PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Froi Satur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Zambidis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Satur
vs
Zambidis

182 cm
25
201 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

165 cm
23
202 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Froi Satur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Zambidis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satur loads up on a big right hand but Zambidis slips the punch.
Zambidis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zambidis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Satur moves forwards but Zambidis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zambidis throws a jab when Satur was well out of range.
Satur connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Zambidis looks to land a right hand but Satur moved out of range.
Zambidis misses with an uppercut.
Zambidis defending well as Satur loads up on a big left hand.
Zambidis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Satur checks a leg kick.
Zambidis misses with a low kick.
Zambidis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Satur lands a really nice looking cross but Zambidis seems unphased.

It looks like Mike Zambidis has been cut.
Zambidis throws out a loose jab but Satur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zambidis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Satur in his tracks.
Satur throws an overhand right that lands on Zambidis's shoulder, as Zambidis tries to avoid the shot.
A punch lands to the side of Zambidis 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Zambidis closes the distance and pushes Satur back into the ropes.
Zambidis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Zambidis avoiding damage as Satur throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zambidis throws a punch but it's blocked by Satur.
Satur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zambidis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Satur blocking some punches.
Satur connects with a knee to the head.
Zambidis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zambidis is working Satur over against the ropes.
Satur with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zambidis presses Satur against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Satur is breathing heavily.
Zambidis throws a punch but it's blocked by Satur.
Stalling in the clinch from Zambidis.
Zambidis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zambidis works on Satur's body with a couple of short punches.
Zambidis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
Zambidis misses with some punches.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Zambidis has eaten all the pies!
Zambidis lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
Satur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zambidis stalls.
Zambidis lands a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zambidis controlling the action here for a moment.
Satur tries a knee to the head but Zambidis blocks it.
Zambidis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zambidis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Zambidis leaning against his opponent.
Zambidis gets through Satur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Satur or not.
Zambidis has Satur pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Zambidis fails to land.
Zambidis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zambidis gets through Satur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zambidis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Satur blocking some punches.
Zambidis digs a right hand into Satur's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Satur's gas tank.
Zambidis lands a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Zambidis - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zambidis lands with a right to the head.
Zambidis lands a body punch.
Zambidis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zambidis is working Satur over against the ropes.
Zambidis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zambidis is working Satur over against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zambidis.
Zambidis has a couple of punches blocked by Satur.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zambidis.
Zambidis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zambidis.
Zambidis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Zambidis lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Zambidis.
Satur tries to land a knee to the head but Zambidis blocks with his arms.
Zambidis lands with a right to the head.
Zambidis is leaning against Satur and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zambidis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zambidis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Zambidis.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Zambidis.
Zambidis pushes Satur back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zambidis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Satur's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zambidis lands a hook that snaps the head of Satur backwards.

Satur is rocked!
Zambidis scores with a shot to the side of Satur's head.
Oh Satur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zambidis is leaning against Satur and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zambidis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Satur seems to have got his legs back now.
Zambidis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Zambidis.
Satur blocking some punches.
Zambidis lands a hook that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
Satur blocking some punches.
Zambidis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Satur is keeping busy.
Zambidis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zambidis is pushing Satur up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zambidis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zambidis is looking to control Satur's arms but Satur gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zambidis has his back to the ropes.
Satur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zambidis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Zambidis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
Zambidis effectively controlling the action here.
Satur misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Satur as the two fighters clinch.
Satur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zambidis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zambidis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Satur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Satur connects with a knee to the head.
Satur tries a knee to the head but Zambidis blocks it.
Satur throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zambidis blocks it with crossed arms.
Zambidis misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands a nice uppercut.
Zambidis lands a right hand that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zambidis.
Satur taking a breather.
Zambidis misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zambidis.
Satur blocks an uppercut.
Zambidis is leaning against Satur and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zambidis throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Zambidis blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Zambidis.
Zambidis scores with a hook to the body.
Zambidis taking a breather.
Zambidis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satur.
A right handed body shot lands from Zambidis.
Zambidis pushes Satur back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Satur misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Satur as Zambidis tries to tie him up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Zambidis.
Zambidis misses with the head strike.
Zambidis works on Satur's body with a couple of short punches.
Zambidis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Satur takes a shot to the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Satur misses with a knee strike.
Zambidis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zambidis cracks Satur with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Zambidis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zambidis gets through Satur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zambidis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zambidis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
A right hand to the body from Zambidis.
Zambidis has a couple of punches blocked by Satur.
A right hand to the body from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands with a right to the head.
Zambidis lands a body punch.
A hook to the body from Zambidis.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zambidis.
Zambidis works on Satur's body with a couple of short punches.
Zambidis digs a right hand underneath Satur's ribcage. Satur let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zambidis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Satur.
Zambidis lands with a short shot to the head.
Zambidis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Zambidis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zambidis is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zambidis has Satur pressed against the ropes.
Zambidis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Satur blocks an uppercut.
Satur using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zambidis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Satur looking to throw knees to the head but Zambidis is blocking nicely.
Zambidis digs a right hand into Satur's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Satur's gas tank.
Good body shot from Zambidis.
A short body shot lands from Zambidis as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Zambidis.
Zambidis lands a left hand.
Zambidis scores with a shot to the side of Satur's head.
Zambidis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zambidis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zambidis gets through Satur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zambidis throws a punch but it's blocked by Satur.
Zambidis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satur backwards.
Zambidis creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Satur with a big uppercut! Satur tries to clinch up but Zambidis pushes him back against the ropes and lands another moster strike that crumples Satur to the mat! Satur covers up and Zambidis unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mike Zambidis!