PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ohshima Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ritchie Hawtin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawtin comes into a darkened arena with his song building. disturbed - down with the sickness kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ritchie Hawtin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sato
vs
Hawtin

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
160 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Raw Edge Gear (R.E.G)

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ohshima Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ritchie Hawtin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawtin tries to clinch but Sato moves out of range.
A jab from Hawtin does it's job there.

Sato clinches up with Hawtin and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawtin misses with some punches.
Hawtin wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sato.
Good body shot from Sato.
A head punch on the inside from Hawtin fails to land.
Sato scores with a shot to the side of Hawtin's head.
Hawtin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sato stalling.
A short right from Sato on the inside.
Sato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Sato on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hawtin fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato scores with a shoulder strike.
Sato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hawtin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Hawtin tries to work over Sato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hawtin swings wildly with an uppercut but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawtin is looking to break free of the clinch but Sato has double underhooks.
Hawtin has a couple of punches blocked by Sato.
A short left from Sato.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hawtins head.
Sato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sato blocking some punches.
Hawtin keeps control of Sato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sato.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtin avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawtin.
Sato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hawtins head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtin is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Hawtin takes a shot to the head.
Sato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hawtin has Sato pressed against the cage, preventing Sato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Come on Sato - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hawtin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Hawtin throws a head punch that misses.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hawtin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sato lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Sato.
Hawtin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sato works on Hawtin's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawtin working aggressively here.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Hawtin tries to circle away but Sato has him pinned against the cage.
Sato stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nice body punch from Sato.
Sato has Hawtin pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sato.
A right handed body shot lands from Sato.
Sato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hawtin's efforts to push away.
Sato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
Sato lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtin swings wildly with an uppercut but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato avoiding damage.
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hawtin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Hawtin.
A short uppercut from Sato.
Sato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Sato.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hawtin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hawtin misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sato.
A short right from Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ohshima Sato dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hawtin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Sato moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawtin defending well as Sato loads up on a big left hand.
Hawtin lands with a slapping head kick.
A slow jab from Sato misses its intended target.
Hawtin moves out of range of the strikes.
Sato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hawtin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Sato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hawtin tries to break free but Sato pushes him back against the cage.
Hawtin has a couple of punches blocked by Sato.
Hawtin is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Sato.
Stalling in the clinch from Sato.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Hawtin working hard to break the clinch.
Hawtin misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Hawtin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sato.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Sato scores with a shot to the side of Hawtin's head.
Hawtin can't find room to land a body shot as Sato controls the action.
Sato lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
Sato trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sato takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ohshima Sato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hawtin.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawtin working aggressively here.
Sato works on Hawtin's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hawtin has had enough of the clinch but Sato keeps him there for the moment.
Sato lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawtin.
Sato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
Hawtin pushes off an throws an elbow but Sato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sato.
Hawtin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawtin wants to break free but Sato has control.
Hawtin throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hawtin throws a head punch that misses.
Hawtin tries a body shot but Sato blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawtin tries to land knees in the clinch but Sato avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hawtin fails to land.
Hawtin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hawtin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sato's elbow.
Nice body punch from Sato - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Sato.
Sato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hawtin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sato's brow.
Hawtin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sato pushes Hawtin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sato.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sato lands a right hand.
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!
With the fighters up against the cage, Hawtin throws an elbow but misses.
Sato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hawtin misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato is struggling to control the position.
Sato lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hawtin or not.
Hawtin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hawtin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sato's elbow.
Hawtin lands a shoulder strike.
Sato lands a body punch.
Sato gets through Hawtin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sato.
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Hawtin won't allow it.
Sato lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hawtin missing with knees to the body.
Sato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawtin backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hawtin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato lands a shot to the body.
Hawtin letting Sato take a breather here.
Hawtin working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ohshima Sato dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hawtin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hawtin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Sato misses with a hook. Hawtin ducked under it nicely.
Hawtin tries to clinch but Sato moves out of range.
Hawtin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Sato forces Hawtin back against the cage and clinches.
Hawtin tries to throw a body punch but Sato avoids it by throwing Hawtin back against the cage.
Hawtin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sato is stalling here.
Hawtin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sato lands a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sato.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawtin working hard to break the clinch.
Hawtin is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Hawtin tries a body shot but Sato blocks it.
Sato blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sato - that landed with a thud.
Sato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sato can't break the clinch.
Sato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hawtin fails to land.
Sato stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hawtin throws a punch but it's blocked by Sato.
Hawtin struggles to land a body shot inside as Sato controls his hands.
Hawtin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sato is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Hawtin's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.

Sato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hawtin lunges at Sato with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sato's hand.
Hawtin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hawtin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hawtin connects with a high kick.
Sato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A swing and a miss from Sato.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped Hawtin's head back.
Sato misses with a two punch combination.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawtin is just out of range.

Sato pushes Hawtin up against the cage in a clinch.
Hawtin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sato lands a nice uppercut.
Sato pushes Hawtin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hawtin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sato.
Hawtin tries to throw a body punch but Sato avoids it by throwing Hawtin back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawtin.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Hawtin.
Hawtin misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato cracks Hawtin with a nice body shot.
Sato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sato works on Hawtin's body with a couple of short punches.
Hawtin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Sato.
A shot in the inside from Sato.
Sato lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Sato.
Sato prevents Hawtin from breaking the clinch.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
Sato lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hawtin fails to land.
Hawtin working hard to break the clinch.
Hawtin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawtin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sato digs a right hand underneath Hawtin's ribcage. Hawtin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ritchie Hawtin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hawtin can't find room to land a body shot as Sato controls the action.
Hawtin misses with the head strike.
Hawtin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Sato as the two fighters clinch.
Hawtin misses with a punch on the inside.
Sato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Hawtin on the inside.
Sato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Sato on the inside.
Hawtin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato controlling the action here for a moment.
Sato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ohshima Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sato, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ohshima Sato!