PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hidetaka Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Woleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sato comes to the ring accompanied by The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die. Mark Woleman will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sato
vs
Woleman

176 cm
23
157 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

205 cm
23
161 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

ENDLESS 152

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidetaka Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Woleman!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woleman goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Woleman shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sato's guard.
Sato might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Woleman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Woleman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Woleman looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sato working a defensive guard here.
Sato utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sato can't keep his opponent in guard - Woleman advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Woleman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Woleman working the head and body with strikes.
Sato is trying to get back to full guard.
Woleman lands with a punch from half guard.
Woleman thows a huge punch but Sato dodges it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woleman is nestled in close to Sato, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Woleman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sato keeps working.
Woleman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Woleman seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Woleman lands strikes from half guard.
Woleman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sato is looking to improve his position.
Woleman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sato's head.
Woleman throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sato is trying to get back to full guard.
Woleman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sato blocking the ground and pound attempt from Woleman.
Woleman looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Woleman winds up and cracks Sato with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato gets back to full guard.
Woleman landing with the ground and pound.
Woleman throwing strikes from guard but Sato blocks nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sato will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Woleman preventing the sweep.
Woleman is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Sato looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Sato working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Woleman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Woleman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sato is breathing heavily.
Sato has momentary wrist control but Woleman slips an elbow through the middle.
Woleman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woleman distracts Sato with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Woleman keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sato's head.
Woleman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Woleman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Woleman looking to pass the guard.
Woleman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Woleman trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Sato wants to sweep here but Woleman controlling him for the moment.
Woleman distracts Sato with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sato utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Woleman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Woleman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woleman is working Sato over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Sato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Woleman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Sato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Woleman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sato working a defensive guard here.
Woleman stopping the sweep attempt from Sato.
Woleman lands a couple of digs.
Woleman distracts Sato with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Sato is rocked!
Woleman postures up and lands a big shot to Sato's brow.
Oh Sato is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Woleman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Woleman blocks a head kick by Sato.
Woleman closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Sato! Woleman dives in looking to finish! Sato is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Woleman!