PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). van der Vaart's entrance music is Nah Mean. A fine choice. Sato has chosen Call to prayer of islam as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

van der Vaart
vs
Sato

183 cm
27
178 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

185 cm
25
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Jihad Fight Gear-Cage Wars version
Jihad Fight Gear-Cage Wars version

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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato tries to land a front kick but van der Vaart steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
van der Vaart is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sato.
Sato with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Sato.
van der Vaart misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from van der Vaart.
Sato misses with a kick to the body.
van der Vaart slips under a jab.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
van der Vaart throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
Sato throws a hook but van der Vaart blocks it.
Sato lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Sato.

It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut.
van der Vaart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
van der Vaart misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato swings for the body but van der Vaart moves out of range.
Sato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sato slips under a jab from van der Vaart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. van der Vaart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato avoids the body shot from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Good shot there by Sato.
van der Vaart throws a shot to the body.
Sato connects with a leg kick. van der Vaart looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
van der Vaart misses with a wild combination.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Rumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato misses with a double jab.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.
Sato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
Sato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sato connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Sato cracks van der Vaart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
van der Vaart is looking to wear down Sato with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
van der Vaart ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Sato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
Sato fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and van der Vaart has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sato showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws a hook but Sato avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart stuns Sato with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sato moves away from the strike by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sato.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sato throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from van der Vaart misses the target.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
A jab from Sato misses.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling van der Vaart to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sato feints and then cracks van der Vaart's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow van der Vaart down.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but van der Vaart is just out of range.
van der Vaart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Sato looks to land a left hand but van der Vaart moved out of range nicely.
van der Vaart misses with the combination.
van der Vaart fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
van der Vaart moves out of range of the strikes.
van der Vaart keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Sato lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rumina Sato will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

van der Vaart scores with the left hand. Sato knows he should have avoided that one.
Sato connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sato throws a right hand that van der Vaart ducks under and follows up with a left that van der Vaart also avoids with ease.
Sato throws a low kick, looking for van der Vaart's leg but van der Vaart calmly moves out of range.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Sato lands with a cross.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato misses with a wild body shot.
Sato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck van der Vaart on the side of the head.
Sato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sato throws a sloppy head kick and van der Vaart moves out of range easily.
van der Vaart misses with a straight left.
Sato missing with a left hand there. van der Vaart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato moves forwards but van der Vaart connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
van der Vaart lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sato circles away quickly and effectively.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but van der Vaart is just out of range.
van der Vaart misses with a body shot.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sato.
A big left from van der Vaart misses.
Sato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
van der Vaart misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
van der Vaart tries to close the distance and clinch but Sato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
van der Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
Sato misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart takes one to the chin there.
Good standup being displayed there by van der Vaart as he connects with a hook.
Sato misses with a few strikes there.
Sato slips a jab from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice shot by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart moves in looking to clinch but Sato pushes him off.
Sato blocks a jab.
Sato misses with a straight right.
van der Vaart on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
van der Vaart looks to land a combination but Sato avoids it well.
van der Vaart misses with a two punch combination.
Sato defending well as van der Vaart loads up on a big left hand.
van der Vaart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sato was well out of range. Poor timing from van der Vaart.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sato scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Sato misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sato sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato looks to land a combination but van der Vaart avoids it well.
Sato fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Vaart throws a hook but Sato blocks it.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
van der Vaart throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato swings for the body but van der Vaart moves out of range.
Sato keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Soloman van der Vaart is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt van der Vaart.
A left lands for van der Vaart.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Soloman van der Vaart will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Soloman van der Vaart's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sato lands a head shot.
The crowd cheers as van der Vaart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sato doesn't seem phased though.
Sato tries to move into range but van der Vaart moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sato fakes the leg kick and cracks van der Vaart in the body.
A jab from Sato finds it's way through van der Vaart's defenses.
Sato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
van der Vaart is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
van der Vaart misses with an uppercut. Sato saw that one coming.
van der Vaart just misses with a punch to the body.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
van der Vaart moves out of range as Sato strikes.
Sato looks to throw the jab but van der Vaart is out of range.
Sato connects with an inside leg kick.
Sato throws a series of punches but van der Vaart moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
van der Vaart misses with a wild body shot.
Sato with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sato misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
van der Vaart fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
van der Vaart misses with a double jab.
van der Vaart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Sato walks into a jab.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
van der Vaart throws a right hand that Sato ducks under and follows up with a left that Sato also avoids with ease.
Sato lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
van der Vaart scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
van der Vaart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van der Vaart looks to land a right hand but Sato moved out of range.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Sato lands a glancing blow to the side of van der Vaart's head.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Vaart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sato missing with a left hand there. van der Vaart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for van der Vaart, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by van der Vaart.
Sato throws out a loose jab but van der Vaart uses good head movement to avoid it.
van der Vaart swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract van der Vaart.
Sato uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses the shot to the body.
Sato looks to land a right hand but van der Vaart moved out of range.
Good shot there by van der Vaart.
Sato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but van der Vaart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A right-left combo lands from Sato.
Sato wants to land a leg kick but van der Vaart is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sato.
Sato lands a nice leg kick that just misses van der Vaart's sensitive parts.
Sloppy strikes from van der Vaart. Those never looked like landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
van der Vaart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
van der Vaart looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
van der Vaart tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sato throws an overhand right that lands on van der Vaart's shoulder, as van der Vaart tries to avoid the shot.
Sato throws a series of punches but van der Vaart avoids them all with ease.
van der Vaart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sato throws out the jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped van der Vaart's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sato slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
van der Vaart has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with van der Vaart's head.
van der Vaart thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato lands a really nice looking cross but van der Vaart seems unphased.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rumina 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumina Sato!
As Rumina Sato got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Remember, a vote for islam is a vote for violent pedophilia with newborns '.