PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stefanos Kokkalis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mana Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kokkalis
vs
Sato

190 cm
22
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
26
285 lbs
12 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stefanos Kokkalis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mana Sato!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kokkalis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Sato shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sato showed some decent athleticism there.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are battling for position here. Kokkalis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sato throws a strike but Kokkalis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kokkalis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kokkalis preventing the sweep.
Sato really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kokkalis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kokkalis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kokkalis wants to pass the guard but Sato is keeping the position.
Kokkalis wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sato throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Kokkalis escapes and throws Sato's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Kokkalis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kokkalis wants to control but Sato is keeping him busy.
Kokkalis blocks the strikes from Sato.
Sato manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kokkalis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sato wants to control the action here but instead Kokkalis manages to pass to full mount!
Sato keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Kokkalis working for a guillotine from mount but Sato is in no mood to give up.
Sato is looking to improve his position but Kokkalis isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to control but Kokkalis is having none of it.
Sato is trying to reverse the position but instead Kokkalis has taken his back - oops!
Sato trying to control the action but Kokkalis just sinks the hooks in.

Sato tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Kokkalis has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Sato is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Stefanos Kokkalis!
A very excited looking Stefanos Kokkalis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.