PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lotney Fratelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiger Sagat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fratelli
vs
Sagat

225 cm
24
307 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lotney Fratelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiger Sagat!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fratelli with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sagat looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Fratelli misses with a series of wild punches.

Fratelli steps into range and cracks Sagat with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Sagat flops backwards and Fratelli dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Tiger Sagat has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fratelli pushing down on Sagat's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fratelli working Sagat over with strikes.
Fratelli sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fratelli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fratelli passes to side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Fratelli has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sagat gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Fratelli is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fratelli postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sagat looks a forlorn figure.
Sagat really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fratelli. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fratelli controlling his opponent.
Fratelli seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sagat for as long as he can get away with.
Fratelli lands a heavy elbow.
Fratelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fratelli putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fratelli controlling his opponent.
Fratelli has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fratelli lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fratelli controlling the position easily from mount.
Fratelli lands a big elbow.
Fratelli looking to finish Sagat with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sagat!
Fratelli controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fratelli scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fratelli landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fratelli lands with some strikes.
Fratelli has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sagat's face.
Sagat in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fratelli postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sagat looks a forlorn figure.
Fratelli with the ground and pound from mount.

Sagat is rocked!
Fratelli controlling his opponent.
Fratelli scoring with strikes but Sagat is staying in there.
Fratelli controlling the pace for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fratelli dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lotney Fratelli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiger Sagat's cut.
That's time! Fratelli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

No joy there for Fratelli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lotney Fratelli is winning the standup battle so far.
Fratelli flashes Sagat a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Sagat's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Sagat crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Fratelli punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lotney Fratelli!