez throws a leg kick that misses.
Rram throws a big counter combination but Sanchez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Rram.
A countering left hand to the body from Sanchez misses.
Rram misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez cracks the inside of Rram's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rram misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rram definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sanchez connects with the punch.
Rram takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.

Sanchez moves into range and clinches up with Rram.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanchez .
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Rram's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez .
Rram blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez .
Rram is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Rram takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rram stalling in the clinch but Sanchez improves position.
Sanchez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Sanchez on the inside.
Rram blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Rram.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Rram controls the action.
Sanchez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanchez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanchez tries to work over Rram's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Sanchez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rram uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez .
Sanchez punishes Rram's body with a nice straight punch.
Rram throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanchez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez lands a jab to Rram's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez lands a nice looking body shot.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rram.
A good leg kick by Sanchez .
Sanchez throws a body punch but Rram moves out of range.
Sanchez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rram.
Rram looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Rram slips under a jab from Sanchez .
Sanchez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rram doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanchez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez misses with a hook to the body
and Rram counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
Rram throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez .
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sanchez ! But no joy.

Sanchez closes the distance and clinches.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Sanchez .

Sanchez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rram throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanchez .
Rram lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanchez tries to work over Rram's front leg with a kick but Rram checks it.
A shot to the liver by Rram. Beautiful body shot.
Sanchez digs a good body shot into Rram's ribs.
Sanchez tests Rram's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rram lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez lands a body shot.
Rram is breathing heavily.
Rram fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanchez pounces like a tiger and cracks Rram with a vicious hook! Rram is down but not out! Sanchez follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marcos Sanchez !