PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between William Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukyo Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ukyo Sato is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Bird
vs
Sato

170 cm
22
144 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
23
140 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Bird!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ukyo Sato!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato misses with a straight left.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Bird scores with a kick to the body.
Sato tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
William Bird seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bird counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sato thinking.
Bird avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sato misses the jab.
Bird throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
Sato misses with a hook.
Sato checks a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bird.
A punch combination from Sato misses.
A jab lands there for Bird.
A head kick misses from Sato.
Bird takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sato.

Bird darts in and clinches Sato up against the ropes.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bird.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Bird.

It looks like Ukyo Sato has been cut.
Nice body punch from Bird.
Bird lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird misses with an elbow over the top.
Sato is trying to stall.
Bird scores with a shot to the side of Sato's head.
Sato avoiding damage as Bird throws knees to the body.
Sato can't break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bird.
Sato tries to land a knee to the head but Bird blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bird.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bird landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bird takes an elbow to the temple.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bird throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Satos head.
Bird lands a nice elbow.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Bird landing knees to the body.
Bird avoids a wild elbow strike from Sato.
Sato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sato misses with a knee strike.
Bird tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bird lands a body shot.
Bird lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato misses with a knee to the head.
Sato tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bird lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sato looking to throw knees to the head but Bird is blocking nicely.
Sato looks gassed!
Bird lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sato as Bird tries to tie him up.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but Sato blocks with his arms.
Bird blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bird leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Bird tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Bird putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but Bird leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Bird is controlling him.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sato misses with a knee to the head.
Bird lands a body punch.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Bird.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bird lands a nice shot to the body.
Bird is trying to stall.
Sato takes an elbow to the temple.
Bird lands a shoulder strike.
Sato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bird.
Bird lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bird gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Ukyo Sato's cut even more.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bird.
Bird scores with a knee to the head.
Bird lands an elbow inside.
Bird lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bird lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

The cut above Ukyo Sato's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bird scores with a hook to the body.
Bird connects with a knee to the head.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bird lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Bird dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Bird takes the fight into the clinch.
Bird blocks the elbow strike.
Bird lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bird.
Bird lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Bird 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 tries to land a knee to the head but Bird blocks with his arms.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bird lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.

Ukyo Sato's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

Sato breaks from the clinch.
Sato throws a low kick but Bird moves out of range easily.
Bird misses with a looping left.
Bird slips a jab from Sato.
Bird swings widly with a right hand
and Sato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bird slips a straight right by Sato.
Sato wants to slow Bird down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird scores with a decent looking hook.
Bird throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sato takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick
and Bird counters with a left to the body.
Sato is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bird. Sato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bird can pounce on him.
Bird misses with a low kick.
Sato falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bird counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sato throws a hook but Bird blocks it.
A jab lands there for Bird.

Bird rushes Sato and presses him up against the ropes.
Bird working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bird lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ukyo Sato's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). William Bird!
William Bird is the new bantamweight champion!
A victorious William Bird thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.