PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Synyster Gates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukyo Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gates's entrance music is Nightmare. A fine choice. Synyster Gates could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ukyo Sato's chin.

Gates
vs
Sato

170 cm
27
147 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
140 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Synyster Gates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ukyo Sato!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gates misses with a two punch combination.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gates.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sato lands an overhand right.
Sato tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gates counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gates slips under a jab.
Sato gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sato throws a right hand that Gates ducks under and follows up with a left that Gates also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Gates misses the target.
Ukyo Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sato.
Sato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sato throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato darts in trying to clinch
and Gates counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Gates misses the target.
Gates wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sato misses with a hook.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but Gates swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gates is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sato.
Gates scores with a jab.
Gates looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a nice shot that snaps Gates's head back.
Sato slips under a jab.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gates.
Gates avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gates misses the shot to the body.
Gates takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sato throws a right and a left that Gates avoids nicely.
Gates bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates moves away
and Gates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gates tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gates takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
Sato slips a jab from Gates.
Gates missing with a left hand there. Sato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sato wants to clinch.
Sato lands a head shot.
Gates missing with a left hand there. Sato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gates is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gates swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big right from Gates misses.
Gates walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates is having none of it.
Gates fails to land with a series of punches.
Sato throws a shot to the body.
Sato scores with a nice strike.
Gates misses with a looping left.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates moves out of range.
Gates loads up on a big right hand but Sato slips the punch.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gates.
Gates circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gates connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gates throws a jab when Sato was well out of range.
Gates moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sato. That's going to slow Gates down.
Gates jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - Gates circles away.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gates paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gates.
Sato ducks under a wild hook from Gates.
Gates takes one to the side of the head.
Sato lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sato lands with a kick to the temple. Gates shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gates avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato throws a head kick that misses.
Sato moves away from the strike by Gates.
Sato connects with an inside leg kick.
Gates scores with a body shot.
Sato is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gates had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Gates misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gates is breathing heavily.
Sato moves to clinch but Gates breaks away
enabling Gates to counter with a crisp jab.
Gates is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sato feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gates's calf.
Sato tests Gates's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gates ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Gates throws a big shot that misses.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gates paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Gates misses.
No joy there for Gates, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gates steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Sato fakes the leg kick and cracks Gates in the body.
Sato cracks Gates with an open hand slap.
Jab, jab by Sato - just one landing.
Gates ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Sato tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Gates manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gates throws a shot from downtown. Sato moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Gates does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gates swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sato lands a head kick!
Sato slips a straight right by Gates.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato wants to clinch.
Sato scores with a head kick.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates moves out of range.
Sato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gates in his tracks.
Sato slips a jab from Gates.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sato wants to land a leg kick but Gates is out of range.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates moves away
and Gates counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato throws the left hand but Gates avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A jab from Gates misses.
Sato throws a right and a left that Gates avoids nicely.
Sato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gates finds it's way round the side to connect with Sato's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ukyo Sato dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gates slips a jab from Sato.
Sato scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice straight punches there by Gates. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gates.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sato misses with a hook. Gates ducked under it nicely.
Gates rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sato is looking to clinch.
A jab from Sato does it's job there.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sato throws a hook but Gates blocks it.
Sato connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gates.
Sato misses with a series of wild punches.
Sato throws a jab when Gates was well out of range.
Sato fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates moves out of range.
Sato tries to clinch up
and Gates counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sato lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands with a hook. Gates tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.
Gates's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sato connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gates scrambles back to his feet.
Gates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates is having none of it.
A big left from Gates misses.
Sato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Good standup being displayed there by Sato as he connects with a hook.
Ukyo Sato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato tries to clinch up but Gates circles away and keeps his distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sato.
Gates is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sato moves in looking to clinch but Gates pushes him off.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gates might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to clinch.
Synyster Gates is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gates looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.
Sato lands with a straight right. Gates didn't see that one coming.
Sato ducks under a wild hook from Gates.
A big right from Gates misses.
Sato misses with a looping left.
Sato throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Gates stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sato throws a series of strikes that have Gates backpedaling.
Nice straight punches there by Sato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates dodges the punch combination from Sato.
Sato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gates finds it's way round the side to connect with Sato's head.
Sato moves out of range as Gates strikes.
Gates lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sato catches Gates with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Gates is rocked!
Gates misses with a looping left.
Oh Gates is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gates missing with a left hand there. Sato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gates throws a lazy right hand but Sato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gates takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gates uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gates showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sato.
A big left from Gates misses.
Sato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sato tries to clinch but Gates is having none of it.
Gates swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gates will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sato moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gates has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gates jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gates swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
Gates seems to have got his legs back now.
Gates drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sato tries to clinch up.
Gates thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gates takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Gates's head.
Sato tries to clinch up but Gates circles away and keeps his distance.
Gates throws a one two combo.
Sato shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gates eats them both and turns towards Sato to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gates has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sato.
Sato has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sato moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sato connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Gates tumbling to the canvas! Sato pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Gates was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ukyo Sato!