PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ce Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Sanus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sanus's choice of entrance music: Shame on the Night. Lou Sanus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chulainn
vs
Sanus

200 cm
19
255 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

201 cm
19
287 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ce Chulainn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lou Sanus!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanus. Chulainn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sanus shoots for a takedown but Chulainn saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Chulainn decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sanus trying to control from the bottom.

Sanus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sanus wants to control but Chulainn is keeping busy.
Chulainn lands with a punch from half guard.
Chulainn is looking to take a break and control but Sanus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Chulainn looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chulainn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chulainn seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sanus is looking to improve his position.
Chulainn drops an elbow to the side of Sanus's head.
Sanus is trying to control but Chulainn passes into side control!
Chulainn blocks the strikes from Sanus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanus throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Sanus tries to buck Chulainn off but Chulainn is having none of it.
Sanus striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Chulainn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sanus prevents Chulainn from improving position.
Chulainn lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chulainn grinds an elbow into Sanus's temple.
Sanus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A control attempt from Sanus but he's now mounted!
Sanus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Chulainn content just to control the position here.
Chulainn landing shots from mount.
Sanus tries to hold on but Chulainn postures up.
Chulainn with shots to the head and body - Sanus looks very uncomfortable down there.
Chulainn lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sanus hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chulainn lands a big shot there that rocks Sanus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chulainn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Chulainn lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sanus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Chulainn landing punches.
Chulainn cracks Sanus with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Chulainn avoids the attempt from Sanus to control.
Chulainn fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Sanus is rocked!
Chulainn working the ground and pound effectively.
Sanus is still in real trouble! Can Chulainn finish him?
Chulainn landing strikes from the mount and Sanus is in trouble!
Sanus is working to get back to half guard.
Sanus seems to have recovered his senses.
Chulainn is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sanus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sanus scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Chulainn land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Chulainn stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ce Chulainn!