PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rai Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jumo Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sudo has chosen Roy Jones - Can't Be Touched as his entrance music. Jumo Sudo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Leonardo
vs
Sudo

202 cm
31
266 lbs
15 - 3 - 1

225 cm
32
305 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
World class MT
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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 15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rai Leonardo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jumo Sudo!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Joseph Jones and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonardo misses with a lunging right hand

and Sudo counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Leonardo!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Leonardo is looking to reverse the position.

Sudo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sudo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sudo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Leonardo keeps working.
Leonardo struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leonardo regains half guard there - taking advantage of Sudo's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Leonardo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sudo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sudo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Leonardo tries to get to full guard but Sudo has control of the leg.
Sudo throws a strike but Leonardo avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

Leonardo wriggles free and stands up.
Leonardo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Leonardo throws a poor cross that misses

and Sudo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Leonardo's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sudo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sudo wants to control from the top but Leonardo keeps moving.
Leonardo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sudo is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sudo throwing strikes from guard but Leonardo blocks nicely.
Leonardo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sudo on the ground.
Sudo prevents Leonardo from getting back to his feet.
Leonardo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sudo is working Leonardo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sudo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sudo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sudo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sudo postures up and lands a big shot to Leonardo's brow.

Sudo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sudo landing with the ground and pound.
Sudo sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo is looking to stand up but Sudo isn't so interested in that idea.
Sudo trying to control but Leonardo is working from the bottom.
Sudo looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sudo is pushing down on Leonardo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Leonardo is fighting to maintain full guard but Sudo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Leonardo tries to kick Sudo off but Sudo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Sudo is working for a submission of some sort.
Leonardo is in trouble now - Sudo has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leonardo is looking to escape.
Sudo content just to control the position here.
Sudo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Leonardo?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sudo landing strikes from the mount and Leonardo is in trouble!
Sudo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leonardo is looking to escape.
Sudo avoids the attempt from Leonardo to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jumo Sudo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leonardo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sudo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leonardo throws a chopping leg kick but Sudo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sudo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Leonardo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sudo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Leonardo throws a leg kick

and Sudo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sudo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Leonardo swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonardo wants to sweep but no luck.
Sudo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sudo distracts Leonardo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sudo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sudo throwing strikes from guard but Leonardo blocks nicely.
Sudo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sudo stopping the sweep attempt from Leonardo.
Leonardo wants to stand but Sudo is controlling the position.
Sudo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sudo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Leonardo trying to keep a closed guard but Sudo is proving a slippery customer.
Leonardo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sudo is controlling him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sudo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sudo trying to control the position from guard on top but Leonardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leonardo has momentary wrist control but Sudo slips an elbow through the middle.
Sudo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sudo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sudo looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo wants to stand and escape but Sudo is having none of it.
Leonardo can't keep his opponent in guard - Sudo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sudo wants to pass the guard but Leonardo is defending well.
Sudo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Sudo trying to pass the guard but Leonardo defending well.
Sudo working over Leonardo with some ground and pound. Leonardo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo 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.
Sudo wants to pass to mount but Leonardo is defending the position.
Sudo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Leonardo looks like he's trying to stand up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonardo gets full guard.
Sudo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sudo preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leonardo looking to control.
Sudo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sudo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jumo Sudo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Leonardo stuns Sudo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leonardo misses with a wild combination.
Leonardo motions for Sudo to come forward. Leonardo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Leonardo misses.
Leonardo lands with an uppercut that bounces Sudo off the cage and back into range.
Nice shot lands for Leonardo.
Leonardo throws a right hand that misses

and Sudo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sudo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonardo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sudo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leonardo keeping moving, preventing Sudo from controlling successfully.
Sudo chips away with some ground and pound.
Sudo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Leonardo is not content to let Sudo control the position.
Sudo working the ground and pound.
Leonardo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Leonardo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The strikes coming from Sudo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Sudo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sudo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sudo working the ground and pound from side control.

Leonardo is rocked!
Leonardo wants to get back to his feet.
Oh Leonardo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sudo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sudo crunches a massive hammerfist down on Leonardo - he's out! Sudo Holds back on further strikes and jumps to his feet to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jumo Sudo!
Jumo Sudo is the new super heavyweight champion!
Jumo Sudo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Rai Leonardo spoke after the fight, saying 'Thanks guys for the support but it just wasn't my night. Will come back stronger!'.