PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davor Sakic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakic has chosen Hail mary Tupac Shakur as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mason
vs
Sakic

180 cm
20
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davor Sakic!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakic fails with a takedown attempt.

Sakic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mason!
Sakic tries to control but Mason wriggling away.
Sakic working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mason is in a horrible position here. Sakic smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sakic working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sakic is landing with some decent strikes but Mason is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mason is desperately trying to improve his position but Sakic has a good base and remains in mount.
Sakic lands a big shot there that rocks Mason but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Sakic looking for a guillotine from mount but Mason is having none of it.
Mason is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason is working hard here to advance position.
Sakic looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mason really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mason in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sakic looking to control but Mason is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mason really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sakic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sakic is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sakic looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Sakic landing strikes from the mount and Mason is in trouble!
Mason can't escape the position.
Sakic raining down shots from the mount!
Sakic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mason is looking to escape.
Mason tries to reverse the position but Sakic maintains control.
Sakic dominating with strikes here.
Mason slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Mason blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sakic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakic working Mason over with strikes.
Sakic works his way into side control.
Sakic looks gassed!
Sakic scoring with punches and elbows.

Sakic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mason knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Sakic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mason, who protects the arm well.
Mason is looking for a sweep.

Sakic is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Mason is trying to escape and Sakic transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Mason is forced to tap! Nice work there by Sakic! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Davor Sakic!