PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Sakuraba
vs
Do

183 cm
32
175 lbs
26 - 15 - 0

178 cm
31
180 lbs
19 - 7 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Project Mayhem

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 26 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Do!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Do lands a jab to the nose.
Do scores with a nice head shot.
Do buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Do.
Do shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Do chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Do closes the distance and clinches.
Do crunches a lovely knee into Sakuraba's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakuraba tries to pull guard but Do forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Do told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Do scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sakuraba drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Do with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Do lands a good knee to the midsection. Sakuraba won't want to take too many of those.
Do landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sakuraba is breathing heavily.
Sakuraba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sakuraba wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazushi Sakuraba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sakuraba looking for a takedown.
Sakuraba is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Do gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakuraba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
Do working Sakuraba over with knees to the body.
Sakuraba looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Do lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Sakuraba is rocked!
A hook to the body from Do.
Oh Sakuraba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left hand lands to the body for Do.
Sakuraba takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba takes a knee to the side of the body.
Do landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Do putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sakuraba in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Do using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Do lands a big knee! That's hurt Sakuraba! Oh, he's all over the place! Do lands another knee that sends Sakuraba to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Do!
Bruce Do gave a mention to Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).