PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sanford Sanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Koronowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koronowski comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mig - Wymarzona kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sanford Sanford has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sanford
vs
Koronowski

217 cm
23
194 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

181 cm
22
192 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

King of Fists

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 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sanford Sanford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariusz Koronowski!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Koronowski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sanford tries to land knees in the clinch but Koronowski avoids the damage to the body.
Sanford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Koronowski backwards.
Sanford trying to land knees to the body.
Sanford displaying some good clinch control by pressing Koronowski up against the cage.
Koronowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanford.
Sanford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sanford missing with knees to the body.
Sanford is pushing Koronowski up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Koronowski dodges an elbow strike from Sanford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koronowski is defending well for now.
Sanford misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Koronowski jumps guard and drags Sanford to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koronowski looking to control.
Koronowski wants to sweep here but Sanford controlling him for the moment.

Koronowski looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Koronowski is pulling down on Sanford's head to control his posture.
Sanford postures up in Koronowski's guard and throws a big left but Koronowski blocks it.
Koronowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koronowski wants to improve his position but instead Sanford has moved into half guard.
Koronowski is looking to control Sanford's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Koronowski avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Koronowski wants to control but Sanford passes into side.
Sanford gets to mount! Koronowski was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Sanford working Koronowski over with strikes here.
Koronowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sanford looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sanford avoids the attempt from Koronowski to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Sanford connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Koronowski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sanford fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sanford lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Koronowski is trying desperately to improve position.
Koronowski looks winded!
Koronowski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sanford in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Sanford connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Sanford connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koronowski regains half guard.
Koronowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanford is working away from the top position though.
Sanford tries to stand but can't do so whilst Koronowski controls his leg.
Sanford lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koronowski on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Koronowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Koronowski looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanford content to control rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanford Sanford dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Koronowski darts in and clinches Sanford up against the cage.

Koronowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koronowski fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sanford avoids it really well and circles away.
Sanford feinted with a counter takedown.

Sanford closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koronowski wants to get back to full guard.
Koronowski gets full guard.

Koronowski looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Sanford has picked Koronowski up and slammed him! Koronowski can't keep hold of the triangle and Sanford manages to pass to side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Koronowski is breathing heavily.
Sanford lands an elbow.
A control attempt from Koronowski but he's now mounted!
Sanford landing punches.
Sanford avoids the attempt from Koronowski to control.
Sanford scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Koronowski?
Sanford lands with some strikes.
Sanford with a couple of short strikes.
Sanford postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Koronowski looks a forlorn figure.
Koronowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanford controlling from mount.
Koronowski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koronowski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sanford looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sanford lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Sanford controlling the position easily from mount.
Koronowski tries to lock up and control but Sanford gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koronowski is looking to improve his position but Sanford isn't that keen on the idea.
Koronowski tries to lock up and control but Sanford gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanford raining down shots from the mount!
Sanford with good strikes from the mount here!
Sanford Sanford overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sanford landing strikes from the mount.
Sanford lands a heavy elbow.
Sanford dominating with strikes here.
Sanford will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sanford avoids the attempt from Koronowski to control.
Sanford landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sanford lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanford cracks Koronowski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sanford landing strikes from the mount.
BOOM! Sanford connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Koronowski wants to hold on but Sanford pushes him away.
Sanford controlling the pace for now.
Sanford landing shots from mount.
Koronowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanford landing shots from mount.
Sanford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koronowski can do to turn this around?
Koronowski really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sanford takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sanford Sanford dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Koronowski misses with a jab, cross combination.

Koronowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sanford's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sanford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koronowski avoids it.
Sanford trying to land knees to the body.
Sanford slows down the pace here.
Sanford misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koronowski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koronowski tries to score a body lock takedown but Sanford shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koronowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sanford tries to land knees in the clinch but Koronowski avoids the damage to the body.
Sanford stalling.
Sanford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koronowski is defending well for now.
Sanford can't find room to land a body shot as Koronowski controls the action.
Koronowski blocks a body shot from Sanford.
Sanford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sanford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanford will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Koronowski up against the cage.
Come on Sanford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Koronowski can't get the takedown.
Koronowski avoiding damage as Sanford throws knees to the body.
Sanford gets underhooks to prevent Koronowski's takedown attempt.
Sanford Sanford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mariusz Koronowski.
Koronowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koronowski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sanford - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Koronowski looking for a takedown.
Sanford misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sanford takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sanford manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koronowski is trying to break the clinch but Sanford is controlling him.
Come on Sanford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sanford taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sanford Sanford.
Koronowski misses with a two punch combination.
Koronowski looks to throw the jab but Sanford is out of range.

Koronowski forces Sanford back against the cage and clinches.
Sanford is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sanford taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koronowski is defending well for now.
Sanford throws an elbow that misses.
Koronowski is looking to take this one to the mat.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sanford Sanford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanford will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Koronowski up against the cage.
Mariusz Koronowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Koronowski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sanford's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sanford Sanford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sanford, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sanford Sanford!