PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Warren Sap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Motumba Zulu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Motumba Zulu is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sap
vs
Zulu

190 cm
18
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

201 cm
23
246 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Warren Sap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Motumba Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu tries a head kick but it misses.
Zulu looks to land a combination but Sap avoids it well.
Zulu misses with a head kick.

Sap looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sap throwing shots but Zulu is blocking nicely.
Sap looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sap lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sap lands a nice short elbow.
Sap trying to pass the guard but Zulu defending well.
Sap missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sap has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sap breaks from Zulu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Zulu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sap putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zulu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sap pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Zulu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sap cracks Zulu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zulu is in a horrible position here. Sap smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sap fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu taking shots to the head.
Zulu looks gassed!
Sap putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sap breaks from Zulu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sap pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zulu is bucking up trying to escape but Sap cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sap lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sap lands a big elbow.
BOOM! Sap connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sap dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sap has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zulu's face.
Sap pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Zulu is in a horrible position here. Sap smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sap misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sap throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Zulu avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sap.
Sap avoids the attempt from Zulu to control.
Zulu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sap throwing strikes here but Zulu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sap looking to finish with strikes here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sap.
Zulu wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Zulu tries to hold on but Sap postures up.
Zulu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sap sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sap throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Zulu because Sap loaded up on that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sap is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zulu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sap misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sap throwing strikes here but Zulu is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Warren Sap dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Zulu tries to clinch up but Sap circles away and keeps his distance.
Zulu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sap avoids a punch combination nicely.
Motumba Zulu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice combination there by Zulu.

Sap decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sap thows a huge punch but Zulu dodges it nicely.
Sap missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sap thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zulu's head.
Sap looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Sap.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sap is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sap.
Sap thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Zulu's head.
Sap looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zulu with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sap is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sap moves nicely into side control.
Zulu takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sap throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sap working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sap tries to advance to mount but can't.
Sap working the body and head with strikes.
Sap 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.
Zulu stops Sap from passing to mount.
Zulu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sap scores with punches from side control.
Sap scoring with punches and elbows.
The strikes coming from Sap are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zulu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sap connects with a decent elbow.
Zulu takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sap cracks Zulu with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Zulu is rocked!
Zulu avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sap.
Sap working the ground and pound from side control.
Sap cracks Zulu with a big elbow.
Sap lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zulu down.
Sap passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Zulu!
Sap with good strikes from the mount here!
Sap unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Zulu wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sap celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Warren Sap!