PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sota Sankari (ranked 10970 p4p, 23858 weight class) and Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 274 p4p, 275 weight class). Sota Sankari looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Sankari
vs
Tate Iii

195 cm
55
260
14 - 32 - 0

185 cm
22
215
29 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 14 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sota Sankari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate Iii throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sankari stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tate Iii lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Sota Sankari has been cut.

A jab-cross combination lands for Tate Iii and sends Sankari crashing to the mat! Tate Iii follows him down to the mat - Sankari regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Sankari is rocked!
Sankari is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tate Iii lands a big elbow - Sankari is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Tate Iii!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Tate Iii!