PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucuis Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saulo Henrique Assun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saulo Henrique Assun has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lucuis Black's chin.

Black
vs
Henrique Assun

195 cm
25
295 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
25
285 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucuis Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saulo Henrique Assun!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assun fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Black has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Assun lands with a good body shot.
Black takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Assun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assun avoids the body shot from Black.
Assun works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Assun scores with a kick to the midsection.
Assun throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Assun dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assun lands a nice shot to the body.
Black is breathing heavily.
Assun looks for the body kick but Black saw that one coming.
Black takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Black checks the leg kick.
Assun throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Assun throws a front kick that sends Black stumbling back into the cage.
Assun lands a front kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Assun.
An inside leg kick lands from Assun.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assun.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Assun scores with a kick to the body.
Assun throws a leg kick which misses Black's front leg but catches the back leg as Black tries to avoid it.
Assun pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Black has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Assun.
Assun fakes the leg kick and cracks Black in the body.
Black on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Assun stuns Black with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Assun dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
Assun with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Assun connects with a solid leg kick.
Black has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Assun.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Assun.
Assun turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Assun scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assun throws a wild body kick that Black sees coming a mile off.
Assun feints and then cracks Black's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Black down.
Saulo Henrique Assun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Assun.
Assun fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Black.
Black will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Assun fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Black has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Assun catches Black with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Assun lands a nice leg kick that just misses Black's sensitive parts.
Assun throws a quick inside leg kick.
Assun is looking to land body kicks.
Black walks forward, straight into a front kick from Assun.
Black walks into a jab.
Assun lands a front kick.
Black moves out of range of the body kick.
Assun moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Assun is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Black rather than just go for the knockout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assun lands with a kick to the ribs.
Assun thuds a left hand into Black's body.
Assun ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Black moves out of range as Assun throws a body kick.
Assun scores with a nice right hand.
Assun is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Black misses the target.
Assun misses with a kick to the body.
Black on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Black misses.
Assun throws a body kick that misses.
Assun throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Assun throws a solid leg kick but Black takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Assun.
Assun thows a body shot but no joy.

Black clinches up with Assun and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black lands an elbow that stopped Assun in his tracks for a moment.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assun avoids it.
Assun trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Assun into the cage.
Assun can't break the clinch.
Assun can't break the clinch.
Assun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Black lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Saulo Henrique Assun has been cut.
Black throws an elbow that misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Assun is trying to stall.
Assun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Assun managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Black misses with an elbow over the top.
Assun managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Assun is trying to break free.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assun avoids it.
Assun avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Assun avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Black misses with an elbow over the top.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Assun blocks an elbow strike from Black.
Black looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Assun tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Black as Assun tries to tie him up.
Black throws an elbow but it misses.
Black misses with an elbow strike.
Assun is trying to maintain a safe position but Black gets an underhook and turns Assun into the cage.
Assun is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Saulo Henrique Assun.
Black checks a leg kick.
Assun misses with a wild body shot.

Black clinches up against the cage.
Black lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Assun is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Assun avoids a wild elbow strike from Black.
Assun wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Black has him pressed against the cage.
Assun blocks an elbow strike from Black.
Assun is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Assun looking to slow down the pace here.
Black creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Assun is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Black pushes off an throws an elbow but Assun leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Black just misses with a elbow thrown towards Assun's brow.
Assun wants to get back to striking at distance but Black won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Black.
Black misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Assun.
Black trying to land knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Assun trying to control the position but instead, Black has worked for underhooks and has pushed Assun into the cage.
Assun blocks an elbow strike from Black.
Assun blocks the elbow strike.
Assun tries to stall but Black uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Assun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Assun is trying to push Black away but Black has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Black is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Assun has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Black.
Assun working hard to break the clinch.
Lucuis Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Assun takes an elbow to the forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saulo Henrique Assun comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Assun has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Saulo Henrique Assun!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Saulo Henrique Assun!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Saulo Henrique Assun!

Saulo Henrique Assun wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Saulo Henrique Assun started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.