PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naoto Sugawara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Walls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walls has chosen Last Resort - Papa Roach as his entrance music. Brandon Walls has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Sugawara
vs
Walls

190 cm
23
300 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

198 cm
22
283 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naoto Sugawara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brandon Walls!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walls throws a lazy uppercut
and Sugawara counters with an inside leg kick.
Walls takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sugawara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walls is looking to clinch.
Walls shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sugawara sprawls well. Sugawara wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Walls gets slowly back to his feet.
Walls shoots in and drives through. Sugawara sprawls well.
Sugawara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sugawara lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Walls. Sugawara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Walls misses with a hook.
Walls uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sugawara.

Walls drives through with a takedown into Sugawara's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Walls tries to free his leg and advance position but Sugawara is retaining full guard.
Walls is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Walls postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sugawara is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Walls, into his guard.
Walls trying to keep a closed guard but Sugawara is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Brandon Walls hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sugawara lands with a good body shot.
Walls throws a poor cross that misses
and Sugawara counters with a nice uppercut.
Walls throws a right and a left that Sugawara avoids nicely.
Walls throws a lazy uppercut
and Sugawara counters with a straight right hand.
Sugawara moves out of range as Walls strikes.
Sugawara staying out of range there.
Walls shoots in but no luck this time.
Naoto Sugawara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Walls.
Walls misses with a left hand
and Sugawara counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Walls thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sugawara tries to clinch but Walls is having none of it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sugawara, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walls tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sugawara swivels and escapes.
Walls looks gassed!
Sugawara scores with a leg kick.
Walls thows a body shot but no joy.
Walls misses with a hook.
Sugawara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Walls.
Walls swings widly with a right hand
and Sugawara counters with a left to the body.
Walls throws a leg kick
and Sugawara counters with a low kick, right behind Walls 's knee.
Sugawara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sugawara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walls backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Sugawara.
A short right from Sugawara on the inside.
Sugawara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Sugawara.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sugawara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walls backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sugawara.
A short right from Sugawara.
Sugawara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walls backwards.
Sugawara lands a shoulder strike.
Sugawara prevents the takedown attempt.

Sugawara drops Walls onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Walls is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Walls is rocked!

Sugawara drops Walls onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Walls is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Walls is still on wobbly legs! Can Sugawara finish him?
Good body shot from Sugawara.
Sugawara unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Walls! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sugawara is unloading with more strikes now! Walls drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naoto Sugawara!