PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Apollo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satan comes to the cage accompanied by Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Satan
vs
Apollo

175 cm
23
168 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

169 cm
22
165 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Satan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Apollo!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apollo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Satan avoids the body shot from Apollo.
Satan dodges the punch combination from Apollo.
Satan is looking to clinch but Apollo is avoiding it.
Satan misses with a wild body shot.
Apollo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Satan throws a low kick but Apollo moves out of range easily.
Apollo misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollo checks a leg kick nicely.
Apollo misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Apollo misses with a wild body shot.
Satan is looking to land body kicks.
Satan delivers a nice body kick.
Satan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Satan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Apollo avoids it really well and circles away.
Satan misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apollo throws a shot from downtown. Satan moves away and avoids it.
Satan lands a jab to the nose.
Satan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Apollo.
Apollo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Apollo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Satan throws a head kick but Apollo moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo looks to score with a jab to the body but Satan is just out of range.
Apollo throws a hook but Satan avoids it easily.
Satan works Apollo's body with a nice hook.
Satan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Apollo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Apollo looks to land a left hand but Satan moved out of range nicely.
Satan cracks the inside of Apollo's front leg.
Satan throws a body kick the misses
and Apollo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Satan misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Apollo throws a lazy right hand but Satan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Satan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Apollo takes a step back to recover.
Satan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Damien Satan has been cut.
Apollo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Satan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Apollo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Satan slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Satan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Damien Satan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Satan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Apollo wants to control but Satan is keeping busy.
Satan is looking to advance position but Apollo won't allow it.
Apollo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Satan is fighting to break Apollo's control of his arms but Apollo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apollo keeping moving, preventing Satan from controlling successfully.
Satan tries to free his leg and advance position but Apollo is retaining full guard.
Apollo is trying to keep Satan in close.
Satan trying to control but Apollo is working from the bottom.
Satan is looking to advance position but Apollo has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Satan wants to control but Apollo is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Satan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apollo trying to control but Satan is having none of it.
Apollo looking to control and managing it successfully.

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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Apollo prevents Satan from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ryan Apollo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Damien Satan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Satan misses with a leg kick.
Apollo throws a hook but Satan blocks it.
Apollo misses with an uppercut. Satan saw that one coming.
Satan ducks under a wild hook from Apollo.
Satan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apollo.
Satan wants to slow Apollo down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Apollo is out of range and Satan settles back down.
Satan avoids the body shot from Apollo.
Satan tries to clinch but Apollo is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Apollo moves away.
Satan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Apollo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Apollo misses with a hook. Satan ducked under it nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Satan!
Satan tries to clinch up.
Apollo throws a right hand that Satan ducks under and follows up with a left that Satan also avoids with ease.
Satan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Apollo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Satan. That's going to slow Apollo down.
Satan is looking to wear down Apollo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Apollo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Satan finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Apollo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Satan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Damien Satan is winning the standup battle so far.
A good leg kick by Satan.
Satan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Satan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Satan shoots and misses
and Apollo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Apollo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Satan.
Satan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damien Satan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Apollo blocks the leg kick.
Satan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Satan cracks Apollo with an open hand slap.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Satan is defended easily by Apollo.
Satan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan is looking to clinch but Apollo is avoiding it.
Satan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apollo was well out of range. Poor timing from Satan.
Satan fakes the leg kick and cracks Apollo in the body.
Satan tests Apollo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Apollo dips to his left and cracks Satan with an uppercut!

And that's the end of the fight!
Damien Satan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Satan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien Satan!