PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Squanch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boby Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Squanch comes to the cage accompanied by Animal. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Squanch
vs
Sapp

225 cm
23
272 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

210 cm
23
280 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Squanch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boby Sapp!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squanch fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sapp avoids it really well and circles away.
Sapp misses with a series of wild punches.

Sapp is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Squanch's half guard.
Squanch is trying to get back to full guard.
Squanch is not content to let Sapp control the position.
Squanch keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Squanch tries to get to full guard but Sapp has control of the leg.
Sapp working Squanch over with strikes.

It looks like Sam Squanch has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squanch wants to control but Sapp is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Squanch wants to get back to full guard.
Squanch wants to control but Sapp is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sapp really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Squanch. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sapp lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Squanch flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Squanch is controlling Sapp's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Sapp trying to mount his opponent but Squanch defends it.
Sapp is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Squanch flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Squanch lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Squanch has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squanch is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sapp's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sapp's back!

Squanch goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Sapp escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Squanch tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Sapp has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Squanch is bucking up trying to escape but Sapp cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sapp prevents Squanch from getting the reversal.
Sapp wants to control the pace but Squanch is squirming around nicely.
Squanch gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squanch tries to roll over but Sapp keeps him under control.
Squanch slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Squanch on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Squanch tries to get out of the position.
Squanch trying to control the position here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Squanch is on top in guard.
Squanch postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Squanch throws a big right hand that misses.
Squanch stopping the sweep attempt from Sapp.
Squanch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squanch stopping the sweep attempt from Sapp.

Squanch drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Squanch jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Squanch lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Squanch throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sapp wants to sweep but no luck.
Squanch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Squanch won't allow Sapp to sweep him here.
Sapp manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Squanch manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Squanch has his hands on Sapp's head, controlling the position.
Squanch trying to keep a closed guard but Sapp is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boby Sapp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Squanch's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Squanch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Squanch closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sapp did well to prevent Squanch getting side control.
Sapp taking some punishment here, with Squanch in his half guard.
Squanch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Squanch thows a huge punch but Sapp dodges it nicely.
Squanch tries to pass to full mount but Sapp defends it.
Squanch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sapp tries to get to full guard but Squanch has control of the leg.
Sapp wants to control but Squanch is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Squanch working over Sapp with some ground and pound. Sapp looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Squanch lands with a punch from half guard.
Sapp flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Squanch really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Squanch is nestled in close to Sapp, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sapp taking some punishment here, with Squanch in his half guard.
Squanch throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Squanch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sapp misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Squanch lands a nice short elbow.
Squanch slips a nice elbow through Sapp's hands, connecting with Sapp's forehead.
Sapp is trying to control but can't.
Sam Squanch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sapp is breathing heavily.
Squanch frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sapp is in a horrible position here. Squanch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Squanch lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Squanch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Squanch lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Squanch lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squanch looking to finish Sapp with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sapp!
Squanch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sapp?
Squanch working the ground and pound effectively.
Squanch raining down shots from the mount!
Squanch landing strikes from the mount.
Squanch will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Squanch dominating with strikes here.
Squanch working Sapp over with strikes here.
Squanch with shots to the head and body - Sapp looks very uncomfortable down there.

Squanch looking to isolate an arm here. Sapp doesn't see it coming and as Squanch extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Squanch!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sam Squanch!