PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Thug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakurai comes to the cage accompanied by Blood Rave. This should be a great matchup!

Sakurai
vs
Thug

192 cm
22
220 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

179 cm
28
214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

GREEN!160

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hiro Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Slim Thug!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai throws a combination that misses
and Thug counters with a three punch combo that has Sakurai backing up. Sakurai nods at Thug to acknowledge the strikes.
Sakurai throws a chopping leg kick but Thug manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Thug swings for the body but Sakurai moves out of range.
Thug scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sakurai swats away the attempt to clinch by Thug.
Sakurai misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Slim Thug seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thug dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Thug gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thug pushes Sakurai back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thug works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sakurai is breathing heavily.
Sakurai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thug gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Thug tries to work over Sakurai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thug lands a right hand.
Nice body punch from Thug.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakurai is trying to push Thug away but Thug has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice body punch from Thug.
Thug lands a nice shot to the body.
Thug lands a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Thug as the two fighters clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Thug.
Thug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Thug.
Thug lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sakurai or not.
Thug is leaning against Sakurai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Thug lands with a short shot to the head.
Thug lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Thug.
A body shot lands from Thug.
A short body shot lands from Thug as the two fighters clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Thug.
Thug working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thug misses with a punch to the body.
Thug cracks Sakurai with a nice body shot.
Thug stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thug.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thug lands with a light punch inside.
Thug lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Thug.
Thug scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thug tries to throw a body punch but Sakurai avoids it by throwing Thug back against the cage.
Thug lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thug creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sakurai is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiro Sakurai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A right handed body shot lands from Thug.
Thug lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thug lands an uppercut.
Thug lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Thug.
Sakurai takes a shot to the head.
Thug lands an uppercut.

Sakurai is rocked!
Thug scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Sakurai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thug lands a hook that snaps the head of Sakurai backwards.
Thug cracks Sakurai with a nice body shot.
A body shot lands from Thug.
Sakurai seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice left hand lands by Thug.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thug cracks Sakurai with a nice body shot.
Thug throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thug lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sakurai or not.
A short left from Thug.
A right hook to the body lands for Thug.
Sakurai takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thug.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thug creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thug lands a nice uppercut.
Thug lands a body punch.
Thug scores with a hook to the body.
Thug misses with a punch to the body.
Thug makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thug lands a shot to the body.
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!
A left hand lands to the body for Thug.
Thug struggles to land a body shot inside as Sakurai controls his hands.
Thug stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thug lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thug lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sakurai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Thug lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thug creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thug creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sakurai with a big uppercut! Sakurai tries to clinch up but Thug pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sakurai to the mat! Sakurai covers up and Thug unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Slim Thug!
Slim Thug bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.