PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Saki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hetfield might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Harvester of Sorrow. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hetfield
vs
Saki

197 cm
20
282 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
21
286 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hetfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Saki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hetfield's head backwards.
Saki throws a shot to the body.
Saki lands a right hook to the body.

Hetfield closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Saki avoids the elbow strike from Hetfield, against the ropes.
Saki is trying to break free.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Saki is blocking nicely.
Saki avoiding damage as Hetfield throws knees to the body.
Saki has had enough of the clinch but Hetfield keeps him there for the moment.
Saki is looking to break free of the clinch but Hetfield has double underhooks.
Saki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Hetfield.

It looks like Roberto Saki has been cut.
Hetfield comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hetfield lands an elbow inside that Saki shrugs off.

Saki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hetfield moves away.
Hetfield finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Roberto Saki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hetfield pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saki takes a swing at Hetfield's ribcage but misses.
Saki lands a nice shot to the body.
Saki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saki is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hetfield rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saki throws a nice looking combination but Hetfield bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saki throws a shot from downtown. Hetfield moves away and avoids it.
Hetfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hetfield tries a head kick but it misses.
Hetfield tries a head kick but it misses.
Hetfield misses with a looping right.
Saki tries to bum rush Hetfield with a series of wild strikes but Hetfield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hetfield closes the distance and pushes Saki back into the ropes.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Saki is blocking nicely.
Saki is trying to break the clinch but Hetfield is controlling him.
Hetfield throws an elbow that misses.

Saki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hetfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hetfield lands a jab to the nose.
Saki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hetfield throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hetfield throws a quick inside leg kick.
Saki looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saki thows a body shot but no joy.
Saki checks a leg kick.
Hetfield walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Saki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Saki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hetfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saki.

Hetfield gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hetfield landing knees to the head.
Saki wants to get back to striking at distance but Hetfield won't allow it.
Saki blocks an elbow strike.
Hetfield misses with a knee strike.
Saki dodges an elbow strike from Hetfield.
Saki is looking to break free of the clinch but Hetfield has double underhooks.
Hetfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Saki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hetfield missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Hetfield just misses with a elbow thrown towards Saki's brow.
Hetfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hetfield landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield lands a nice elbow.
Hetfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hetfield misses with an elbow strike.
Hetfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saki's defenses.

Hetfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hetfield is looking to clinch but Saki is avoiding it.
Hetfield moves out of range of the strikes.
Saki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Saki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hetfield ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Saki scores with a hook to the body. Hetfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hetfield was well out of range. Poor timing from Saki.
Saki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Saki misses with an uppercut. Hetfield saw that one coming.
Saki cracks Hetfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hetfield looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Saki.
Hetfield throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hetfield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hetfield takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Saki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hetfield's head backwards.
Saki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Saki misses the shot to the body.
A shot to de liver by Saki. Beautiful body shot.
Saki lands a jab to Hetfield's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saki avoids the body shot from Hetfield.
Hetfield is looking to clinch but Saki is avoiding it.
Saki stuns Hetfield with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Saki blocks a leg kick.
Saki lands with a nice body punch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Saki works over Hetfield's head and body with a nice combination.
No joy there for Saki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hetfield takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Saki slips a straight right by Hetfield.
Saki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hetfield.
Saki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hetfield looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch combination from Saki misses.
Hetfield tries to close the distance and clinch but Saki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Hetfield does no damage.
Saki misses the shot to the body.
Hetfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Saki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Saki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hetfield.
Saki misses with a double jab.
Saki misses with a wild body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Saki thuds a left hand into Hetfield's body.
Saki lands an overhand right.
Saki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A right-left combo lands from Saki.
Good shot there by Saki.
Saki throws a lazy body kick
and Hetfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Saki scores with a hook to the body. Hetfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hetfield takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Saki throws a shot to the body.
Hetfield takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Saki lands a jab to the nose.
Hetfield walks into a left hand.
Saki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Saki lands with a nice body punch.
Saki throws out a powerful jab.
Saki connects with a single shot there.
Saki scores with a hook to the body. Hetfield takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Saki connects with a body shot.
Saki lands a nice looking body shot.
Saki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Saki is working the combinations to good effect here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hetfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Saki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hetfield had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Saki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hetfield on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Saki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hetfield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Saki cracks Hetfield with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hetfield throws a combination that misses
and Saki counters with a nice body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A left and a right from Saki both land. Nice combination.
Saki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Saki.

Hetfield is rocked!
Saki lands with a right and another and another! Hetfield is in big trouble! Saki lands again and this time it's lights out for Hetfield! A quality knockout there for Saki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roberto Saki!