PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bobb Sapp The Third (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shunsuke Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shunsuke Nakamura is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sapp The Third
vs
Nakamura

194 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobb Sapp The Third!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsuke Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp The Third throws a low kick but Nakamura avoids it.
Nakamura looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sapp The Third will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sapp The Third tries for a takedown but Nakamura sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nakamura throws a head kick that misses.
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Sapp The Third 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 The Third misses with a body shot.
Sapp The Third showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakamura.
Sapp The Third shoots for a double leg takedown but Nakamura sprawls well. He's pushed Sapp The Third's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobb Sapp The Third. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.

Nakamura tries to keep at a distance but Sapp The Third has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nakamura gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sapp The Third.
Sapp The Third changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nakamura fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sapp The Third fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakamura, pushing him back against the cage.

Sapp The Third breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Sapp The Third or perhaps it was just good defense by Nakamura which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sapp The Third's head.

Sapp The Third moves into the clinch successfully.
Nakamura blocks an elbow strike.

Sapp The Third manages to pull guard.
Nakamura is fighting to break Sapp The Third's control of his arms but Sapp The Third is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura stands up out of Sapp The Third's guard for a moment - Sapp The Third manages to land a nice upkick.
Sapp The Third on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sapp The Third tries to get out of the position.

Sapp The Third pushes Nakamura off and gets back to his feet.

Sapp The Third closes the distance and clinches.

Sapp The Third pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sapp The Third shoots in but no luck this time.
Nakamura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nakamura throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sapp The Third counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sapp The Third.

Sapp The Third breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura throws a head kick but Sapp The Third moves out of range.
Shunsuke Nakamura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sapp The Third drives through and clinches with Nakamura against the cage.

Sapp The Third manages to pull guard.
Sapp The Third manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nakamura manages to get himself to full guard.
Sapp The Third sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sapp The Third stands and steps away. Nakamura gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Shunsuke Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nakamura gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sapp The Third to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sapp The Third showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sapp The Third gets to his feet. Nakamura looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Sapp The Third misses with a takedown attempt - Nakamura sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sapp The Third shoots in for a takedown but Nakamura shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sapp The Third shoots in for a takedown but Nakamura shows good takedown defense.
Nakamura throws a low kick but Sapp The Third moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobb Sapp The Third dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nakamura throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nakamura pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Sapp The Third takes the fight into the clinch.
Nakamura stops a takedown attempt from Sapp The Third.

Sapp The Third breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sapp The Third is defended easily by Nakamura.

Sapp The Third drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sapp The Third scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sapp The Third passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sapp The Third scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sapp The Third working the ground and pound from side control.
Sapp The Third advances to full mount.
Sapp The Third controlling from mount.
Sapp The Third fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sapp The Third pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sapp The Third controlling the pace for now.
Sapp The Third is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nakamura can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sapp The Third controlling his opponent.
Sapp The Third cracks Nakamura with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sapp The Third sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Sapp The Third working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Nakamura looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Sapp The Third! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Bobb Sapp The Third!