PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Wasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wasa's choice of entrance music: UK Subs - Warhead. Sammy Sullivan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sullivan
vs
Wasa

185 cm
26
155 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

180 cm
30
165 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sammy Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Wasa!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Illya Tyunina and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wasa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sullivan.
Wasa looks for the body kick but Sullivan saw that one coming.
Sullivan lands with a straight right. Wasa didn't see that one coming.
Wasa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sullivan.
Wasa lands with a nice body kick.
Sullivan cracks Wasa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wasa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice uppercut there from Sullivan.
Sammy Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wasa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sullivan.
Sullivan lands a two punch combo.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sullivan checks a leg kick.
Sullivan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice defenses there by Wasa.
Wasa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasa cracks the inside of Sullivan's front leg.
Wasa dodges the punch combination from Sullivan.
Wasa throws a hook but Sullivan blocks it.
Sullivan throws a hook but Wasa blocks it.
Sullivan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wasa.
Sullivan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wasa.
Wasa scores with a decent looking hook.
Wasa throws a head kick but Sullivan moves out of range.
Wasa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wasa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sullivan cracks Wasa with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wasa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice shot lands for Sullivan.
Wasa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wasa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sullivan is out of range and Wasa settles back down.
Sullivan misses the jab.
Sullivan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wasa backs up against the cage.
Sullivan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wasa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wasa looking to score a takedown here. Sullivan is defending well but Wasa drives through and ends up in Sullivan's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wasa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sullivan keeping moving, preventing Wasa from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wasa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wasa preventing the sweep.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Anton Wasa wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice shot lands for Sullivan.
Sullivan lands a lovely overhand right.
Sullivan lands a jab to Wasa's midsection.
Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wasa.
Sullivan lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wasa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sullivan.
Wasa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sullivan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sullivan connects with a single shot there.
Sullivan throws a looping overhand right but Wasa ducks down to avoid it.
Sullivan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sullivan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wasa throws a leg kick which misses Sullivan's front leg but catches the back leg as Sullivan tries to avoid it.
Wasa misses with a low kick.
Wasa tries to score with a low kick but Sullivan moves his leg out of the way.
Sammy Sullivan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sullivan.

Wasa is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sullivan connects with the punch.
Wasa is still on wobbly legs! Can Sullivan finish him?
Sullivan drops Wasa with a straight right hand, right on the button! Sullivan follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sammy Sullivan!