PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between BMac Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Fallon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BMac Sapp has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sapp
vs
Fallon

200 cm
26
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
143 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BMac Sapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Martin Fallon!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sapp looks to land a left hand but Fallon moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Sapp misses.
Sapp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sapp rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Fallon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fallon.
The referee calls for Fallon to work.
Fallon landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Fallon.

It looks like BMac Sapp has been cut.
Sapp is trying to push Fallon away but Fallon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sapp prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fallon stalling in the clinch.
Fallon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sapp has had enough of the clinch but Fallon keeps him there for the moment.
Sapp is trying to break the clinch but Fallon has him pressed against the cage.
Fallon lands a nice elbow.
Fallon connects with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fallon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fallon lands an elbow that stopped Sapp in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sapp is trying to break the clinch but Fallon is controlling him.
Sapp has had enough of the clinch but Fallon keeps him there for the moment.
Fallon is struggling to control the position.
Sapp tries to circle away but Fallon has him pinned against the cage.
Fallon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sapp's efforts to push away.
Fallon throws an elbow that misses.
Fallon lands an elbow inside that Sapp shrugs off.
Fallon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fallon throws an elbow but misses.
Fallon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fallon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sapp gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fallon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fallon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fallon throws an elbow but misses.
Fallon has Sapp pressed against the cage, preventing Sapp from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fallon is working for takedown but Sapp is calmly controlling the position for now.
BMac Sapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Fallon.
Fallon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fallon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sapp has had enough of the clinch but Fallon keeps him there for the moment.
Fallon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sapp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fallon lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Fallon.
Sapp takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fallon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fallon scores with a knee to the head.
Fallon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fallon misses with a knee to the head.
Fallon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sapp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fallon lands an elbow just above Sapp 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fallon misses with an elbow over the top.
Fallon slows down the pace here.
Fallon throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sapp prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fallon looks gassed!
Fallon looking to throw knees to the head but Sapp is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fallon - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sapp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fallon has him pressed against the cage.
Fallon lands an elbow inside that Sapp shrugs off.
Sapp is trying to push Fallon away but Fallon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sapp wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fallon has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Fallon.
Fallon misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sapp blocks an elbow strike.
Fallon with a knee to the head.
Fallon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sapp blocks it with crossed arms.
Fallon keeps control of Sapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sapp wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fallon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sapp lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fallon throws an elbow but it misses.
Fallon utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fallon pushes off an throws an elbow but Sapp leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fallon keeps control of Sapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fallon keeps control of Sapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fallon taking a breather.
Fallon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Fallon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BMac Sapp's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sapp misses with a right hand

and Fallon moves into the clinch.
The referee calls for Fallon to work.
Fallon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fallon slows down the pace here.
Fallon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sapp gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sapp has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fallon scores with a knee to the head.
Fallon lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fallon scores a nice knee to the body.
Sapp gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fallon.
Fallon is breathing heavily.
Sapp tries to circle away but Fallon has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fallon lands an elbow inside that Sapp shrugs off.
Fallon looking to throw knees to the head but Sapp is blocking nicely.
Fallon lands a nice elbow.
Fallon prevents Sapp from breaking the clinch.
Fallon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fallon throws an elbow that misses.
Fallon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sapp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sapp is trying to push Fallon away but Fallon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Fallon keeps control of Sapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sapp is trying to break the clinch but Fallon is controlling him.
Fallon throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fallon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fallon has Sapp pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fallon scores with a knee to the head.
Fallon keeps control of Sapp as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fallon lands a knee to the head.
Sapp working hard to break the clinch.
Fallon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sapp's defenses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fallon throws an elbow but misses.
Sapp can't break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fallon.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fallon throws an elbow but misses.
Fallon landing knees to the body.
Fallon lands an elbow inside.
Fallon using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sapp prevents the takedown attempt.
BMac Sapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martin Fallon.

Sapp's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fallon wants to clinch up but Sapp keeps it at a distance.

Fallon pushes Sapp up against the cage in a clinch.
Sapp blocks an elbow strike from Fallon.
Sapp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fallon prevents Sapp from breaking the clinch.
Sapp takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sapp is trying to break the clinch but Fallon has him pressed against the cage.
Fallon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fallon with a knee to the head.
Fallon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sapp has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fallon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fallon lands an elbow just above Sapp 's eye.
Fallon is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sapp gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sapp wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fallon lands an elbow just above Sapp 's eye.
Fallon lands an elbow that stopped Sapp in his tracks for a moment.
Sapp wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fallon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fallon working Sapp over with knees to the body.
Fallon lands an elbow that stopped Sapp in his tracks for a moment.
Fallon tries to land a knee to the head but Sapp blocks with his arms.
Sapp wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fallon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice elbow from Fallon.
Fallon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fallon lands an elbow just above Sapp 's eye.
Fallon lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Fallon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on BMac Sapp's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fallon moves into the clinch successfully.
Sapp takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fallon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sapp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fallon controlling the action here for a moment.
Fallon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fallon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sapp is defending well for now.
Sapp is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fallon lands a nice elbow.
Sapp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sapp blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fallon tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fallon tries a knee to the head but Sapp blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fallon lands a nice elbow.
Fallon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sapp is trying to break the clinch but Fallon has him pressed against the cage.
Sapp has had enough of the clinch but Fallon keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Sapp's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fallon with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fallon.
Sapp looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fallon dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fallon lands an elbow inside that Sapp shrugs off.
Sapp wants to break the clinch but can't.

Fallon lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fallon thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fallon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Fallon lands strikes from half guard.
Fallon 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.
Fallon thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sapp's head.
Sapp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fallon on the ground.
Sapp tries to kick Fallon off but Fallon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Fallon passes to side control.
Fallon throws a strike aimed at the side of Sapp's head but Sapp avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fallon throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Sapp is trying to get back to his feet.
Sapp taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fallon creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Sapp sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Fallon is looking to take a break and control but Sapp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fallon looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sapp is avoiding damage well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fallon in side control, throwing shots but Sapp defends.
Fallon tries to score with some ground and pound. Sapp controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
An elbow from Fallon crashes against the mat.
Fallon misses with the ground and pound.
Fallon in side control, throwing shots but Sapp defends.
Fallon misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fallon misses with the ground and pound.
BMac Sapp has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fallon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Fallon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fallon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Fallon!