PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Summers
vs
Sabre

200 cm
22
285 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

201 cm
22
282 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Summers !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dexter Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers looks to land a left hand but Sabre moved out of range nicely.
Sabre ducks under a wild hook from Summers .
A jab from Summers misses.

Sabre moves into the clinch successfully.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Sabre is controlling the position.
Sabre tries for a takedown. No joy.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Summers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sabre has him pressed against the ropes.
Sabre landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Sabre is controlling the position.
Sabre lands a nice shot to the body.
Summers is breathing heavily.
Summers wants to break free but Sabre has control.
Sabre has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Summers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Summers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Summers is trying to break free.
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Sabre ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sabre no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Summers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sabre has Summers pulled in close to control his posture.
Summers stops Sabre from standing up.

Sabre pushes Summers off and gets back to his feet.
Sabre works the jab nicely.

Sabre clinches up with Summers and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre looking to stall.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sabre manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Sabre pushes Summers off and gets back to his feet.
Sabre shoots in and drives through. Summers sprawls well.
Mark Summers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dexter Sabre.
Summers throws a right hand that misses

and Sabre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Summers 's guard.
Summers wants to stand but Sabre is controlling the position.
Summers trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Summers pushes Sabre off and scrambles back to his feet.
Summers throws a poor cross that misses

and Sabre counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Summers 's guard now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Summers looking for a sweep. Not yet Summers , not yet.
Summers wants to stand up but Sabre is controlling him.

Summers has his feet on Sabre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers cracks Sabre with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.

It looks like Dexter Sabre has been cut.
Horrible takedown by Sabre or perhaps it was just good defense by Summers which made him look bad.
Sabre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A left lands for Summers .
Summers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Summers feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Sabre sprawling to the canvas! Sabre rolls over backwards and springs off the ropes and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Summers finish him?!

Sabre is rocked!
Summers throws out a loose jab but Sabre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sabre is still on wobbly legs! Can Summers finish him?
Sabre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Summers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sabre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sabre tries to clinch up.
Summers loads up on a big right hand but Sabre slips the punch.
Sabre seems to have recovered his senses.

Sabre forces Summers back against the ropes and clinches.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Summers is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Sabre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sabre.
Sabre landing knees to the head.

It looks like Mark Summers has been cut.
Summers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Summers wants to break free but Sabre has control.
Summers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sabre prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Sabre is controlling the position.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Summers looking for a takedown.
Sabre is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Summers is keeping busy.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Summers wants to get back to striking at distance but Sabre won't allow it.
Sabre landing knees to the body.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Sabre wants to stall.
Sabre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sabre.
Sabre tries to stall but Summers uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Sabre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Sabre lands a knee to the body.

Sabre lands a takedown into guard.

Sabre stands and steps away. Summers gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sabre shoots in and bounces Summers off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Summers is looking to stand up but Sabre isn't so interested in that idea.

Summers is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Sabre gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers is trying to stand up here but Sabre is controlling him well.
Summers flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Summers slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Summers is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Sabre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Summers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sabre prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.
Summers avoiding damage as Sabre throws knees to the body.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Sabre stalling in the clinch but Summers improves position.
Summers wants to break free but Sabre has control.
Summers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sabre is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Summers misses with some punches.
Sabre lands a nice elbow.
Summers wants to break free but Sabre has control.
Sabre keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sabre lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.

Sabre breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sabre takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mark Summers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabre moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dexter Sabre dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sabre has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Summers finds it's way round the side to connect with Sabre's head.
Dexter Sabre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Summers misses with a hook.
Sabre slips a jab from Summers .

Sabre clinches with his opponent.
Sabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Summers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sabre's brow.
Summers is pressed up against the ropes. Sabre has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Summers down to the mat. Summers avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Summers misses with a straight left.
Summers closes the distance but Sabre moves to the side

and Sabre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sabre tries to stand and escape but Summers is controlling the position.
Summers works his way to full guard. Good work.

Summers scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Summers is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sabre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Summers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sabre's hands.
Sabre slips a straight right by Summers .

Sabre closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Summers looks like he's trying to stand up.

Sabre decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers throws a right hand that misses

and Sabre counters by moving into the clinch.
Summers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers is trying to break the clinch but Sabre has him pressed against the ropes.
Sabre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sabre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Summers has closed the distance and engaged Sabre in a clinch.
Summers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sabre has him pressed against the ropes.
Sabre looking to slow down the pace here.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Sabre is controlling the position.
Sabre keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dexter Sabre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sabre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Sabre cracks Summers with a nice body shot.
Sabre crunches a lovely knee into Summers 's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Summers has had enough of the clinch but Sabre keeps him there for the moment.
Sabre looking to slow down the pace here.

Sabre breaks from the clinch.
Summers wants to clinch.
Summers throws an off balance right hand

and Sabre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sabre.
Summers wants to get back to striking at distance but Sabre won't allow it.
Sabre crunches a lovely knee into Summers 's ribcage.
Sabre prevents Summers from breaking the clinch.
Sabre with a knee to the head.
Sabre landing knees to the body.
Sabre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sabre trying to stall but Summers improves his position.

Sabre breaks the clinch.
Summers misses with a left hand

and Sabre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sabre.
A nice left hand lands by Summers .
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Summers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Summers is looking to break free of the clinch but Sabre has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre misses with a body punch.

Summers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sabre slips under a jab from Summers .
Summers cracks Sabre with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Summers has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sabre to stand back up!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Sabre tries to clinch up but Summers circles away and keeps his distance.
A choreographed right hand from Summers misses the target.
Sabre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Summers .

Summers shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Sabre is on queer street and Summers is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Mark Summers !