PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Chuvalo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sixten Sason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sason 's choice of entrance music: Parkway Drive - Wild Eyes. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Chuvalo Jr
vs
Sason

203 cm
27
266 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

192 cm
27
261 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Amped Performance

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Chuvalo Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sixten Sason !
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sason swings for the body but Chuvalo Jr moves out of range.
Sason misses with a wild body shot.
Chuvalo Jr closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sason counters with a nice body shot.
Sason throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sason swats away the attempt to clinch by Chuvalo Jr.
Sason missing with a left hand there. Chuvalo Jr was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sason lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chuvalo Jr at a distance.
Sason misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chuvalo Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sason manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Chuvalo Jr rushes Sason and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chuvalo Jr gets underhooks to prevent Sason 's takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sason .

Sason lands a takedown into guard.
Chuvalo Jr wants to get back to his feet but Sason passes into half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sason working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sason is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sason working Chuvalo Jr over with strikes.
Chuvalo Jr taking some punishment here, with Sason in his half guard.

Sason is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sason trying to control the pace.
Sason frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Chuvalo Jr is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sason punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sason controlling the pace for now.
Sason working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Chuvalo Jr is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sason controlling his opponent.
Sason scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Chuvalo Jr?
Oh Chuvalo Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sason lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Chuvalo Jr! Sason sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Chuvalo Jr and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sixten Sason !
During a confident post fight interview, Sixten Sason thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.