PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hail Satan (ranked 2283 p4p, 3534 weight class) and Yuujirou Hanma (ranked 275 p4p, 380 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Satan
vs
Hanma

188 cm
26
220
4 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

BANZAI COMBAT 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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hail Satan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuujirou Hanma!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hanma.
Hanma wants to clinch but Satan slips to the side
and Satan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hanma slips a jab from Satan.
Hanma misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Satan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hanma tries to clinch up.
A shot to the liver by Satan. Beautiful body shot.
Hanma slips under a jab from Satan.
Satan lands a right hook to the body.
Satan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Satan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Satan lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanma swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hanma takes a swing at Satan's ribcage but misses.
Satan throws a good cross that connects.
Hanma fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanma misses with a body shot
and Satan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Yuujirou Hanma has been cut.
Hanma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Satan both land. Nice combination.
Satan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanma looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hanma looks winded!
Hanma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hanma tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Satan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hanma fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Satan checks it well.
Satan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanma misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hanma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Satan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hanma has time to react.
Hanma misses with a hook.
Satan moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanma takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Satan scores with a jab to the body.
Yuujirou Hanma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satan lands a jab to the head.
Satan is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Satan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Satan with a hook.
Hanma walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Satan lands a nice hook to Hanma's body. Hanma takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice shot by Satan.
Satan cracks a nice hook into Hanma's ribs.
Satan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Satan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Satan cracks a nice hook into Hanma's ribs.
Satan catches Hanma with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Satan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Satan sizes up Hanma with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Satan connects with a jab.
Hanma tried to score with a low kick but Satan checks it.
Satan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Satan jabs at Hanma's body.
Satan connects with a looping right hand.
Satan dips to his left and cracks Hanma with an uppercut!
Hanma doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hanma throws a shot from downtown. Satan moves away and avoids it.
Satan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Satan scores with a body shot.
Hanma walks into a stiff left hand from Satan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satan scores with a hook to the body. Hanma takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Satan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hanma doesn't seem phased though.
Hanma ducks right into an uppercut from Satan.
Satan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Satan lands a nice shot that snaps Hanma's head back.

Hanma is rocked!
Hanma's coach down at BANZAI COMBAT ACADEMY TOKYO was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Hanma's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Satan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Satan jabs Hanma to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hanma takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hanma is still on wobbly legs! Can Satan finish him?

Satan cracks Hanma with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hanma looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Satan finish him?

That has opened up Yuujirou Hanma's cut even more.
Satan connects with a body shot that sends Hanma's belly button to the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satan circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Hanma to the canvas! Hanma doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Satan keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hail Satan!
Hail Satan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.