PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 24659 p4p, 11536 weight class) and Sota Sankari (ranked 113 p4p, 123 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tate Iii
vs
Sankari

185 cm
20
215
17 - 4 - 0

195 cm
53
260
14 - 23 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sota Sankari!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate Iii scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Sota Sankari has been cut.
Sankari looks winded!
Sankari with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tate Iii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Tate Iii cracks Sankari with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Tate Iii has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sankari to stand back up!

Sankari is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate Iii lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Sankari - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Tate Iii!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Curtis Tate Iii!
Curtis Tate Iii retains his super heavyweight title!