PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Sakuraba (ranked 4604 p4p, 5047 weight class) and Robbie Rays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robbie Rays is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sakuraba
vs
Rays

175 cm
23
265
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
244
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kazuo Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robbie Rays!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rays shoots in and drives through. Sakuraba sprawls well.

Rays rushes Sakuraba and presses him up against the cage.
Rays drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sakuraba pulls his leg out and moves away.

Sakuraba gets a takedown into half guard.
Rays on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sakuraba passes to full mount!
Sakuraba lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rays is trying to stand.
Sakuraba loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Rays scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sakuraba land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sakuraba stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazuo Sakuraba!