PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuu Saga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tix Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saga
vs
Pain

174 cm
27
159 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

171 cm
23
153 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Syndicate Drugs
Tokyo Defiance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuu Saga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tix Pain!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saga leaves Pain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Saga throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Saga bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Saga lands a few punches from side control.
Check out the look on Saga's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Saga throws an elbow but Pain slips to the side and avoids it well.
Saga tries to score with some ground and pound. Pain controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Saga postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Saga wants to control but Pain is keeping him busy.
Saga postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is looking to reverse the position.
Pain dodges the ground and pound from Saga.
Saga lands a decent elbow from side control.
Saga working the ground and pound.
Pain is trying to get back to half guard.
Saga fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Saga is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pain knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pain taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saga wants to control for a moment but Pain uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Saga not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Saga is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pain sees it coming and defends easily.
Saga tries to pass to full mount but Pain defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saga throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pain works his way to full guard. Good work.
Saga missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Saga missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pain looks gassed!
Pain working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saga.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Saga.
Saga misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saga thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Saga trying to control the position but Pain is working away.
Saga throws a strike aimed at the side of Pain's head but Pain avoids it well.
Saga creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Saga goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Pain rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Saga's guard! Nice work there by Pain!
Saga manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuu Saga dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Saga shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Saga throwing shots but Pain is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saga wants to pass the guard but Pain is defending well.
Pain has hold of Saga's hands but Saga slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saga sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pain defending well though.
Pain on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Saga is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Pain is just riding it out for now. Saga eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saga seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Saga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pain's head.
Saga takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pain's head.
Saga thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pain's head.
Pain blocking the ground and pound attempt from Saga.
Saga missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Saga missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Saga wants to work for an arm triangle but Pain is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Saga is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pain's half guard.
Saga thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Pain to regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saga looking to sit in guard and control but Pain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Saga manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pain is desperately trying to improve his position but Saga has a good base and remains in mount.
Saga misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Saga can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pain is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Saga is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Saga goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Pain is on top in guard.
Saga bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pain's guard.
Saga wants to pass the guard but Pain is keeping the position.
Saga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuu Saga dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Saga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pain.

Saga shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Pain is defending against the submission attempts here by Saga.
Saga wants to advance to full mount but Pain doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Saga's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Saga with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Saga in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saga sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Pain's guard.

Saga is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Saga not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Saga working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Saga slips a nice elbow through Pain's hands, connecting with Pain's forehead.
Saga frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Saga throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Saga throwing strikes here but Pain is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Yuu Saga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Saga lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Saga looking to secure an arm triangle but Pain defends it well.
Saga working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Yuu Saga is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pain is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Saga putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Saga controlling from the full mount.
Saga has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saga dominating with strikes here.
Saga throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pain takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Pain that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Saga controlling the pace for now.
Tix Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuu Saga showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Saga has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yuu Saga!