PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ollie Bobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobo has chosen Supa cocky as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sato
vs
Bobo

185 cm
24
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Howard Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ollie Bobo!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sato moves into the clinch.
Sato blocks the elbow strike.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but Bobo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bobo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bobo managing to block the knees to the body from Sato.
Sato trying to land knees to the body.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sato lands a nice elbow.
Bobo avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Sato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bobo.
Bobo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Bobo dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
Bobo avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato lands a good knee to the midsection. Bobo won't want to take too many of those.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike.
Bobo is trying to pull guard but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Bobo avoids a wild elbow strike from Sato.
Sato with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bobo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sato blocks it with crossed arms.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Sato looking to throw knees to the head but Bobo is blocking nicely.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Bobo misses with an elbow over the top.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobo fails to pull guard.
Bobo avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bobo misses with an elbow strike.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but Bobo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sato tries a knee to the head but Bobo blocks it.
Sato content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Bobo.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Bobo.
Bobo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bobo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sato misses with a knee to the head.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
Bobo pushes off an throws an elbow but Sato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Bobo avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Bobo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bobo avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Bobo misses with a knee strike.
Sato blocks an elbow strike from Bobo.
Bobo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bobo pushes off an throws an elbow but Sato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bobo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bobo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bobo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bobo misses with an elbow over the top.
Bobo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sato's defenses.
Bobo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Sato lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bobo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sato is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Howard Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ollie Bobo.
Bobo tries to land a knee to the head but Sato blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Sato.
Sato dodges an elbow strike from Bobo.
Sato blocks an elbow strike from Bobo.
Bobo dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bobo is working for takedown but Sato is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sato landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Sato dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sato moves into the clinch.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike.
Sato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bobo tries to pull guard but Sato forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sato dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sato landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bobo's brow.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Sato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sato with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Bobo drags the fight down to the ground.
Bobo wants to stand and escape but Sato is having none of it.
Sato stays in close to Bobo's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bobo is proving hard to escape from.
Sato stops Bobo from standing up.
Sato controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Howard Sato wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Sato closes the distance and clinches.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike from Sato.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Sato trying to land knees to the body.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bobo blocks the elbow strike.
Bobo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobo misses with a knee strike.
Bobo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sato misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bobo.
Sato with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sato lands an elbow that stopped Bobo in his tracks for a moment.
Bobo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato tries to land knees in the clinch but Bobo avoids the damage to the body.
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Bobo avoids a wild elbow strike from Sato.
Sato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but Bobo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bobo dodges an elbow strike from Sato.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
Sato blocks an elbow strike from Bobo.
Bobo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sato pulls his leg out and moves away.
Howard Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ollie Bobo.

Sato has managed to clinch.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bobo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sato's brow.
Sato throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bobo blocks it with crossed arms.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Bobo throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bobo pushes off an throws an elbow but Sato leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sato unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bobo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike from Sato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bobo tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Sato misses with an elbow over the top.
Bobo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sato tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bobo avoids it.
Sato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bobo's defenses.
Sato lands an elbow just above Bobo 's eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato misses with a knee to the head.
Sato crunches a lovely knee into Bobo's ribcage.
Bobo tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato lands an elbow inside that Bobo shrugs off.
Bobo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Howard Sato dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bobo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sato swings for the body but Bobo moves out of range.

Sato clinches.
Sato blocks an elbow strike.
Bobo avoids a wild elbow strike from Sato.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Sato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sato pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bobo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sato smiles and moves away.
Bobo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sato.
Bobo tries to clinch up but Sato circles away and keeps his distance.
Bobo is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato swats away the attempt to clinch by Bobo.
Bobo moves out of range as Sato throws a body kick.
Bobo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sato defends it nicely.
Howard Sato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ollie Bobo.

Sato has managed to clinch.
Sato slowing the pace effectively.
Bobo takes an elbow to the temple.
Bobo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato lands an elbow inside that Bobo shrugs off.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike.
Bobo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bobo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sato landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Sato.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato taking a breather.
Sato lands a good knee to the midsection. Bobo won't want to take too many of those.
Bobo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bobo wants to take the fight to the mat but Sato manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Sato looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bobo blocks an elbow strike from Sato.
Bobo misses with an elbow strike.
Bobo trying to land knees to the body.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobo throws an elbow that misses.

Bobo pulls guard successfully.

Sato gets to his feet. Bobo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Bobo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sato goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bobo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sato is fending him off so far but Bobo persists. Nope, Sato circles away and we're back to standing.
Sato throws a head kick but Bobo moves out of range.

Bobo gets the takedown into side control.
Sato is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Bobo asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Bobo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sato is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato regains half guard.
Bobo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sato defending well though.
Sato keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Howard Sato is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bobo on the ground.
Bobo working the head and body with strikes.
Ollie Bobo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sato desperately trying to maintain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Bobo seems to be looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Howard Sato showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sato, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howard Sato!
A relieved looking Howard Sato thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.