PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroshi Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Emanuel - The Hey Man. Sato has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Brown
vs
Sato

183 cm
27
195 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

185 cm
24
200 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
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 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hiroshi Sato!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
A left and a right from Sato both land. Nice combination.
Brown takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brown doesn't seem bothered though.
Sato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sato slips a jab from Brown.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sato swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Sato moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Sato.
Brown stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Brown wants it to stay on the feet.
Sato fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brown on the side of the head.
Good standup being displayed there by Sato as he connects with a hook.
Sato cracks Brown with a good jab.
Sato scores with a shot to the body.
Brown ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hiroshi Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Brown closes the distance and clinches.
Sato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Sato.
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!
Sato lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Sato unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a body punch.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sato.
Sato lands an elbow inside that Brown shrugs off.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Sato pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sato works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Brown takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Sato lands a nice shot to the body.
Sato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sato wants a takedown.
Mark Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hiroshi Sato.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right from Sato on the inside.
Sato lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands an elbow that stopped Brown in his tracks for a moment.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Sato.
Sato avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Brown is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Sato.
Sato is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sato.
Brown scores a nice knee to the body.
Sato stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sato is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brown pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brown's elbow.
Brown creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brown's brow.
Sato lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sato tries a body shot but Brown blocks it.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Sato lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Sato lands a nice knee to the body.
Sato scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sato pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshi Sato dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Brown with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sato to score with a decent uppercut.

Brown tries to sprawl but Sato drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Sato missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sato stalling.
Sato has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sato is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brown has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sato wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sato has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brown is refusing to be controlled, as Sato sits in half guard.
Brown trying to control from the bottom.
Brown avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sato.
Sato trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it.
Sato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brown avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sato.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a head shot. Brown uses the momentum to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sato is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sato distracts Brown with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sato trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Sato controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
Brown wants to control but Sato passes easily into half guard.
Sato controlling the action here.
Sato not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato is pressing down on Brown's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brown is holding on for now.
Brown blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sato.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Sato is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sato missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshi Sato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Sato tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brown swivels and escapes.
Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Sato circles away.
Donk. Sato catches Brown right on the button with a cross.
Brown misses with a body kick.
Sato lunges at Brown with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brown's hand.
Sato digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Brown connects with a high kick.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown scores with a leg kick.
Brown takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato connects with a body shot that sends Brown's belly button to the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown throws a lazy head kick
and Sato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brown looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Brown takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mark Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sato shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brown defends it nicely.
Brown takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sato fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Hiroshi Sato is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown is looking to control Sato's arms but Sato gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brown has his back to the cage.
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown missing with knees to the body.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown can't break the clinch.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hiroshi Sato seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mark Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato has Brown pressed against the cage, preventing Brown from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Brown is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown tries to break free but Sato pushes him back against the cage.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Sato.
Sato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sato avoiding damage as Brown throws knees to the body.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sato blocks it with crossed arms.
A short body shot lands from Sato as the two fighters clinch.
Brown wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
Brown working hard to break the clinch.
Sato avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Hiroshi Sato.
Well Sato has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiroshi Sato!
In his post fight interview, Hiroshi Sato gave a big smile as he said 'I bitched him again! out played again LOL'.