PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wand Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Varvaskoukku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sapp
vs
Varvaskoukku

165 cm
26
145 lbs
9 - 12 - 1

164 cm
21
143 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Powerful

Kobra Clothing Inc.

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 9 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wand Sapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rainer Varvaskoukku!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sapp fails with an attempt to clinch.

Sapp gets caught napping as Varvaskoukku dives in and scores a takedown. Sapp manages to retain guard.
Varvaskoukku stays in close to Sapp's body and controls the position.
Varvaskoukku prevents Sapp from getting back to his feet.
Varvaskoukku landing with the ground and pound.
Sapp is looking to stand up but Varvaskoukku isn't so interested in that idea.
Varvaskoukku makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Varvaskoukku landing with the ground and pound.
Varvaskoukku's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Varvaskoukku scoring with some ground and pound.
Sapp knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Varvaskoukku on the ground.
Sapp wants to stand but Varvaskoukku is controlling the position.
Varvaskoukku stays in close to Sapp's body and controls the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Varvaskoukku stops Sapp from standing up.
Sapp is trying to keep Varvaskoukku in close.
Varvaskoukku wants to control from the top but Sapp keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Rainer Varvaskoukku hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Varvaskoukku shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sapp but Sapp pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Varvaskoukku looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sapp!
Varvaskoukku is landing with some decent strikes but Sapp is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Varvaskoukku in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Sapp is rocked!

It looks like Wand Sapp has been cut.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Varvaskoukku! Sapp is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rainer Varvaskoukku!
An out of breath Rainer Varvaskoukku thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.