PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raflley Southbrook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Sablon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Southbrook
vs
Sablon

150 cm
25
240 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Raflley Southbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edwin Sablon!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Southbrook takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sablon tries to clinch but Southbrook is having none of it.
Sablon punishes Southbrook's body with a nice straight punch.
Sablon throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sablon lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Southbrook misses.
Southbrook takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sablon jabs Southbrook to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sablon tries to clinch there but Southbrook circles away.
Sablon wants to clinch.
Sablon defending well as Southbrook loads up on a big left hand.
Southbrook takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Southbrook is breathing heavily.
Sablon scores with a body shot.

Sablon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sablon.
Southbrook takes a shot to the head.
Sablon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Sablon.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sablon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sablon lands a left hand.
Sablon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Southbrook is rocked!
Southbrook blocking some punches.
Oh Southbrook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Southbrook blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sablon fails to land.
Sablon throws a punch but it's blocked by Southbrook.
Sablon misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sablon.
Southbrook blocks an uppercut.
Sablon has a couple of punches blocked by Southbrook.
Sablon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sablon misses with a punch on the inside.
Sablon misses with some punches.
Sablon working aggressively here.
Southbrook seems to have got his legs back now.

Sablon breaks the clinch.
Sablon scores with a jab.

Sablon has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Sablon.
Sablon creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Southbrook with a big uppercut! Southbrook tries to clinch up but Sablon pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Southbrook to the mat! Southbrook covers up and Sablon unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Edwin Sablon!
After winning the bout, Edwin Sablon thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.