PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Karkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanchez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sick Puppies-Youre going down kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Karkov
vs
Sanchez

200 cm
25
300 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

195 cm
23
300 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Karkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hugo Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkov lands with a shot to the body.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanchez throws a good cross that connects.
Nice body punch from Karkov.
Karkov throws a good cross that connects.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Karkov connects with a looping right hand.
Karkov misses with a hook to the body
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combo that has Karkov backing up. Karkov nods at Sanchez to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Karkov.
Karkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Karkov lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into rage.

Sanchez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Karkov manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sanchez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Karkov's head.
Karkov is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanchez trying to move into half guard but instead Karkov has managed to sweep!
Sanchez trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a couple of heel strikes.

Sanchez pushes Karkov off and gets back to his feet.
Sanchez blocks a head kick by Karkov.
Sanchez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Karkov tests Sanchez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Alex Karkov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karkov doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanchez circles away.
Sanchez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Karkov.

Sanchez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Karkov's half guard.
Karkov is trying to stand up here but Sanchez is controlling him well.
Karkov is breathing heavily.
Karkov trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sanchez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkov trying to control here.
Sanchez works his way into full mount!
Sanchez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karkov is bucking up trying to escape but Sanchez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Karkov is staying in there.
Sanchez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Karkov is trying desperately to improve position.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scoring with strikes but Karkov is staying in there.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Karkov looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanchez working Karkov over with strikes here.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
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 Karkov's face.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Karkov working to try and regain half guard.
Sanchez landing strikes from the mount and Karkov is in trouble!
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Sanchez unloading with bombs!
Sanchez landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Karkov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Karkov is rocked!
Sanchez connects with a bit shot that sees Karkov covering up! More strikes from Sanchez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sanchez is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugo Sanchez!