PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hayato Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Suk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakurai comes to the cage accompanied by Holy Orders . Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sakurai
vs
Suk

172 cm
26
174 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
179 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hayato Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kurt Suk!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suk throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Hayato Sakurai has been cut.
Sakurai lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sakurai - that will leave a mark!
A head kick from Suk lands but Sakurai takes it in his stride.
Sakurai connects with a body shot that sends Suk's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Suk.
A lazy left from Suk finds it's target.
Sakurai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good leg kick by Suk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Suk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakurai rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Suk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Suk feints and then cracks Sakurai's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sakurai down.
Suk throws a low kick but Sakurai moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Suk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a front kick aimed at Suk's knee but Suk avoids it well.
Suk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Suk thows a body shot but no joy.
Sakurai throws a wild body kick that Suk sees coming a mile off.
Suk tries a low kick but Sakurai avoids it.
Sakurai throws a shot from downtown. Suk moves away and avoids it.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Suk avoids nicely.
A leg kick checked by Sakurai.
Sakurai throws a right and a left that Suk avoids nicely.
Suk pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sakurai darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Suk scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suk with a nice cross.
Suk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Suk lands a lovely overhand right.

Sakurai is rocked!
Suk plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Sakurai to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Sakurai just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kurt Suk!