PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Legionarivs Sakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phraya Pichai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakara comes to the ring accompanied by The Rise of Sakara. Pichai has chosen Solitary Man as his entrance music. 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
Pichai

185 cm
28
197 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

188 cm
31
193 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Legionarivs Sakara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Phraya Pichai!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichai tries to clinch up.
Sakara connects with the punch.
Pichai tries to clinch up.
Sakara cracks a nice hook into Pichai's ribs.
Pichai has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pichai there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pichai looks to clinch
and Sakara makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pichai tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sakara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakara circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sakara counters with a nice body shot.
Sakara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pichai momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pichai wants to clinch but Sakara slips to the side
and Sakara counters with a straight right hand.
Sakara misses with a double jab.
Sakara avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pichai forces Sakara back against the ropes and clinches.
Pichai misses with an elbow strike.
Sakara swings wildly with an uppercut but Pichai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pichai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pichai misses with an elbow strike.
Pichai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pichai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pichai throws an elbow but it misses.
Pichai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sakara taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sakara.
Sakara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pichai throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Sakara.
Pichai blocks a body shot from Sakara.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Pichai throws an elbow but misses.
Pichai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pichai misses with an elbow over the top.
I was talking to Sakara's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pichai lands an elbow that stopped Sakara in his tracks for a moment.
Sakara pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Sakara swings wildly with an uppercut but Pichai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pichai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sakara takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sakara misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pichai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sakara holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Pichai throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hand to the body from Sakara.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakara slows down the pace here.
Sakara lands a left hand.
Pichai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sakara's defenses.
Sakara avoids a wild elbow strike from Pichai.
Pichai pushes off an throws an elbow but Sakara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Pichai blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pichai.
Sakara throws a head punch that misses.
Sakara is trying to maintain a safe position but Pichai gets an underhook and turns Sakara into the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakara fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakara.
Sakara can't find room to land a body shot as Pichai controls the action.
Sakara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Sakara breaks from the clinch.
Pichai defending well as Sakara loads up on a big left hand.
Pichai tries to clinch up but Sakara circles away and keeps his distance.
Sakara misses with a straight left.
Pichai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sakara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pichai wants to clinch but Sakara slips to the side
and Sakara counters with a stiff right hand.
Pichai wants to clinch but Sakara slips to the side
and Sakara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Pichai is rocked!

It looks like Phraya Pichai has been cut.
Sakara scores with a hook to the body. Pichai takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pichai is still on wobbly legs! Can Sakara finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakara steps in with a hook that catches Pichai right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sakara follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Pichai looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Legionarivs Sakara!
Legionarivs Sakara thanked the fans post fight for their support.