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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Bex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bex has chosen French as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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208 cm
26
300 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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205 cm
23
300 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Sapp! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robbie Bex! The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bex shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Bex looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Sapp not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sapp is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Sapp perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Bex avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sapp. Sapp working Bex over with strikes. Bex wants to get back to his feet.
Sapp thows a huge punch but Bex dodges it nicely.
Sapp not doing much here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sapp is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round. The referee warns Bex that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Sapp with good strikes from the mount here! Sapp controlling from the full mount. Sapp lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sapp is landing with some decent strikes but Bex is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Sapp lands a big elbow. Sapp takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Sapp lands a big elbow. Sapp sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Sapp scoring with strikes but Bex is staying in there. Sapp tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Sapp with shots to the head and body - Bex looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sapp controlling the position easily from mount. Sapp with shots to the head and body - Bex looks very uncomfortable down there. Sapp raining down shots from the mount! Bex taking shots to the head.
Bex is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Sapp postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Bex out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sapp goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bob Sapp!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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