PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Penzer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sagat
vs
Penzer

190 cm
21
214 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Victor Sagat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Penzer!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Penzer.

Sagat moves into the clinch.
Sagat goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penzer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sagat lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Penzer blocking some punches.
Sagat tries to break free but Penzer pushes him back against the cage.
Sagat is looking to break free of the clinch but Penzer has double underhooks.
Penzer avoiding damage.

Sagat manages to break the clinch.
A head kick from Sagat lands but Penzer takes it in his stride.
Sagat tries a head kick but it misses.
Sagat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Penzer.
Sagat scores with a push kick.
Sagat takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penzer connects with a right hand. Sagat shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sagat moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Sagat fails to land.
Penzer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sagat lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penzer goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sagat prevents it.
Sagat has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sagat misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sagat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sagat.
A head punch on the inside from Sagat fails to land.
Sagat tries a body shot but Penzer blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Sagat fails to land.
Penzer is leaning against Sagat and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Penzer gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Penzer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sagat wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penzer working over Sagat with some ground and pound. Sagat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sagat is trying to stand.
Penzer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sagat keeps working.
Sagat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Penzer.
Penzer is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Penzer winds up and cracks Sagat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sagat is looking to improve his position.
Penzer sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sagat is trying to stand back up but Penzer is controlling him
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Penzer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sagat does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sagat is trying to stand back up but Penzer is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penzer is trying to control. Sagat wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Penzer lands with a punch from half guard.
Penzer content to control rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat is in trouble now - Penzer has advanced to mount!

Penzer working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Sagat looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Penzer! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mario Penzer!
Mario Penzer is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Mario Penzer, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.