PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Huge (ranked 20748 p4p, 3928 weight class) and Damar Sulekov (ranked 251 p4p, 146 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Damar Sulekov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Huge
vs
Sulekov

194 cm
37
266
11 - 25 - 0

190 cm
22
280
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Huge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damar Sulekov!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huge steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sulekov.
Huge shoots in looking for a takedown but Sulekov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Huge's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Huge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sulekov circles away quickly and effectively.
Sulekov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sulekov lands a jab to the nose.
Huge shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sulekov sprawls well. Sulekov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Huge gets slowly back to his feet.

A jab-cross combination lands for Sulekov and sends Huge crashing to the mat! Sulekov follows him down to the mat - Huge regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

It looks like Tony Huge has been cut.
Sulekov has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Icon Sport Laboratories. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Huge is trying to stand back up but Sulekov is controlling him
Sulekov slips a nice elbow through Huge's hands, connecting with Huge's forehead.
Nice strikes from Sulekov there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sulekov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sulekov lands with a punch from half guard.
Huge is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Sulekov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Sulekov 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.
Sulekov scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sulekov prevents Huge from improving his position.
Huge's coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sulekov lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sulekov slips a nice elbow through Huge's hands, connecting with Huge's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sulekov is working for a kimura but Huge is defending it quite comfortably.
Huge on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sulekov is looking to take a break and control but Huge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huge keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sulekov wants to pass to mount but Huge is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sulekov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Huge sees it coming and defends easily.
Sulekov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sulekov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sulekov blocks the strikes from Huge.
Sulekov trying to control the pace.

Sulekov is trying for a kimura here. Huge looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Sulekov wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Damar Sulekov!
Tony Huge was interviewed post fight and said 'Hey maaann'.