PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosh Joscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sanchez
vs
Joscheck

185 cm
28
182 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

175 cm
29
175 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kosh Joscheck!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez misses with a wild combination.
Joscheck with a poor takedown
and Sanchez counters with a left and a right that stings Joscheck.
Thiago Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joscheck.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Sanchez cracks Joscheck with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanchez works the jab nicely.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Joscheck moved out of range nicely.
Sanchez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joscheck takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Joscheck staying out of range there.
Joscheck takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Joscheck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sanchez throws a jab when Joscheck was well out of range.
Joscheck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Joscheck didn't see that one coming.
Joscheck shoots and misses
and Sanchez counters with a one-two to the body.
Thiago Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez works Joscheck's body with a nice hook.

Sanchez cracks Joscheck with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Joscheck looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sanchez finish him?

Joscheck is rocked!

It looks like Kosh Joscheck has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Joscheck is defended easily by Sanchez.
Joscheck is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Thiago Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosh Joscheck.
Joscheck takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Joscheck seems to have recovered his senses.
Joscheck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanchez misses with a two punch combination.
Joscheck shoots and misses
and Joscheck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joscheck is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sanchez is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Joscheck.
Joscheck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Joscheck's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joscheck dives in and grabs Sanchez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes down on Joscheck's head and hops out.
Joscheck looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez throws a hook but Joscheck avoids it easily.
Joscheck takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanchez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Joscheck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Joscheck on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sanchez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joscheck tries for a takedown but Sanchez circles away easily
and Sanchez counters with a two punch combo.
Nice uppercut there from Sanchez.
Joscheck has his takedown stuffed
letting Sanchez counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joscheck shoots in and drives through. Sanchez sprawls well.
Joscheck moves out of range as Sanchez strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Joscheck is defended easily by Sanchez.
Joscheck on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joscheck circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez leaves Joscheck with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Joscheck takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Joscheck's head but Joscheck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Joscheck misses with a takedown attempt - Sanchez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sanchez with a jab.
Sanchez takes a swing at Joscheck's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Joscheck on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joscheck tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sanchez swivels and escapes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanchez misses with a straight left.
Sanchez lands with a straight right. Joscheck didn't see that one coming.
Joscheck slips a jab and a cross from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Sanchez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kosh Joscheck's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Joscheck will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Joscheck doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Joscheck.
Sanchez throws out a powerful jab.
Sanchez with a nice cross.
Sanchez cracks Joscheck with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sanchez closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Joscheck is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Joscheck is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Joscheck is breathing heavily.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Joscheck moved out of range.
Sanchez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joscheck takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sanchez slaps away a takedown attempt from Joscheck, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thiago Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosh Joscheck.
A shot to the liver by Sanchez. Beautiful body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.
Sanchez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joscheck shoots for a double leg takedown but Sanchez sprawls well. He's pushed Joscheck's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Joscheck has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joscheck there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Joscheck shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Sanchez.
Sanchez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sanchez misses the jab.
Joscheck fails with the takedown.
Joscheck on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanchez looks to land a combination. Joscheck sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Joscheck seems to have recovered his senses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Joscheck is defended easily by Sanchez.
Sanchez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Joscheck or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joscheck walks into a jab.
Sanchez feints a jab promting Joscheck to slip. Sanchez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Joscheck slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sanchez misses with a straight right.
Sanchez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez throws a combination. Joscheck tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Joscheck shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanchez tries to sprawl out of it but Joscheck keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanchez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sanchez leaves Joscheck with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a punch to the head.
Sanchez jabs at Joscheck's body.
Joscheck ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Joscheck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Joscheck has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Joscheck's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanchez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Joscheck scrambles back to his feet.
Joscheck gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sanchez counters with a nice body shot.
Sanchez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Joscheck can do to turn this around?
Sanchez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Joscheck tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sanchez swivels and escapes.
Thiago Sanchez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a body shot.
Sanchez lands an overhand right.
Sanchez throws a shot to the body.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Joscheck's body.
Sanchez dips to his left and cracks Joscheck with an uppercut!
Sanchez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Joscheck shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sanchez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanchez tries to bum rush Joscheck with a series of wild strikes but Joscheck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Joscheck dives in and grabs Sanchez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sanchez pushes down on Joscheck's head and hops out.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Sanchez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kosh Joscheck's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joscheck.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A combination from Sanchez does no damage.
Sanchez lands a nice shot that snaps Joscheck's head back.
Joscheck shoots in for a double leg but Sanchez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sanchez misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joscheck moves away.
Joscheck shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sanchez sprawls well. Sanchez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Joscheck gets slowly back to his feet.
Sanchez misses with a double jab.
Sanchez throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joscheck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Joscheck back to the cage. Sanchez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Joscheck shoots in but no luck this time.
Thiago Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosh Joscheck.
Joscheck shoots in but Sanchez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sanchez catches Joscheck with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Joscheck on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Joscheck bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joscheck has a takedown stuffed.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Joscheck might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sanchez has got the better of the exchanges.
Sanchez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Joscheck misses with a takedown attempt
and Joscheck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Joscheck. Joscheck circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sanchez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanchez leaves Joscheck with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
A cross from Sanchez lands.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Joscheck is out of range.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanchez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thiago Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Joscheck shoots in looking for a takedown. Sanchez tries to sprawl out of it but Joscheck keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sanchez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Joscheck shoots in for a takedown but Sanchez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez scores with a jab to the body.
Joscheck fails with the takedown
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thiago Sanchez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Good standup being displayed there by Sanchez as he connects with a hook.
Kosh Joscheck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanchez.
Joscheck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez misses with a few strikes there.
Joscheck misses with a takedown
and Sanchez counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Joscheck circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Joscheck moved out of range.
Sanchez throws a hook but Joscheck blocks it.
Joscheck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanchez.
Joscheck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Joscheck is out of range.
Joscheck defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Sanchez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joscheck shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joscheck throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
Joscheck missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez scores with a nice right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sanchez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Sanchez!
Thiago Sanchez took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.