PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Nogueira (ranked 1983 p4p, 2084 weight class) and Junichi Sasai (ranked 253 p4p, 268 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nogueira
vs
Sasai

175 cm
30
209
6 - 6 - 0

188 cm
26
198
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Nogueira !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junichi Sasai!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nogueira dips to his left and cracks Sasai with an uppercut!

It looks like Junichi Sasai has been cut.

Nogueira instigates a clinch.
Nogueira takes a shot to the head.
Sasai misses with some punches.
Sasai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nogueira tries to throw a body punch but Sasai avoids it by throwing Nogueira back against the cage.
Sasai managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira .
Nogueira misses with the head strike.
Sasai blocking some punches.
Nogueira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sasai dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short uppercut from Sasai.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sasai taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Sasai's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nogueira scores with a knee to the head.
Sasai has a couple of punches blocked by Nogueira .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sasai is defending well for now.
Nogueira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nogueira putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sasai in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sasai looks winded!
Sasai wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nogueira .

Sasai is rocked!
Nogueira lands a left hand.
Sasai is still on wobbly legs! Can Nogueira finish him?
Nogueira lands a big right hand that drops Sasai! The killer instinct kicks in and Nogueira finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Nogueira !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Nogueira !