PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dana Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wand Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black comes to the cage accompanied by Onward to Victory. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Black
vs
Sapp

170 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

165 cm
23
145 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dana Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wand Sapp!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sapp gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Black counters with a straight right hand.
Black throws a series of punches but Sapp avoids them all with ease.
Sapp throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sapp shoots in but Black avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sapp with a lazy takedown attempt
and Black counters with a three punch combo that has Sapp backing up. Sapp nods at Black to acknowledge the strikes.
Dana Black has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wand Sapp.
Black defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sapp.
Sapp will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sapp tries for a takedown but Black sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wand Sapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sapp dodges the punch combination from Black.
Black is breathing heavily.
No luck for Sapp with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sapp misses with a left hand

and Black counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sapp.

Sapp manages to break the clinch.
Sapp tries for a takedown but Black circles away easily

and Black counters by clinching up.
Sapp blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sapp tries to score a body lock takedown but Black shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Black prevents a body shot from Sapp.
Sapp changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Black fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Some wild striking there from Black.
Sapp fails with the takedown
and Black counters with a left and a right that stings Sapp.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black stalks Sapp and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sapp's face. Sapp staggers backwards, shaken.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Sapp pushes him off.
Sapp looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Black is fending him off so far but Sapp persists. Nope, Black circles away and we're back to standing.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sapp shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Black cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sapp manages to pull guard.

Sapp pushes a forearm under Black's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Black is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wand Sapp!