PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Haggar (ranked 1 p4p, 12 weight class) and Nuufo Seanoa (ranked 1 p4p, 2 weight class). Mike Haggar had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Haggar
vs
Seanoa

202 cm
38
266
45 - 25 - 0

194 cm
29
268
19 - 9 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 45 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Haggar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuufo Seanoa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haggar lands a nice shot to the body.
Haggar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seanoa was well out of range. Poor timing from Haggar.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haggar darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haggar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Seanoa.
Seanoa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Seanoa has taken the fight to the clinch.

Haggar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Haggar lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Seanoa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Seanoa wants to control from the top but Haggar keeps moving.
Seanoa forces his way into half guard.
Seanoa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seanoa looks to land a strike but Haggar avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Haggar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Seanoa tries to free his leg and advance position but Haggar is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haggar wants to sweep here but Seanoa controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Haggar is on top in guard.

Haggar lands a couple of elbows.
Seanoa keeping moving, preventing Haggar from controlling successfully.
Haggar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Haggar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seanoa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haggar stays in close to Seanoa's body and controls the position.

Seanoa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've been hearing that Haggar has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

Seanoa is looking for a triangle but Haggar pushes his legs off easily.
Seanoa working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seanoa has momentary wrist control but Haggar slips an elbow through the middle.
Haggar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Haggar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Haggar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Haggar working some strikes from top position.
Haggar postures up.

Seanoa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Haggar defends it easily.
Haggar landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haggar wants to control from the top but Seanoa keeps moving.
Seanoa wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haggar makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Seanoa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Haggar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Haggar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Seanoa's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seanoa looking to control.

Seanoa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Haggar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Haggar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Seanoa has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Haggar should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Seanoa has tightened it up now! Haggar should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Nuufo Seanoa!
Nuufo Seanoa is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Nuufo Seanoa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.