PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sativa Sensei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sensei kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stevie Ray - Pride and Joy. Patton has chosen Marilyn Manson - Born Villain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sativa Sensei could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Michael Patton's chin.

Sensei
vs
Patton

178 cm
31
177 lbs
29 - 13 - 0

175 cm
33
162 lbs
38 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Perkele!

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 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sativa Sensei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Patton!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sensei checks a leg kick nicely.
Patton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Patton.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sensei.
Patton throws a leg kick but Sensei moved away.
Sensei tries to clinch but Patton is having none of it.
Patton lands with an overhand left.
Patton throws a shot to the body.
Sensei throws an overhand right that lands on Patton's shoulder, as Patton tries to avoid the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Patton blocks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Sensei.
Sensei lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Patton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body kick from Patton.
Patton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sensei digs a good hook to Patton's body.
Sensei paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by Sensei - just one landing.
Patton is looking to slow Sensei down with leg kicks.
Patton takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sensei misses with a jab to the body
and Patton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sensei's knee momentarily.
Sensei tried to score with a low kick but Patton checks it.
Sensei smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sensei misses with a shot to the body
and Patton counters with an inside leg kick.
Sensei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patton misses with a leg kick
and Sensei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sensei cracks Patton with an uppercut from hell and Patton crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Sensei's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

Patton is rocked!

Patton throws his legs up looking for a submission but Sensei uses it to pass to side control.
Patton is still in real trouble! Can Sensei finish him?
Patton struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sensei lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Patton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Patton seems to have recovered his senses.
Sensei in side control, throwing shots but Patton defends.
Patton is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sensei's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Sensei passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Patton!
Sensei throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton is squirming around, avoiding Sensei's attempts to control the action.
Sensei throwing strikes here but Patton is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sensei trying to control but Patton is having none of it.
Sensei with the ground and pound from mount.
Sensei takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei lands a heavy elbow.
Sensei looking to land elbow strikes but Patton uses the position to regain half guard.
Patton is pressing down on Sensei's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sensei tries to free his leg and advance position but Patton is retaining full guard.
Sensei in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sensei trying to control but Patton is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sativa Sensei dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Patton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patton slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Patton goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sensei is looking to slow Patton down with leg kicks.
Sensei gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sensei throws a sloppy head kick and Patton moves out of range easily.
Sensei connects with a solid leg kick.
Good exchange - Patton coming out on top.
Sensei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sensei.
Patton lands a nice looking body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sensei gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Some wild striking there from Sensei.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton is looking to chop away at Sensei's legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sensei.
Patton looks to score with a jab to the body but Sensei is just out of range.
Sensei throws a sloppy head kick and Patton moves out of range easily.
Sativa Sensei is winning the standup battle so far.
Sensei throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Patton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sensei misses with a looping left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Patton.
Sensei throws a left and a right that both miss
and Patton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sensei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patton throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sensei.

It looks like Sativa Sensei has been cut.
Patton misses with a series of wild punches.
Patton tries a low kick but Sensei avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sensei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Patton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sensei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patton jabs at Sensei's body.
Sloppy strikes from Sensei. Those never looked like landing.
Sensei throws a front kick aimed at Patton's knee but Patton avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Patton.
Sensei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patton moves away.
Patton moves forwards but Sensei connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sensei throws a predictable looking body shot
and Patton counters with an inside leg kick.
Patton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Patton lands with a nice body punch.
Patton misses with an uppercut.
Patton connects with a body shot.
Sensei avoids the body shot from Patton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton misses with a wild body shot.
Sensei avoids the head kick by Patton.
Sensei drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sensei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patton walks into a straight right hand from Sensei.
Sensei moves away from the strike by Patton.
Patton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sensei lands with a nice combination. Patton backs away looking to recover.
Patton scores with a decent looking hook.
Patton scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Patton.
Patton misses with a head kick.
Patton tries a low kick but Sensei avoids it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Patton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei checks a low kick from Patton.
Patton wants to slow Sensei down by chopping away at his legs.
Sensei throws a big shot that misses.
Patton misses with a hook.
Sensei loads up on a big right hand but Patton slips the punch.
Sensei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Patton throws a leg kick
and Sensei counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Sensei misses
letting Patton counter with a right hand.
Patton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patton throws a one two combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Patton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sensei.
Sensei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Patton jabs Sensei to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Patton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sativa Sensei's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Sensei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Patton.
Patton misses with a low kick as Sensei jumps back.
Patton moves out of range of the strikes.
A combination from Patton does no damage.
Sensei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A good leg kick by Sensei.
Patton connects with a body shot.
Sensei misses with a series of wild punches.
Sensei misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Patton.
Patton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Patton looks to land a body kick but Sensei moved away.
Patton throws an overhand right that lands on Sensei's shoulder, as Sensei tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton ducks under a wild hook from Sensei.
Sensei throws a shot from downtown. Patton moves away and avoids it.
Sensei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patton.
Patton scores with a leg kick.
Patton is looking to chop away at Sensei's legs.
A jab from Sensei misses.
Sensei scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sensei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patton was well out of range. Poor timing from Sensei.
Sensei throws a head kick but Patton moves out of range.
Sensei moves out of range of the leg kick from Patton.
Patton throws a right hand that Sensei ducks under and follows up with a left that Sensei also avoids with ease.
Sensei takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patton feints and then cracks Sensei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sensei down.
Patton stuns Sensei with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patton misses the shot to the body.
Patton takes a swing at Sensei's ribcage but misses.
Sensei throws the left hand but Patton avoids the punch easily.
Patton misses with a low kick.
Sensei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patton.
Sensei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patton scores with a sloppy right hand. Sensei should have avoided that one.
Patton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sensei.
Patton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sensei misses with a body kick.
Patton scoring well with a low kick there.
Patton lands with a slapping head kick.

Sensei darts in and clinches Patton up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton tries to throw a body punch but Sensei avoids it by throwing Patton back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Patton - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Patton.
Sensei lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Patton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sensei gets through Patton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sensei lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Patton.
Sensei blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sensei tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Patton.
Patton misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patton.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sensei scores with a shot to the side of Patton's head.
Sensei tries a body shot but Patton blocks it.

Sensei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sensei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Patton's sensitive parts.
Sensei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patton misses with a low kick.
Sensei misses the jab.
Sensei throws an overhand right that lands on Patton's shoulder, as Patton tries to avoid the shot.
Patton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patton cracks Sensei with an open hand slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sensei changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from Patton tenderised Sensei's leg. Sensei is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sensei just misses with a punch to the body.
Patton misses with a low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Michael Patton.
I think Patton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Patton!
An out of breath Michael Patton thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.