PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nasser El Sonbaty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steamboat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steamboat has chosen Lorde - Tennis Court as his entrance music. Ricky Steamboat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

El Sonbaty
vs
Steamboat

180 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
31
212 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
Voodoo Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nasser El Sonbaty!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Steamboat!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

El Sonbaty fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Steamboat to the ground. El Sonbaty is now in Steamboat's guard.
El Sonbaty connects with a couple of short punches.

Steamboat is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and El Sonbaty defends well.
El Sonbaty with a nice head shot there.

Steamboat had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. El Sonbaty defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells El Sonbaty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
El Sonbaty throws a big right hand that misses.

Steamboat working for a triangle but El Sonbaty defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells El Sonbaty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Steamboat is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and El Sonbaty defends well.
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!

Steamboat looking for a guillotine here but El Sonbaty defends easily.

Steamboat is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Sonbaty postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Steamboat looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
El Sonbaty connects with a couple of short punches.
El Sonbaty throwing strikes but missing.
El Sonbaty distracts Steamboat with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steamboat keeping full guard, as El Sonbaty tries to pass.

El Sonbaty got a little sloppy there for a moment and Steamboat has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, El Sonbaty has managed to get both his arms back between Steamboat's legs - danger averted.

Steamboat is looking for a triangle but El Sonbaty pushes his legs off easily.
El Sonbaty stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Steamboat swivels though and keeps the full guard.
El Sonbaty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
El Sonbaty lands a couple of elbows.
El Sonbaty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Steamboat looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Sonbaty pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Steamboat is keeping the position for now.

Steamboat had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. El Sonbaty defends it easily.

El Sonbaty is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
El Sonbaty lands a couple of digs.
El Sonbaty landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steamboat keeping full guard, as El Sonbaty tries to pass.
El Sonbaty with a nice head shot there.

Steamboat is looking for a triangle but El Sonbaty pushes his legs off easily.

Steamboat looking for subs off his back but El Sonbaty has passed one foot through into half guard.

Steamboat is defending against the submission attempts here by El Sonbaty.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steamboat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Steamboat actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from El Sonbaty there.
El Sonbaty seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Steamboat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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.

Steamboat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
El Sonbaty landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
El Sonbaty wants to pass the guard but Steamboat is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Sonbaty looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. El Sonbaty connects with a nice short shot to Steamboat's temple.
El Sonbaty scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Steamboat is rocked!

Steamboat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but El Sonbaty pulls his head out easily.

Steamboat actively working from the bottom here.

Steamboat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Steamboat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Steamboat looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from El Sonbaty.

Steamboat actively working from the bottom here.

El Sonbaty is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. El Sonbaty lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nasser El Sonbaty dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

El Sonbaty looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Steamboat!
Steamboat is trying to improve his position.
El Sonbaty landing a few strikes.
Steamboat is still in real trouble! Can El Sonbaty finish him?
Steamboat tries to improve position but can't.
Steamboat seems to have recovered his senses.
Steamboat is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
A big shot lands for El Sonbaty! That's hurt Steamboat! Will he recover? El Sonbaty fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nasser El Sonbaty!
Nasser El Sonbaty is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Nasser El Sonbaty thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Ricky Steamboat stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good win to for my opponent will be back'.