PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eliézer Machado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machado comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heart - If Looks Could Killl kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Katsuro Sato could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Eliézer Machado's chin.

Sato
vs
Machado

187 cm
24
202 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

184 cm
21
197 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuro Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eliézer Machado!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sato looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sato is pressing down on Machado's thigh, looking to free his foot. Machado is holding on for now.
Machado is trying to control but can't.
Machado blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sato.
Sato lands strikes from half guard.
Sato tries to pass the half guard into mount. Machado knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sato throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sato throwing shots but Machado is blocking nicely.
Sato 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Machado's head.
Sato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Machado is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sato's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sato's back!
Sato is really stuck here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato is working hard here to advance position.
Sato is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Machado.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado has the hooks in. Sato is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Sato tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sato tries to hold on but Machado postures up.
Sato really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machado sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Sato is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuro Sato dominated that 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.

Machado throws a lazy right hand but Sato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Machado moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Machado throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
A jab from Sato misses.
Machado is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Machado checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sato shoots for a takedown but Machado saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Machado just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Machado.
Sato fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sato connects with a crisp jab.
Sato swings for the body but Machado moves out of range.
Machado throws out a loose jab but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Machado at a distance.
Katsuro Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Sato shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katsuro Sato. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sato closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Machado quickly recovers to half guard.
Sato thows a huge punch but Machado dodges it nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Machado can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sato scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Machado manages to get to full guard.
Sato sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
Sato throwing strikes from guard but Machado blocks nicely.
Sato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sato throwing strikes but missing.
Machado keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Sato postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Machado is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sato, into his guard.
Machado has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sato is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Machado!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuro Sato dominated that second round.
That's time! Sato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Machado does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Sato.
Sato will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato takes a swing at Machado's ribcage but misses.
Machado moves out of range of the strikes.
A slow jab from Machado misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machado misses with a looping left.
Sato stuns Machado with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sato looks to land a body kick but Machado moved away.

Sato closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Machado did well to prevent Sato getting side control.
Sato is stalling here. Machado is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Sato seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Machado has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Sato manages to get back to half guard.
Machado tries to stand and escape but Sato is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to get back to full guard but Machado has passed into side control.
Sato tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sato manages to work his way to half guard, despite Machado's best efforts.
Machado tries to stand but can't do so whilst Sato controls his leg.
Sato is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machado wants to take a breather but Sato is having none of it.

Sato looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Machado is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Sato is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Machado pulls his head out easily.
Sato trying to control but Machado postures up.
Machado really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sato. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Machado with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Eliézer Machado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Machado tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sato knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sato manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Katsuro Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sato 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsuro Sato!
Katsuro Sato bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.