PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Townsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ben Townsley has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Townsley
vs
Sasi

183 cm
27
205 lbs
3 - 7 - 0

179 cm
20
201 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Townsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasi thows a body shot but no joy.
Townsley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Townsley lands with a straight right. Sasi didn't see that one coming.
Sasi thows a body shot but no joy.

Townsley has taken the fight to the clinch.

Sasi wants the takedown. Townsley is fighting it off but Sasi persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Townsley's guard against the cage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Townsley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Townsley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Townsley tries to get out of the position.
Sasi chips away with some ground and pound.

Sasi gets to his feet - Townsley follows without any prompting.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sasi misses with a lunging right hand
and Townsley makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sasi really felt that one!
Sasi misses with a body punch
letting Townsley counter with a right hand.
Sasi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sasi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Townsley.
Townsley wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Sasi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've been hearing good reports from Townsley's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Sasi throws a big right hand that misses.

Townsley isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Sasi stacks Townsley on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Sasi!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sasi scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sasi working the ground and pound from side control.
Sasi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Townsley taking a bit of punishment here - Sasi scoring with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Townsley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sasi decides to stand up, so the ref orders Townsley to his feet.
Sasi just misses with a punch to the body.

Sasi gets the takedown into side control.
Sasi working the body and head with strikes.

Sasi decides to take the fight back to the feet.

Sasi gets a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sasi connects with a nice short shot to Townsley's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Townsley wants to get back to his feet.
Sasi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sasi lands with a punch from half guard.
Sasi lands strikes from half guard.
Townsley is breathing heavily.
Sasi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sasi working over Townsley with some ground and pound. Townsley looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sasi is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Townsley is trying to control but can't.

Sasi stands up out of the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Townsley misses with a takedown attempt

so Sasi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sasi landing some decent shots from guard.
Sasi is in close to Townsley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sasi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sasi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sasi scoring with some ground and pound.
Sasi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Townsley has momentary wrist control but Sasi slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sasi pushes down on Townsley's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Sasi winds up and cracks Townsley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Sasi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sasi shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Townsley napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sasi landing strikes.
Sasi working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sasi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Townsley some visible discomfort.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasi landing a few strikes.
Townsley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Townsley is trying to buck Sasi off.
Townsley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sasi on the ground.
Sasi cracks Townsley with a big right hand but Townsley just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sasi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Townsley to see if he's OK.
Sasi is putting a hurting on Townsley here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Townsley takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Townsley is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sasi connects with a decent elbow.
Townsley is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Townsley is rocked!
Townsley taking a bit of punishment here - Sasi scoring with strikes.
Oh Townsley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sasi lands an elbow.
Sasi in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Townsley looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Sasi turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Sasi!