PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maicol Mena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirty Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mena comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem-Not Afraid. Maicol Mena had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Mena
vs
Sanchez

178 cm
26
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maicol Mena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dirty Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mena misses with a few strikes there.
Mena throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Sanchez thumps Mena with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Mena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mena. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mena misses with an uppercut.
Mena goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Mena tries to keep at a distance but Sanchez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mena working hard to break the clinch.

Sanchez decides to pull guard.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Mena tries to pass.
Mena preventing the sweep.
Sanchez pulls Mena in to control the position.
Mena trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mena wants to pass the guard but Sanchez is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sanchez holds on and takes a little breather.

We're going to have a standup here because Maicol Mena wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mena.
Sanchez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mena.
Mena uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
A left and a right from Mena both land. Nice combination.
Mena stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanchez.
Mena misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mena.
Mena swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Sanchez scores a takedown into full mount!
Sanchez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mena is looking to escape.
Sanchez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
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!
Sanchez with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanchez looking to control but Mena is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sanchez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sanchez controlling the pace for now.
Sanchez trying to control but Mena is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez controlling from the full mount.
Mena really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sanchez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mena can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mena really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanchez lands a big elbow.
Sanchez cracks Mena with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mena is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mena really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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 lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mena hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanchez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mena?
Mena in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Sanchez.

Mena is rocked!
Sanchez postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Mena in real trouble here! The ref calls for Mena to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dirty Sanchez!