PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Misaaki Satake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay comes to the cage accompanied by Atari Teenage Riot - Revolution Action . Curtis Clay is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Clay
vs
Satake

185 cm
22
200 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
183 lbs
5 - 0 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curtis Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Misaaki Satake!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Satake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clay throws a body punch but Satake moves out of range.
Clay wants to clinch up but Satake keeps it at a distance.
Clay lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Satake at a distance.
Satake avoids the body shot from Clay.

Clay clinches up against the cage.

Clay has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Satake clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Clay is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Satake has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Satake is taking damage to the body and head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Even with his hooks in, Clay manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Satake manages to reverse the position and now he's in Clay's guard. Nice work there by Satake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake trying to control the position from guard on top but Clay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clay has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Satake has passed into side control.
Satake trying to control the position but Clay is working away.
Clay manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay manages to get to full guard.
Clay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Satake throwing strikes but missing.
Clay is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satake controls from within his opponent's guard.
Clay looking for a sweep. Not yet Clay, not yet.
Satake trying to control the position from guard on top but Clay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Satake stuffs the takedown attempt from Clay. Clay gets slowly back to his feet.
Clay thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay misses with a takedown attempt
and Satake counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Satake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Satake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clay lands a nice shot to the body.
Satake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clay circles away quickly and effectively.
Clay tries to bum rush Satake with a series of wild strikes but Satake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Satake shoots in but Clay avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Clay just misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satake works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Clay dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Satake ducks under a wild hook from Clay.
Satake misses with a looping right.
Satake's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Satake duly obliges.
Satake avoids the body shot from Clay.
Satake misses with a hook.
Clay wants to clinch up but Satake keeps it at a distance.
Clay throws a body punch but Satake moves out of range.
Clay misses with a body shot.
Clay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Satake dodges the punch combination from Clay.
Clay blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Clay scores a takedown into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clay looking to control but Satake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Satake sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Satake moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Clay wants to pass the guard but Satake is keeping the position.
Satake is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satake is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, Satake seems content to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satake wants to free his trapped foot but Clay is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Satake stalling away here and it's allowed Clay to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Clay manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Satake manages to get himself to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay looking to pass the guard.
Satake tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Satake is trying to keep Clay in close.
Clay preventing the sweep.
Clay slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Satake prevents Clay from moving into mount.
Satake is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Satake prevents Clay from improving position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Satake keeps working.
Satake avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Clay.
Clay lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satake is trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clay throws a strike aimed at the side of Satake's head but Satake avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Clay dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Clay throws a jab when Satake was well out of range.
Clay throws a body punch but Satake moves out of range.
A slow jab from Satake misses its intended target.
Misaaki Satake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Satake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clay circles away quickly and effectively.
Clay tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Satake paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Satake.
Clay is looking to wear down Satake with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Satake shoots in looking for a takedown but Clay manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Satake's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Clay uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Satake.

Clay moves into the clinch successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay presses Satake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short body shot lands from Clay as the two fighters clinch.
Clay lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Satake backwards.
Clay stalling in the clinch.
Satake goes for a takedown attempt but Clay pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Satake throws a series of punches but Clay avoids them all with ease.
Satake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clay throws a lazy right hand but Satake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Satake throws out a loose jab but Clay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clay shoots in for a takedown but Satake shows good takedown defense.
Clay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Satake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Clay gets the takedown into side control.
Satake struggling a bit here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Satake sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Clay uses his free foot to push down on Satake's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Satake.
Satake regains half guard.
Clay passes to side control.
Clay working away.
Clay trying to control the action but Satake is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clay lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Clay tries to advance to mount but can't.
Satake struggling a bit here.
Satake might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Clay kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Clay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Satake keeps working.
Curtis Clay overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Satake manages to work his way to half guard, despite Clay's best efforts.
Clay missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay wants to pass the guard but Satake is defending well.
Satake avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Clay.
Satake won't allow Clay to pass to mount.
Clay thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Satake's head.
Satake keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Clay is trying to control the action in half guard but Satake is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Misaaki Satake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Satake regains full guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satake wants to sweep but no luck.
Clay wants to control from the top but Satake keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Satake has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Clay can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Clay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Clay!
A relieved looking Curtis Clay thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.