PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mana Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mana Sato looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Sato
vs
Giant

195 cm
18
285 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
285 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Giant!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Giant feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Giant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Giant slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sato taking punishment in the form of punches.
Giant looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Sato is avoiding damage well.
Giant scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sato to see if he's OK.
Giant working the ground and pound but Sato is defending the strikes.
Giant throws an elbow but Sato slips to the side and avoids it well.
Giant staying calm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato prevents Giant from improving position.
Giant works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Giant tries to advance position but instead Sato slips a leg back in to half guard.
Giant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sato defending well though.
Giant looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sato is looking to control Giant's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sato avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Giant.
Giant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Giant showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sato wants to hit a switch here but Giant passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Sato there!
Giant throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sato wants to hold on but Giant pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Giant.
Giant can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sato is looking to escape.
BOOM! Giant connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Giant.
Giant unloads with some shots from mount but Sato bucks and avoids them well.
Giant is landing with some decent strikes but Sato is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Giant trying to control but Sato is having none of it.
Giant is landing with some decent strikes but Sato is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant working Sato over with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Giant is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sato trying to hold on to Giant's head to control him but Giant postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Giant wants to control but Sato is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Giant dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Giant drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sato can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Giant controls the pace.
Giant content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Giant stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sato keeping moving, preventing Giant from controlling successfully.
Giant tries to free his leg and advance position but Sato is retaining full guard.
Giant has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Giant not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Giant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato keeping moving, preventing Giant from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Andrew Giant was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Giant decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Giant is looking to stall here but Sato recovers full guard.
Sato is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Giant wants to pass the guard but Sato is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Giant works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Giant looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sato has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Giant is working away from the top position though.
Sato tries to get to full guard but Giant has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Giant.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sato regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sato preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Giant pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sato is keeping the position for now.
Giant is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sato trying to control the position.

Sato throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Giant with a flurry of punches that miss.
Giant wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
Giant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Giant won't allow Sato to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Giant throwing strikes but missing.
Giant looking to sit in guard and control but Sato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Giant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Giant scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sato is not content to let Giant control the position.
Giant tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Sato is not content to let Giant control the position.
Giant tries to advance to mount but Sato denies him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sato keeps working.
Giant advances to full mount.
Giant with shots to the head and body - Sato looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sato taking shots to the head.
Giant with a couple of short strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Giant controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Giant connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giant with a couple of short strikes.
Giant tries to control but Sato wriggling away.
Sato takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Giant with the ground and pound from mount.
Giant has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Giant content just to control the position here.
Giant dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Giant lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sato hang on?
Giant trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Giant lands a heavy elbow.
Giant trying to control but Sato is having none of it.
Giant dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giant trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Giant with good strikes from the mount here!
Giant cracks Sato with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Giant trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Giant lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Giant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Giant has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Giant!