PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Waitzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naoto Sugawara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waitzel comes to the cage accompanied by Dimmu Borgir - Puritania. Sugawara has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Waitzel
vs
Sugawara

188 cm
30
277 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

190 cm
29
285 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
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Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Waitzel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naoto Sugawara!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sugawara thows a body shot but no joy.

Sugawara has managed to clinch.
Waitzel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sugawara avoids it.
Sugawara misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sugawara.
Waitzel has a couple of punches blocked by Sugawara.
Waitzel lands a hook that snaps the head of Sugawara backwards.

It looks like Naoto Sugawara has been cut.
Sugawara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sugawara fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sugawara.
Sugawara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Waitzel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sugawara.
Nice body punch from Waitzel.
Waitzel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sugawara backwards.
Sugawara swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Waitzel working aggressively here.
Sugawara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Waitzel as Sugawara tries to tie him up.
Sugawara lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sugawara misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel digs a right hand into Sugawara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sugawara's gas tank.
Sugawara struggles to land a body shot inside as Waitzel controls his hands.
A short right from Waitzel.
Waitzel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Waitzel tries to work over Sugawara's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sugawara throws a punch but it's blocked by Waitzel.
Waitzel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Waitzel lands an uppercut.

That has opened up Naoto Sugawara's cut even more.
Sugawara tries to work over Waitzel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A left hand lands to the body for Sugawara.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sugawara leaning against his opponent.
Waitzel is leaning against Sugawara and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sugawara throws a head punch that misses.
Waitzel pushes Sugawara back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sugawara looks winded!
Sugawara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sugawara swings wildly with an uppercut but Waitzel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waitzel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sugawara misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Waitzel lands a body shot.
Waitzel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Waitzel gets through Sugawara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

The cut above Naoto Sugawara's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Still in the clinch, Waitzel scores with a nice short uppercut.

Naoto Sugawara's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Waitzel lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Naoto Sugawara's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Waitzel!
Shane Waitzel is the new heavyweight champion!