PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Saballe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobuhiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saballe comes to the cage accompanied by In My City. Nakamura has chosen Breathe as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saballe
vs
Nakamura

225 cm
21
304 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

192 cm
27
290 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Salvador Saballe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nobuhiro Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nakamura jabs at Saballe's body.

Saballe gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Nakamura trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Saballe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Saballe is retaining full guard.
Nakamura is looking to work some ground and pound but Saballe has wrist control.
Nakamura stops Saballe from standing up.
Nakamura throws a strike but Saballe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Saballe has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Saballe wants to pass the guard but Nakamura is keeping the position.
Nakamura trying to keep a closed guard but Saballe is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura has his hands on Saballe's head, controlling the position.
Saballe stopping the sweep attempt from Nakamura.
Saballe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nakamura is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Saballe showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakamura.
Saballe scores with a nice body kick.
Nakamura looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saballe tries a head kick but it misses.
Saballe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakamura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Saballe digs a good body shot into Nakamura's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saballe with a nice cross.

Saballe lands a left and a right that send Nakamura crashing to the mat, dazed. Saballe thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Nakamura is rocked!

It looks like Nobuhiro Nakamura has been cut.
Saballe lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Nakamura falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Salvador Saballe!
Salvador Saballe retains his super heavyweight title!