PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Svend Torken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torken comes to the cage accompanied by Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Katsuro Sato is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Torken
vs
Sato

181 cm
25
198 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
202 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Svend Torken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Katsuro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torken is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sato throws a head kick but Torken moves out of range.
Sato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato misses with a looping left.
Torken throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Katsuro Sato has been cut.
Torken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Sato as he connects with a hook.
Sato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato moves out of range as Torken strikes.
Torken just misses with a punch to the body.
Torken fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Torken feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Torken preventing the sweep.
Torken connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torken postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sato is trying to control the position but Torken postures up.
Sato working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Torken.
Torken throws an elbow that misses. Sato uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Torken's guard. Nice move by Sato!
Sato wants to control from the top but Torken keeps moving.
Torken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sato.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Torken is keeping the position.
Sato in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sato trying to control the position from guard on top but Torken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Torken knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sato on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sato accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Torken is keeping the position.
Sato working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sato slips nicely into half guard.
Torken has his hands clasped together around Sato's back. He's all about the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Torken!
Torken is bucking up trying to escape but Sato cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sato prevents Torken from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torken is working hard here to advance position.
Sato cracks Torken with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sato looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sato throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sato working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Torken is rocked!
Torken takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Sato's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsuro Sato!
Katsuro Sato bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.