PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Katashi Sakaguchi (ranked 4521 p4p, 4617 weight class) and Kyle Rose (ranked 528 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Sakaguchi
vs
Rose

190 cm
18
205
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
216
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katashi Sakaguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyle Rose!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Rose forces Sakaguchi back against the cage and clinches.
Sakaguchi tries to score a body lock takedown but Rose shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Rose pulls guard successfully.
Rose has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Sakaguchi from controlling successfully.
Sakaguchi wants to get up but he can't break Rose's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rose really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakaguchi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose managing to control the position.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Sakaguchi from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose trying to control the position here.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Sakaguchi from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Rose tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Rose clinches up against the cage.
Sakaguchi tries to pull guard but Rose forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Rose prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katashi Sakaguchi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Rose has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Sakaguchi is trying to keep an underhook but Rose manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Sakaguchi is looking to improve his position.
Sakaguchi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rose's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rose's back!
Rose rolls, trying to escape but Sakaguchi keeps control of the position.
Rose looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Rose is keeping busy.
Sakaguchi lands a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to break free.
Sakaguchi trying to control.
Sakaguchi is not going to allow Rose to sit and survive in this position.
Sakaguchi is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Sakaguchi gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Sakaguchi gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Sakaguchi apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Rose clinches up against the cage.
Rose is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Rose jumps guard and drags Sakaguchi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakaguchi wants to control from the top but Rose keeps moving.

Rose throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sakaguchi trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakaguchi tries to free his leg and advance position but Rose is retaining full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rose keeping moving, preventing Sakaguchi from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Rose dominated that round.
That's time! Sakaguchi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rose closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sakaguchi did well to prevent Rose getting side control.

Sakaguchi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sakaguchi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rose's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rose's back!
Rose trying to control but not successfully.
I really don't envy Rose right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakaguchi gets his hands free as Rose looks to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sakaguchi misses with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sakaguchi is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
You can see the frustration on Rose's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Sakaguchi scores with punches and elbows.
Sakaguchi misses with a punch to the head.
Sakaguchi slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

Sakaguchi tightening his grip on Rose, looking for the choke.
Rose trying to get back to his feet but Sakaguchi is in full control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to escape the position.

Rose preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sakaguchi.

Sakaguchi has got one arm under Rose's chin. This could be trouble... Rose trying to control the other hand but Sakaguchi gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Rose has tapped out! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Katashi Sakaguchi!
Our winner, Katashi Sakaguchi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.