PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wand Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Zadoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sapp
vs
Zadoff

165 cm
25
145 lbs
8 - 9 - 1

180 cm
29
140 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wand Sapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Zadoff!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zadoff plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Wand Sapp has been cut.
Sapp looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sapp takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sapp with a lazy takedown attempt
and Zadoff counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sapp is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Sapp is rocked!
Zadoff throws a sloppy head kick and Sapp moves out of range easily.
Oh Sapp is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zadoff throws a sloppy head kick

and Sapp counters with a single leg into guard. Zadoff didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sapp trying to control the position from guard on top but Zadoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Zadoff has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sapp off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Zadoff throws a leg kick which misses Sapp's front leg but catches the back leg as Sapp tries to avoid it.
Sapp shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wand Sapp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zadoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sapp avoids the head kick by Zadoff.
Zadoff tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zadoff fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Sapp to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Sapp looks to clinch but Zadoff throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Sapp taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pablo Zadoff!