PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kapakapa Lukapa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Stelter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lukapa's entrance music is Butsekek. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lukapa
vs
Stelter

183 cm
25
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
210 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kapakapa Lukapa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sebastian Stelter!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lukapa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Lukapa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lukapa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lukapa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Stelter wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Lukapa tries to advance to mount but Stelter denies him.
Lukapa scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lukapa goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Stelter rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Lukapa's guard! Nice work there by Stelter!
Stelter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lukapa is on top in guard.
Lukapa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukapa wants to pass the guard but Stelter is keeping the position.
Lukapa thows a big elbow that misses.
Lukapa throwing strikes from guard but Stelter blocks nicely.
Lukapa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lukapa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stelter is keeping the position for now.
Stelter is pulling down on Lukapa's head. It's preventing any offense from Lukapa, at least for the moment.
Lukapa wants to pass the guard but Stelter is keeping the position.
Lukapa throwing strikes from guard but Stelter blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lukapa throwing strikes but missing.
Lukapa is working Stelter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stelter keeping full guard, as Lukapa tries to pass.
Lukapa with a nice head shot there.
Stelter manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lukapa manages to get himself to full guard.
Stelter stopping the sweep attempt from Lukapa.
Lukapa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Stelter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lukapa is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lukapa working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Lukapa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lukapa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lukapa 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.
Lukapa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stelter tries to kick Lukapa off but Lukapa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lukapa working over Stelter with some ground and pound. Stelter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stelter looks gassed!
Ground and pound from Lukapa.
Stelter has hold of Lukapa's hands but Lukapa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lukapa winds up and cracks Stelter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Stelter is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lukapa lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Stelter quite badly. Stelter pulls Lukapa in close trying to recover. Lukapa postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Stelter on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Stelter doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kapakapa Lukapa!