PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Muntz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Fedor Sakuraba has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Fedor Sakuraba seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sakuraba
vs
Muntz

190 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

181 cm
18
269 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Muntz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba misses with a looping right.
Sakuraba dodges the punch combination from Muntz.

Sakuraba looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Muntz!
Muntz can't escape the position.
Sakuraba in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Muntz is rocked!
Muntz is trying to escape the mount.
Muntz is still in real trouble! Can Sakuraba finish him?
Sakuraba unloading with bombs!
Muntz wants to hold on but Sakuraba pushes him away.
Muntz is wriggling around trying to escape.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Muntz has eaten all the pies!

Sakuraba looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Muntz seems to have recovered his senses.
Muntz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Muntz looks gassed!
Sakuraba scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Muntz?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Muntz is controlling an arm, preventing Sakuraba from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Muntz is looking to get to half guard.

Sakuraba is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Sakuraba extends the arm and Muntz is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fedor Sakuraba!