PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iyaz Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Behr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sanchez
vs
Behr

190 cm
22
188 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

179 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Richards' Remedies

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Iyaz Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Behr!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Behr.
Sanchez swinging wilding here.

Sanchez scores a takedown into full mount!
Behr sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Behr on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sanchez is nestled in close to Behr, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Behr wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Behr has one foot on Sanchez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sanchez avoids the head kick by Behr.
Sanchez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Behr defends it nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Behr as Sanchez shoots in.
Sanchez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Behr connects with the punch.
Behr shoots in but no luck this time.
Behr stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iyaz Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Behr paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Behr clinches up with Sanchez and pushes him back against the ropes.
Behr drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Behr tries to pull guard but Sanchez holds him up against the ropes and eventually Behr drops back down to his feet.

Sanchez has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Behr clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sanchez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Behr is taking damage to the body and head.
Behr is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Behr looks gassed!
Sanchez scores with punches and elbows.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Sanchez. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Behr has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Sanchez scores with strikes from the back.
Sanchez scores with strikes from the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Behr as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Sanchez!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sanchez.
Sanchez landing with strikes.
Sanchez lands a shot to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez connects with a big shot to the side of Behr's head.
Sanchez has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Behr.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Behr trying to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in full control for now.
Behr grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Behr is keeping busy.
Behr looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Behr is covering up but some of the strikes from Sanchez are getting through and doing damage.
Behr holding both Sanchez 's hands and preventing any damage.
Sanchez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Behr!
Sanchez lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sanchez scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Behr is looking for a way out.
Sanchez has Behr flattened out and is raining down punches.
Sanchez looking to soften up his opponent with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Sanchez scores with punches and elbows.
Behr looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Sanchez throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Behr!
Behr looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Sanchez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sanchez has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Behr.
Behr has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Behr prevents Sanchez from getting a body triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Behr trying to get back to his feet but Sanchez is in full control for now.
Behr is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Sanchez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Behr's head.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Behr connects with a looping right hand.
Danny Behr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Behr counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sanchez's guard now.
Behr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sanchez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Behr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Behr tries to stand but Sanchez is controlling from the bottom.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Behr from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanchez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Behr!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behr tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Behr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sanchez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sanchez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Behr wants to get back to his feet.
Behr tries to hold on but Sanchez pushes him away.
Sanchez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Behr's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The referee warns Behr that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Behr trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sanchez lands a heavy elbow.
Sanchez landing punches.
Iyaz Sanchez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanchez wants to control the pace but Behr is squirming around nicely.
Behr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Behr throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sanchez. What's that going to do exactly?
Behr is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.
Behr flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Behr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez with the ground and pound from mount.
Sanchez with shots to the head and body - Behr looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sanchez lands a big shot there that rocks Behr but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Behr is looking to escape.
Behr is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Sanchez landing punches.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sanchez landing shots from mount.
Behr throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sanchez. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sanchez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Behr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanchez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Behr really wants to buck Sanchez off and get back to his feet.
Behr throwing hammer fists to the chest of Sanchez. What's that going to do exactly?
Sanchez working the ground and pound effectively.
Behr is trying to stand up.
Sanchez landing punches.
Behr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sanchez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Behr wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Iyaz Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Behr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Behr.
Sanchez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Behr is fending him off so far but Sanchez persists. Nope, Behr circles away and we're back to standing.
Behr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Behr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sanchez.
Behr fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Iyaz Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Behr shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Behr wants to stand and escape but instead Sanchez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Behr wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Behr keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Behr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Behr bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanchez's guard.
Behr has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sanchez is proving hard to escape from.
Behr stopping the sweep attempt from Sanchez.
Sanchez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Behr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Behr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Behr trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sanchez holds on and takes a little breather.

Sanchez has his feet on Behr's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sanchez shoots for a takedown but Behr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Behr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Sanchez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Behr is looking to stand up but Sanchez isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sanchez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Behr 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sanchez is in close to Behr's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Behr wants to stand but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez chips away with some ground and pound.
Sanchez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Behr's head.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Behr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sanchez defends it nicely.
Behr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice combination there by Behr.
Sanchez blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanchez shoots in but no luck this time.
Behr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sanchez swivels and escapes.
A shot to de liver by Behr. Beautiful body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Behr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Behr looks for a takedown but Sanchez sprawls well.
Sanchez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Behr sprawls well. Behr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sanchez gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez shoots for a takedown but Behr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Behr throws a series of punches but Sanchez avoids them all with ease.

Sanchez gets caught flat footed, as Behr shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sanchez pulls Behr in close to prevent any damage.
Behr wants to get up but he can't break Sanchez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sanchez trying to control the position.
Danny Behr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Iyaz Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Behr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sanchez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iyaz Sanchez!