PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Sakuraba (ranked 4861 p4p, 25408 weight class) and Jon Brute (ranked 450 p4p, 611 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sakuraba
vs
Brute

175 cm
23
265
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
235
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kazuo Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Brute!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brute stuffs the takedown.

Sakuraba looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brute is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brute is trying to maintain the position but Sakuraba is very close to passing his half guard.
Brute missing with punches from the bottom.
Sakuraba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brute with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sakuraba working Brute over with strikes.
Sakuraba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sakuraba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brute with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sakuraba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakuraba working the head and body with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brute is trying to stand back up but Sakuraba is controlling him
Sakuraba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sakuraba working Brute over with strikes.
Brute tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Brute is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sakuraba scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sakuraba looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Brute with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brute taking some punishment here, with Sakuraba in his half guard.
Sakuraba 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sakuraba lands a nice short elbow.
Sakuraba working the head and body with strikes.
Brute is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brute has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sakuraba is working away from the top position though.

Sakuraba looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Sakuraba scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Sakuraba has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Brute defend it? Sakuraba steps over the head and cranks it - Brute is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sakuraba!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kazuo Sakuraba!