PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mirkai Sakuba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cillian O Malley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuba kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bullet For My Valentine - All These Things I Hate. O Malley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dropkick Murphy's - I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Mirkai Sakuba has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sakuba
vs
O Malley

185 cm
20
138 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

173 cm
19
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mirkai Sakuba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cillian O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Malley scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
O Malley working over Sakuba with some ground and pound. Sakuba looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
O Malley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sakuba really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
O Malley prevents Sakuba from standing back up.
O Malley lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
O Malley prevents Sakuba from standing back up.
O Malley is keen to just control but Sakuba is a slippery customer.
O Malley thows a huge punch but Sakuba dodges it nicely.
O Malley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
O Malley throwing shots but Sakuba is blocking nicely.
O Malley is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakuba is trying to stand back up but O Malley is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Malley is nestled in close to Sakuba, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
O Malley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakuba. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
O Malley slows the pace down in half guard.
O Malley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
O Malley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
O Malley lands with a punch from half guard.
O Malley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sakuba with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from O Malley.
Sakuba on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
O Malley content to control rather than advance.
Sakuba taking some punishment here, with O Malley in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakuba looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sakuba blocking the ground and pound attempt from O Malley.
O Malley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
O Malley seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
O Malley thows a huge punch but Sakuba dodges it nicely.
Sakuba is breathing heavily.
Sakuba is not content to let O Malley control the position.
O Malley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
O Malley trying to advance position but Sakuba counters by regaining guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Malley postures up and lands a big shot to Sakuba's brow.
O Malley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

O Malley stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Sakuba has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! O Malley manages to get his head free but now Sakuba has transitioned to an armbar! O Malley grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Sakuba! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mirkai Sakuba!
An out of breath Mirkai Sakuba thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.