PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Stugatz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce's entrance music is I want it all. A fine choice. Paulo Stugatz looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Bruce
vs
Stugatz

195 cm
32
287 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

202 cm
32
279 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Bruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Stugatz!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stugatz throws a sloppy head kick and Bruce moves out of range easily.
Stugatz looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruce is just out of range.
Bruce takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Stugatz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Bruce to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Bruce trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bruce cracks Stugatz with a solid left hand.
We've been hearing good reports from Bruce's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bruce wants to control from the top but Stugatz keeps moving.
Bruce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bruce with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruce postures up.
Stugatz looking for a sweep. Not yet Stugatz, not yet.
Stugatz looks winded!
Bruce scoring with some ground and pound.
Bruce 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.
Bruce content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bruce lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bruce trying to control the position from guard on top but Stugatz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bruce forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce winds up and cracks Stugatz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bruce working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bruce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bruce scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stugatz has hold of Bruce's hands but Bruce slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bruce seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Stugatz is rocked!
Bruce is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stugatz is still in real trouble! Can Bruce finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bruce scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bruce creates some space for himself and unloads with a monster right hand! That one landed with a sickening thud - Stugatz is out cold and this one is all over! Bruce climbs onto the cage to celebrate with his corner!! He's shouting something into the camera but he's still got his mouthpiece in so God knows what he's actually saying.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Simon Bruce!
Simon Bruce bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.