PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Sapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bruce's choice of entrance music: I want it all. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sapp
vs
Bruce

193 cm
30
300 lbs
21 - 15 - 1

195 cm
31
287 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Sapp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruce thuds a left hand into Sapp's body.
Nice cross by Bruce.
We've been hearing reports that Sapp has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bruce blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Sapp misses the target.
Bruce misses with a hook.
Sapp throws a body punch but Bruce moves out of range.
Bruce has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sapp is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sapp missing with a left hand there. Bruce was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bruce takes one to the side of the head.

It looks like Simon Bruce has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruce tries to work over Sapp's front leg with a kick but Sapp checks it.
No luck for Bruce with that takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruce. Sapp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sapp misses the shot to the body.
Sapp scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sapp throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bruce swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Sapp counters with a nice right hand that sends Bruce toppling to the canvas! Bruce scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Sapp finish him?!
Nice body punch from Sapp.
Sapp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruce sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Sapp lands a big uppercut and Bruce crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bruce looks OK. Sapp waves Bruce back to his feet!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sapp manages to avoid it.
Bruce looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sapp is fending him off so far but Bruce persists. Nope, Sapp circles away and we're back to standing.
Bob Sapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sapp looks to land a left hand but Bruce moved out of range nicely.
Bruce throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bruce walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Bruce limp body while Sapp jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bob Sapp!
Bob Sapp retains his super heavyweight title!