PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Bang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nasser El Sonbaty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bang might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Like A Prayer. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bang
vs
El Sonbaty

190 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nasser El Sonbaty!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Sonbaty shoots in looking for a takedown but Bang manages to keep the fight standing, pushing El Sonbaty's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
El Sonbaty fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've been told by Bang's head coaches at Pro Pain Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
El Sonbaty shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bang as he jumps to the side.
Thomas Bang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nasser El Sonbaty.
Nice takedown defense from Bang. No joy for El Sonbaty on that attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from El Sonbaty.
Bang throwing a counter right hand but El Sonbaty manages to avoid it.
El Sonbaty misses with a takedown
and Bang counters with a low kick, right behind El Sonbaty 's knee.

El Sonbaty closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bang did well to prevent El Sonbaty getting side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bang is positioning himself well to prevent El Sonbaty advancing to mount.

El Sonbaty is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bang is looking for a sweep. El Sonbaty is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sonbaty not landing any meaningful shots this time.
El Sonbaty missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
El Sonbaty not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bang has his hands clasped together around El Sonbaty's back. He's all about the action.

El Sonbaty is working for a submission of some sort.
El Sonbaty not landing any meaningful shots this time.

El Sonbaty is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
El Sonbaty missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
El Sonbaty working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
El Sonbaty not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
El Sonbaty missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
El Sonbaty not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bang keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
El Sonbaty throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bang is controlling El Sonbaty's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Bang avoiding damage under a succession of punches from El Sonbaty.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Sonbaty working Bang over with strikes.
El Sonbaty thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

El Sonbaty is working for a submission of some sort.
El Sonbaty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bang knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bang taking some punishment here, with El Sonbaty in his half guard.
Bang has hold of El Sonbaty's hands but El Sonbaty slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bang avoiding damage under a succession of punches from El Sonbaty.
El Sonbaty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bang's head.
El Sonbaty not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Sonbaty lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bang has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. El Sonbaty is working away from the top position though.
El Sonbaty thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bang's head.
Bang is in trouble now - El Sonbaty has advanced to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, El Sonbaty cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Sonbaty lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Sonbaty looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bang covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nasser El Sonbaty!
A relieved looking Nasser El Sonbaty thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.