PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 18967 p4p, 2630 weight class) and Karel Sup (ranked 518 p4p, 312 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fujimoto
vs
Sup

192 cm
47
250
45 - 38 - 0

198 cm
31
235
16 - 21 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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 45 - 38 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Karel Sup!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujimoto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sup scores with a jab to the body.
Sup lands a two punch combo.
Fujimoto walks into a jab.
Sup paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sup scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sup lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sup connects with a jab.
Sup lands a body shot.
Sup lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sup darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sup slips under a jab.
Sup with a jab.
Sup throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fujimoto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sup moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fujimoto could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sup takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fujimoto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sup fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sup is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fujimoto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.

Sup drives through and clinches with Fujimoto against the cage.
Fujimoto tries to break free but Sup pushes him back against the cage.

Fujimoto is fighting off a takedown attempt but Sup is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Fujimoto to the mat. Fujimoto regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Sup is standing up over Fujimoto. Fujimoto looks to escape but Sup dives into side control.
Fujimoto is breathing heavily.

Fujimoto is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sup connects with a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fujimoto is letting Sup control him for a moment.
Sup landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sup is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sup connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fujimoto some visible discomfort.
Sup controlling the position.
Sup is working Fujimoto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sup has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sup slows the pace down.
Sup is working Fujimoto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sup lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fujimoto down.
Fujimoto is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fujimoto takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Sup is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fujimoto is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sup scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sup moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fujimoto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Fujimoto is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sup lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fujimoto down.
Sup looks up at the clock and then as Fujimoto takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sup smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fujimoto is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sup scores with a couple of short elbows.

Fujimoto is rocked!
Sup working the ground and pound.
Oh Fujimoto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Sup wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fujimoto, who protects the arm well.
Sup in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sup taking a breather here.
Fujimoto seems to have got his legs back now.
It looks like Sup might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Let's hope that Sup has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sup's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Karel Sup dominated that round.
That's time! Fujimoto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sup lands a slapping body shot.
Sup lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sup lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sup clobbers Fujimoto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A cross from Sup lands.
Nice cross by Sup.
Sup lands a nice hook to Fujimoto's body. Fujimoto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sup lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sup connects with a right hand. Fujimoto shakes it off.
Fujimoto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sup scores with a sloppy right hand. Fujimoto should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sup cracks Fujimoto with a big right hand and Fujimoto goes down!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sup is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Fujimoto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sup on the ground.
Sup is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sup stays in close to Fujimoto's body and controls the position.
Sup working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sup controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sup is in close to Fujimoto's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sup keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fujimoto's head.
Sup postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sup is working Fujimoto over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sup postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sup working some strikes from top position.
Sup engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sup connects with a couple of short punches.
Sup gets to his feet and stands over Fujimoto, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Fujimoto felt that one! Sup unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Fujimoto from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karel Sup!
Karel Sup decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.