PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thor Hushovd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hushovd
vs
Sanchez

190 cm
23
177 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
173 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

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Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thor Hushovd!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Raul Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hushovd lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sanchez will feel that in the morning.
Hushovd misses with a looping left.
Sanchez throws a low kick but Hushovd avoids it.
Hushovd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hushovd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sanchez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hushovd swivels and escapes.
Sanchez takes a swing at Hushovd's ribcage but misses.
Horrible takedown by Sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Hushovd which made him look bad.
Sanchez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sanchez tries for a takedown but Hushovd sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Thor Hushovd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raul Sanchez.
Hushovd misses with a wild combination.
Hushovd throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hushovd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hushovd keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hushovd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sanchez.
Hushovd swinging wilding here.
Hushovd misses with the combination.
Hushovd lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hushovd throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hushovd throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.
Hushovd scores with a hook.
Sanchez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanchez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hushovd throws a combination that misses

and Sanchez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Hushovd is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Sanchez pulls his head out easily.
Sanchez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hushovd's head.
Hushovd is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanchez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanchez's back!

Hushovd working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Hushovd is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sanchez is defending well though. Hushovd let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hushovd is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sanchez has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Hushovd is breathing heavily.

Hushovd patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hushovd is trying to stick to Sanchez's back but Sanchez is turning into Hushovd. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hushovd's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sanchez.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hushovd's head.

Hushovd has his foot on Sanchez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sanchez works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hushovd keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanchez cracks Hushovd with a solid left hand.
Sanchez distracts Hushovd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanchez is working Hushovd over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanchez connects with a couple of short punches.

Hushovd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sanchez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Hushovd looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Sanchez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez cracks Hushovd with a solid left hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sanchez landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sanchez scoring with some ground and pound.
Hushovd keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Hushovd looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.
Hushovd tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez with a nice head shot there.
Sanchez trying to control but Hushovd is working from the bottom.
Sanchez distracts Hushovd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Hushovd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sanchez lands a couple of elbows.

Hushovd has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanchez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Hushovd looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hushovd's head.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sanchez lands a couple of digs.
Sanchez postures up and lands a big shot to Hushovd's brow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hushovd had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Sanchez is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Hushovd Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Sanchez's back instead.
Sanchez manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hushovd's guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.
Sanchez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Sanchez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sanchez throws a jab when Hushovd was well out of range.
Thor Hushovd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez clinches but Hushovd breaks the clinch
and Hushovd counters with a nice kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hushovd checks a leg kick.
Hushovd misses with a combination
and Sanchez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hushovd walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez drops Hushovd with a naaaaasty hook - Hushovd is in real trouble here! Sanchez dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raul Sanchez!
Raul Sanchez is the new welterweight champion!