Bobby Lashley Forces Bob Sapp To Tap

Despite giving up 66.8 pounds in the super-heavyweight bout, former WWE superstar Bobby Lashley (picture) ground and pounded his way to victory over former Chicago Bears lineman Bob "The Beast" Sapp at "Ultimate Chaos" Saturday night at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Lashley right away went for the takedown to wear down his 322-pound opponent with punches from Sapp's half guard. Sapp grabbed Lashley's arm to limit Lashley's punches but never attempted to escape to a better position.

Lashley continued working on punches to Sapp's head. A flurry of punches hurt Sapp and the former PRIDE Fighting Championships competitor had to tap in pain. Sapp actually had to tap on two occasions because the referee did not notice it the first time.

Sapp, who once received a broken orbital bone fighting kickboxer Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, received enough punches to impair his vision.

"I got a good shot in the eye and was unable to see," Sapp said. "He got me in the eye. No excuses, He got me down today and controlled it. Give it up to Bobby Lashley."

The fight was called at three minutes and 17 seconds of the opening round.

Lashley explained afterwards why he went against his word that he would stand and box with Sapp.

"The first thing is to win," Lashley said. "Ground and pound to wear the big man down. He has a big punch. I used my ground and pound and got out of there."

In the night's co-main event, Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel won a shot at Paul Buentello at the August 1 Affliction: Trilogy card by defeating Pedro "The Rock" Rizzo. Yvel punished Rizzo for a failed takedown attempt and knocked Rizzo unconscious with right hands to finish the fight.

Here are quick results from the event:

• James Orso def. Danny Abbadi by unanimous decision

• Brandon Harder def. James Harris by submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:31 of Round 2

• Tom Atencio def. Randy Hedderick by TKO (stoppage) at 5:00 of Round 2

• Waachiim Spiritwolf def. Brett Cooper by KO at 3:41 of Round 1

• Chris Horodecki def. William Sriyapai by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:02 of Round 1

• Javier Vazquez def. Mark Kergosien by submission (guillotine choke) at 0:59 of Round 1

• Gilbert Yvel def. Pedro Rizzo by KO (punches) at 2:10 of Round 1

• Bobby Lashley def. Bob Sapp by submission (punches) at 3:17 of Round 1