PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Sanchez (ranked 8757 p4p, 721 weight class) and Arthur Dayne (ranked 6656 p4p, 632 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sanchez
vs
Dayne

200 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

169 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Aspire Nutrition
Fanatic Inc.

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arthur Dayne!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Dayne.

Sanchez drives through and clinches with Dayne against the cage.

Dayne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dayne lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Dayne.
Dayne fails to land with a series of punches.
Dayne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanchez slips a jab and a cross from Dayne.
Sanchez misses with the combination.
Dayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dayne swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanchez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dayne pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sanchez back to the cage. Dayne follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dayne throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sanchez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dayne is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.
Sanchez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanchez stalling against the cage.
Dayne tries to throw a body punch but Sanchez avoids it by throwing Dayne back against the cage.
Dayne tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Sanchez misses with a knee to the head.
Dayne blocks an uppercut.
Dayne managing to block the knees to the body from Sanchez.
Sanchez stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dayne in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dayne tries to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a punch to the body.
Dayne is trying to break the clinch but Sanchez is controlling him.
Come on Sanchez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dayne working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanchez.
Nice elbow from Sanchez.
Dayne is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dayne avoids it.
Sanchez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dayne is trying to force a seperation but Sanchez has the dominant position.

Dayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dayne keeps the fight on the outside.
Dayne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Oooh a lovely combination from Dayne sends Sanchez down but not out. Dayne dives into side control looking to finish.

Sanchez is rocked!

It looks like Tony Sanchez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dayne tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Oh Sanchez is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dayne with the ground and pound but Sanchez regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Dayne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sanchez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dayne.
Dayne lands with a punch from half guard.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dayne.
Sanchez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dayne.
Dayne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dayne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dayne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dayne is nestled in close to Sanchez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez works his way to full guard. Good work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dayne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dayne postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Dayne engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dayne landing with the ground and pound.
Dayne postures up in Sanchez's guard and throws a big left but Sanchez blocks it.
Dayne engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dayne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanchez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanchez tries to get out of the position.
Sanchez 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.
Dayne content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Dayne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tony Sanchez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dayne looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Sanchez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dayne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanchez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dayne misses with a series of wild punches.
As Dayne tries to get set, Sanchez tries to push him back and clinch up but Dayne manages to avoid the attempt.
Sanchez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dayne misses with a two punch combination.
Sanchez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dayne.
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Dayne is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dayne throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Sanchez crashing down! Sanchez tries to stagger back to his feet but Dayne just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Sanchez asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Dayne!