PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinjo Sakamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meldrick Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakamaki comes into the arena with Kung fu fighting(original) blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Sakamaki
vs
Tyson

178 cm
19
179 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sinjo Sakamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Meldrick Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakamaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tyson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sakamaki tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Tyson feints and then cracks Sakamaki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sakamaki down.
Sakamaki wants to clinch but Tyson slips to the side
and Tyson makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sakamaki really felt that one!
Sakamaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but Tyson moves out of range.
Sakamaki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyson to score with a decent uppercut.
Sakamaki tries to clinch
and Tyson counters with a leg kick.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sakamaki avoids the head kick by Tyson.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sakamaki moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Tyson just misses with a punch to the body.
Sakamaki wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tyson instigates a clinch.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Tyson 's eye.

Tyson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tyson tried to score with a low kick but Sakamaki checks it.

Tyson gets tackled into the cage by Sakamaki. Sakamaki maintains the clinch.
Tyson is trying to stall.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sakamaki avoids it.
Sakamaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tyson blocks it with crossed arms.
Tyson dodges an elbow strike from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sakamaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakamaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyson wants to get back to striking at distance but Sakamaki won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sakamaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.

It looks like Meldrick Tyson has been cut.
Sakamaki throws an elbow but it misses.
Tyson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tyson managing to block the knees to the body from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside that Tyson shrugs off.
Sakamaki managing to block the knees to the body from Tyson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sakamaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tyson's brow.
Tyson looking to throw knees to the head but Sakamaki is blocking nicely.
Sakamaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
Sakamaki managing to block the knees to the body from Tyson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Tyson tries to break free but Sakamaki pushes him back against the cage.
Tyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sakamaki.
Tyson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sakamaki takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Sinjo Sakamaki has been cut.
Sakamaki avoiding damage as Tyson throws knees to the body.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
Sakamaki lands an uppercut.
Sakamaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tyson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sakamaki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakamaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sakamaki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tyson avoids a wild elbow strike from Sakamaki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tyson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sakamaki's face.
Tyson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sakamaki is defending well for now.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sakamaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tyson's brow.
Sakamaki landing knees to the head.
Sakamaki looking to stall.
Sakamaki has Tyson pressed against the cage, preventing Tyson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Tyson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tyson landing knees to the body.
Tyson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sakamaki's face.
Tyson lands a knee to the body.
Sakamaki is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tyson's defenses.
Tyson connects with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki misses with a knee to the head.
Tyson is looking to control Sakamaki's arms but Sakamaki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tyson has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Meldrick Tyson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sakamaki wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.
Tyson throws a leg kick but Sakamaki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sakamaki wants to clinch but Tyson slips to the side
and Tyson counters with a low kick, right behind Sakamaki 's knee.
Sakamaki looks to clinch
and Sakamaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sakamaki wants to clinch up but Tyson keeps it at a distance.

Tyson pushes Sakamaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
Meldrick Tyson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sakamaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tyson backwards.
Sakamaki managing to block the knees to the body from Tyson.
Tyson blocks an elbow strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sakamaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyson lands a right hook to the body.
Sakamaki closes the distance but Tyson moves to the side
and Tyson counters with a good low kick that Sakamaki was not able to check.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but Tyson moves away
and Tyson counters with a nice leg kick.
Sakamaki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson tries a head kick but it misses.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch but Tyson is avoiding it.
Tyson motions for Sakamaki to come forward. Tyson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sakamaki moves out of range of the body kick from Tyson.
Tyson throws a head kick that Sakamaki semi-blocks.
Tyson throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakamaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakamaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tyson keeps the fight on the outside.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki tries to clinch
and Tyson counters with a nice leg kick.

Tyson moves into the clinch.
Sakamaki throws an elbow but it misses.
Sakamaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Tyson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tyson throws an elbow but misses.

Tyson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Tyson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to clinch
and Tyson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tyson thumps Sakamaki with a low kick.
Sakamaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyson circles away.
Tyson looks to score with a jab to the body but Sakamaki is just out of range.
Sakamaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tyson counters with a good low kick that Sakamaki was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tyson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyson. Sakamaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyson lands with a kick to the temple. Sakamaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tyson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki moves to clinch but Tyson breaks away
and Tyson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sakamaki checks a leg kick.

Sakamaki rushes Tyson and presses him up against the cage.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakamaki pushes off an throws an elbow but Tyson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tyson blocks an elbow strike.

Tyson manages to break the clinch.
Sakamaki darts in trying to clinch
and Tyson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sakamaki is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sinjo Sakamaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakamaki blocks a head kick by Tyson.
Meldrick Tyson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Tyson clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakamaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tyson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tyson crunches a lovely knee into Sakamaki's ribcage.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tyson avoids the elbow strike from Sakamaki, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakamaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Tyson missing with knees to the body.
Sakamaki has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tyson landing knees to the body.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meldrick Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Tyson.
Sakamaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyson throws a leg kick which misses Sakamaki's front leg but catches the back leg as Sakamaki tries to avoid it.
Tyson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyson misses with a body kick.
Sakamaki moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.

Sakamaki clinches with his opponent.
Tyson tries to break the clinch but Sakamaki is controlling the position.
Tyson lands a good knee to the midsection. Sakamaki won't want to take too many of those.
Tyson trying to control the position but instead, Sakamaki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tyson into the cage.
Sakamaki has Tyson pressed against the cage, preventing Tyson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tyson is looking to break free of the clinch but Sakamaki has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamaki tries a knee to the head but Tyson blocks it.
Sakamaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tyson managing to block the knees to the body from Sakamaki.

Tyson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Sakamaki moves into the clinch.
Sakamaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tyson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sakamaki's brow.
Sakamaki looking to stall.
Sakamaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyson avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sakamaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tyson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakamaki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tyson scores a nice knee to the body.
Tyson lands a damaging elbow.
Tyson trying to stall but Sakamaki improves his position.
Tyson connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakamaki pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tyson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sakamaki's face.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tyson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tyson looking to slow down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Tyson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sakamaki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tyson's brow.
Tyson is trying to stall.
Sakamaki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sakamaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tyson blocks an elbow strike from Sakamaki.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tyson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sakamaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tyson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sakamaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Sakamaki trying to control the position but instead, Tyson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sakamaki into the cage.
Meldrick Tyson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tyson tries a knee to the head but Sakamaki blocks it.
Tyson blocks an elbow strike.
Sakamaki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sakamaki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tyson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sakamaki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Tyson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tyson tries to land knees in the clinch but Sakamaki avoids the damage to the body.

Tyson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tyson closes the distance and clinches.
Tyson managing to block the knees to the body from Sakamaki.
Sinjo Sakamaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tyson working Sakamaki over with knees to the body.
Sakamaki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson scores a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sakamaki wants to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakamaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tyson's face.
Tyson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sakamaki looking to throw knees to the head but Tyson is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Meldrick Tyson.
Well Tyson 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meldrick Tyson!