PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kojo Sarpong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunther Victory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sarpong's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, HellRazor. Kojo Sarpong has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sarpong
vs
Victory

213 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kojo Sarpong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gunther Victory!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarpong waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Victory. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Victory to the canvas! Can he finish him!?

It looks like Gunther Victory has been cut.
Victory should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Victory preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Victory being controlled here, momentarily.

Victory working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sarpong doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sarpong manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sarpong won't allow Victory to sweep him here.
Victory wants to stand but Sarpong is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Victory throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Victory keeping moving, preventing Sarpong from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Victory throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sarpong's waist but Sarpong gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Victory off to one side.
Kojo Sarpong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Victory slips a jab and a cross from Sarpong.
Sarpong throws a sloppy head kick and Victory moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Sarpong.
Sarpong misses with a few strikes there.
Sarpong fails to land with a series of punches.
Sarpong throws a right hand that Victory ducks under and follows up with a left that Victory also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Sarpong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sarpong throws a head kick but Victory moves out of range.
Sarpong throws a head kick that half lands.
Sarpong is breathing heavily.
Sarpong on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Sarpong.
Sarpong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victory.

Victory drives through and clinches with Sarpong against the ropes.
Victory keeps control of Sarpong as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sarpong wants to get back to striking at distance but Victory won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Victory takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Victory manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Sarpong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Victory fails to land the takedown.
Sarpong blocks a head kick by Victory.
Sarpong misses with a two punch combination.
Victory misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kojo Sarpong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunther Victory.
Sarpong looks to land a combination but Victory avoids it well.
Sarpong misses with a wild combination.
Oooh a lovely combination from Sarpong sends Victory down but not out. Sarpong dives into side control looking to finish.

Victory is rocked!
Sarpong lands an elbow.
Victory is still in real trouble! Can Sarpong finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong controls the position.
Sarpong's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Victory seems to have recovered his senses.
Victory looking for a sweep but Sarpong has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sarpong trying to control but Victory is having none of it.
Victory is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sarpong content just to control the position here.
Victory is trying desperately to improve position.
Sarpong sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Victory is looking to escape.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sarpong controlling from the full mount.
Sarpong can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Victory is looking to escape.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Kojo Sarpong just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sarpong misses with a wild combination.
Victory closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sarpong circles away.
Sarpong misses with a head kick.
Sarpong lands with a right hand.
Sarpong lands with a nice body kick.
Some wild striking there from Victory.
Sarpong throws a right hand that Victory ducks under and follows up with a left that Victory also avoids with ease.
Sarpong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick from Sarpong.
A combination from Sarpong does no damage.
Sarpong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Victory takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Victory looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sarpong is fending him off so far but Victory persists. Nope, Sarpong circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick by Sarpong misses

and Victory holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Victory wants a takedown but no success here.

Victory successfully pulls guard.
Victory is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sarpong trying to control but Victory is working from the bottom.
Victory is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Victory has his foot on Sarpong's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sarpong works his way back into a safe position though.
Victory seems keen to control Sarpong's posture.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Victory is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sarpong trying to control but Victory is working from the bottom.
Sarpong looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sarpong being controlled here momentarily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Victory is trying to hold Sarpong in close to prevent damage but Sarpong has managed to pass into half guard.

Victory looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sarpong trying to control the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Victory is trying to control but Sarpong passes into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kojo Sarpong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunther Victory's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sarpong fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Victory on the side of the head.
Victory slips a jab from Sarpong.
Sarpong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Danga de danga de dang - Sarpong scores with a four punch combination!
Victory fails to land the takedown.
Sarpong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sarpong lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Victory sprawling to the canvas. Sarpong follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Victory hang on?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Victory misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Victory wants to get back to full guard but Sarpong has mounted him!
Victory is squirming around, avoiding Sarpong's attempts to control the action.
Victory working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victory tries to lock up and control but Sarpong gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Victory really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sarpong controlling from mount.
Victory working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Victory is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sarpong won't let Victory get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Victory keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sarpong wants to control the pace but Victory is squirming around nicely.
Victory gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victory has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sarpong is working away from the top position though.
Victory is pressing down on Sarpong's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Victory scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Sarpong has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Victory is proving hard to escape from.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Victory is on top in guard.
Victory stays in close to Sarpong's body and controls the position.
Victory trying to control the position from guard on top but Sarpong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victory seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Victory's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sarpong is trying to keep Victory in close.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Victory stands up and waves to Sarpong to follow him.
Sarpong stuffs the takedown attempt from Victory. Victory gets slowly back to his feet.
Victory is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sarpong.
Kojo Sarpong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick by Sarpong misses

and Victory counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Victory.
Sarpong wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Victory trying to stall but Sarpong improves his position.
Sarpong wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Victory pulls guard successfully.

Victory kicks Sarpong off and gets to his feet.

Victory sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Sarpong to the ground! Victory dives into full mount looking to finish!

Sarpong is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Victory manages to capitalize on a mistake by Sarpong to take his back!
Oh Sarpong is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Victory gets his hands free as Sarpong looks to control.
Sarpong seems to have got his legs back now.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Victory tries to get the hooks in deep but Sarpong pushed the leg off.
Victory softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Victory throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Victory thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Sarpong covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Will Victory go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Sarpong tries to escape but Victory has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Victory is trying to control but Sarpong is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Victory tries to control but Sarpong wriggling away.
Victory might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sarpong kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Victory controlling the pace for now.
Sarpong is desperately trying to improve his position but Victory has a good base and remains in mount.

Victory jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sarpong manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Victory takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sarpong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Victory.
Sarpong misses with a head kick.
Victory fails to land the takedown.
Kojo Sarpong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gunther Victory.
Victory throws a series of punches but Sarpong moves out of range.

Victory changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sarpong looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Victory is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Sarpong is trying to escape and Victory transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Sarpong is forced to tap! Nice work there by Victory! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gunther Victory!