PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Radulescu Andrei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macario Sakay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakay comes into a darkened arena with his song building. alab ng puso by rivermaya kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Andrei
vs
Sakay

182 cm
25
172 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
170 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Radulescu Andrei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Macario Sakay!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Andrei looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sakay looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sakay throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

Andrei stands and steps away. Sakay gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Andrei looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Andrei wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sakay keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sakay has one foot on Andrei's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

Andrei feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakay keeping moving, preventing Andrei from controlling successfully.

Sakay has his feet on Andrei's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Sakay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Andrei as he avoids it easily.
Sakay doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Andrei lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Andrei.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andrei has Sakay up against the cage in a clinch.

Andrei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Andrei clinches.

Andrei pulls guard successfully.

Andrei is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sakay is aware though and is defending well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sakay working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Sakay throwing strikes but missing.
Andrei will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sakay cracks Andrei with a solid left hand.
Andrei trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sakay accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Andrei trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakay distracts Andrei with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Sakay gets to his feet - Andrei follows without any prompting.

Andrei drives through with a takedown into Sakay's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sakay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Andrei stands up and waves to Sakay to follow him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Andrei throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Sakay misses with a head kick.
Sakay throws a head kick that misses
and Andrei counters with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Andrei bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sakay pushes Andrei away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Andrei gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrei avoids the strikes from the bottom by Sakay.

Sakay explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Sakay fails with a takedown attempt.
Andrei fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sakay fails with the takedown
and Andrei finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Radulescu Andrei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Macario Sakay.
Andrei throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sakay shoots in but no luck this time.

Andrei shoots in and bounces Sakay off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Sakay tries to strike from the bottom.
Andrei knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sakay on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakay throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sakay keeping moving, preventing Andrei from controlling successfully.
Sakay doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Sakay pushes Andrei off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sakay misses with a head kick.

Andrei gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Andrei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Sakay tries to keep at a distance but Andrei has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sakay manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Andrei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Andrei wants to stall.
Sakay content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Andrei stalling in the clinch but Sakay improves position.

Sakay breaks the clinch.
Andrei keeps the fight on the outside.

Andrei has closed the distance and engaged Sakay in a clinch.

Andrei successfully pulls guard.
Sakay cracks Andrei with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrei is trying to keep Sakay in close.
Sakay throws a big elbow that misses.
Sakay is breathing heavily.
Sakay is looking to work some ground and pound but Andrei has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andrei looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Andrei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sakay distracts Andrei with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sakay distracts Andrei with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Andrei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sakay can do to turn this around?
Sakay scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sakay in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sakay is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sakay working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Andrei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sakay.
Andrei wants to stand but Sakay is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Andrei is working an open guard so Sakay takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Andrei feints and as Sakay raises his hands in defense, Andrei changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Macario Sakay has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sakay scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Andrei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sakay striking off his back but it's not causing Andrei any problems.
Andrei wants to control from the top but Sakay keeps moving.
Sakay striking from the bottom.
Sakay throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sakay tries to strike from the bottom.
Sakay throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andrei looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sakay!
Sakay tries to strike from the bottom but misses.

Andrei stands up and beckons Sakay to his feet.
Andrei blocks a head kick by Sakay.
Sakay shoots in for a takedown but Andrei shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sakay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Andrei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Danga de danga de dang - Andrei scores with a four punch combination!
Sakay wants to clinch up but Andrei keeps it at a distance.
Radulescu Andrei is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Andrei closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sakay quickly recovers to half guard.
Sakay throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sakay missing with punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakay misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Sakay striking from the bottom.

Sakay kicks off Andrei and gets to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakay throws a head kick that misses
and Andrei counters with a good, hard body kick but Sakay shrugs it off.
Sakay shoots in for a takedown but Andrei shows good takedown defense.

Sakay shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sakay working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Andrei on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Andrei is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Radulescu Andrei dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sakay shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Andrei as he avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Andrei.
Sakay on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Sakay gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Andrei wants to control from the top but Sakay keeps moving.

Andrei stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Andrei closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sakay's guard.
Sakay tries to strike from the bottom.
Sakay trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Sakay has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Andrei has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakay jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Andrei walks away with a smile on his face. Sakay gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sakay takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrei throws a combination. Sakay tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Sakay takes the fight into the clinch.

Andrei turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Andrei manages to end up in side control.
Sakay sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Sakay striking from half guard on the bottom.
Sakay missing with punches from the bottom.

Sakay pushes Andrei off and gets back to his feet.

Sakay tries to keep at a distance but Andrei has taken the fight into the clinch.

Sakay breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Andrei forces Sakay back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sakay successfully pulls guard.
Andrei trying to control the position from guard on top but Sakay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakay has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Andrei slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Sakay.
Sakay gets full guard.
Sakay throws a couple of heel strikes.
Andrei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sakay is keeping the position for now.
Sakay is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sakay takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakay thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sakay not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sakay lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakay seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Andrei is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sakay scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sakay lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sakay lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sakay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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. Sakay connects with a nice short shot to Andrei's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrei avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sakay.
Sakay working Andrei over with strikes.
Sakay working over Andrei with some ground and pound. Andrei looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Andrei trying to control from the bottom.
Sakay is nestled in close to Andrei, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sakay slips a nice elbow through Andrei's hands, connecting with Andrei's forehead.
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. Sakay connects with a nice short shot to Andrei's temple.
Sakay lands with a punch from half guard.
Sakay working over Andrei with some ground and pound. Andrei looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Sakay.
Sakay scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Macario Sakay.
I think Andrei has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radulescu Andrei!
Macario Sakay spoke after the fight, saying 'no excuses,i loss '.