PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kegon Saratuwari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Key (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Key comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sin's a good man's brother kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Saratuwari
vs
Key

178 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kegon Saratuwari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Key!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saratuwari lands a jab.
Saratuwari throws a looping overhand right but Key ducks down to avoid it.
Key scores with a kick to the body.
Key slips under a jab.
Saratuwari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Key.
A head kick from Key lands but Saratuwari takes it in his stride.
Key uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saratuwari.
Key pushes Saratuwari away with a front kick.
Saratuwari misses with a wild body shot.
Kegon Saratuwari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Key ducks under a wild hook from Saratuwari.
That kick from Key tenderised Saratuwari's leg. Saratuwari is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Saratuwari drives through with a takedown into guard.
Key is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Saratuwari dives into side control.
Key wants to get back to his feet but Saratuwari drags him back down.
Key managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saratuwari.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Key pushes Saratuwari away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Saratuwari gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Key looks gassed!
Saratuwari slows the pace down.
Saratuwari has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Saratuwari stands up.
Key slips a jab from Saratuwari.

Saratuwari looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Saratuwari is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Saratuwari stands and throws Key's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saratuwari lands a nice forearm strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The ground and pound from Saratuwari seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Saratuwari is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Saratuwari fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Saratuwari tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Saratuwari has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Saratuwari decides to stand up, so the ref orders Key to his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Saratuwari. Those never looked like landing.

Saratuwari closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Key quickly recovers to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saratuwari controlling the action here.
Saratuwari has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Key avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saratuwari.
Saratuwari passes to side control.
Saratuwari sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Key is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Saratuwari stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Key misses with a body kick.

Key gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Saratuwari to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Key is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Saratuwari dives into side control.

Saratuwari decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saratuwari is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Key.

Key gets caught napping as Saratuwari dives in and scores a takedown. Key manages to retain guard.
Saratuwari engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Saratuwari trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Key can't keep his opponent in guard - Saratuwari advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kegon Saratuwari dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Saratuwari closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Key's guard.

Key is working an open guard so Saratuwari takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jon Key is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saratuwari shoots in for a takedown but Key shows good takedown defense.
Key misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Key.
Saratuwari loads up on a big right hand but Key slips the punch.
Key swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Saratuwari steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Key.
Key steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Saratuwari.
Key displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saratuwari throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saratuwari. Key does a little dance to reset his feet.
Key is breathing heavily.
Saratuwari looks to throw the jab but Key is out of range.
Key throws a right hand that Saratuwari ducks under and follows up with a left that Saratuwari also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saratuwari looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Saratuwari sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Saratuwari lands a nice short elbow.

Saratuwari stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Key to get to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Key.
Saratuwari is trying hard to land a takedown here. Key sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Saratuwari avoids the head kick by Key.
Key blocks a jab.
Key staying out of range there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Saratuwari.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Key can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Saratuwari looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kegon Saratuwari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saratuwari working the ground and pound but Key is defending the strikes.
Key trying to remain calm as Saratuwari controls from the top position.

Saratuwari is trying to get an arm triangle but Key is defending well.
Saratuwari in side control, throwing shots but Key defends.
Key managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Saratuwari.
The referee asks Saratuwari politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Saratuwari prefers to stall for the moment though.
Key gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Saratuwari lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Key hang on?

It looks like Jon Key has been cut.
Saratuwari throws some wild stikes that Key manages to avoid easily.
Saratuwari controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saratuwari sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Saratuwari lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Key is rocked!
Saratuwari controlling from the full mount.
Key is still in real trouble! Can Saratuwari finish him?
Saratuwari landing punches.
Saratuwari cracks Key with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kegon Saratuwari!