PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Legionarivs Sakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Pittana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakara comes to the cage accompanied by The Rise of Sakara. 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.

Sakara
vs
Pittana

185 cm
27
197 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

185 cm
33
185 lbs
17 - 17 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Legionarivs Sakara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alessandro Pittana!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pittana misses with a wild body shot.
Sakara throws a body punch but Pittana moves out of range.
Pittana misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakara misses with a wild body shot.
Sakara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sakara throws a hook to the side of Pittana's head but Pittana sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sakara throws out a loose jab but Pittana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sakara throws a hook but Pittana avoids it easily.
Pittana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pittana walks into a left hand.
Pittana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sakara.
Pittana misses with a two punch combination.
Pittana scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pittana throws a series of punches but Sakara avoids them all with ease.
Pittana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sakara manages to avoid it.
Sakara smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pittana misses with a hook.
Sakara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pittana.
Pittana walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pittana throws a body punch but Sakara moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittana throws a lazy uppercut

and Sakara counters by clinching up.
Sakara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Sakara.

Pittana is rocked!
Sakara keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Sakara won't allow it.
Pittana wants to break free but Sakara has control.
Pittana wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sakara scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sakara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Pittana is still on wobbly legs! Can Sakara finish him?
A short left from Sakara.
Sakara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Pittana wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pittana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pittana tries to circle away but Sakara has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pittana seems to have recovered his senses.
Sakara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sakara lands a body punch in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sakara.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pittana tries to circle away but Sakara has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pittana tries to break the clinch but Sakara is controlling the position.
Sakara has Pittana pushed against the cage.
Sakara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pittana backwards.
Sakara scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sakara stalling.
Pittana is trying to break free.
Sakara unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pittana! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sakara is unloading with more strikes now! Pittana drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Legionarivs Sakara!
Post fight, Legionarivs Sakara stared into the camera and said 'It was a tough battle against a fellow Italian but I am triumphant. I will destroy whomever BFT puts in front of me next.'.