PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshimitzu Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miko Blancia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakuraba comes to the cage accompanied by Pride theme song blares through the speaker as fireworks erupt . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Sakuraba
vs
Blancia

191 cm
25
272 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yoshimitzu Sakuraba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Miko Blancia!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakuraba avoids the head kick by Blancia.
Blancia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sakuraba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Despite the aggression on Blancia's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Blancia misses with a head kick.

Sakuraba scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Blancia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sakuraba.
Blancia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakuraba. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sakuraba sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Blancia is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sakuraba working the body and head with strikes.
Sakuraba creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sakuraba throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sakuraba lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sakuraba looks up at the clock and then as Blancia takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sakuraba smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakuraba fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blancia taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sakuraba throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Blancia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Sakuraba cracks Blancia with a big elbow.
Sakuraba landing strikes.
Sakuraba has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sakuraba working the ground and pound from side control.
Sakuraba in side control, throwing shots but Blancia defends.
Sakuraba in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sakuraba cracks Blancia with a big right hand but Blancia just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Blancia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Blancia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Blancia is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba controlling the position from side mount.
Blancia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sakuraba in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakuraba in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sakuraba looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sakuraba is chipping away with strikes.
Sakuraba in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Sakuraba working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sakuraba landing a few strikes.

Blancia is rocked!
Sakuraba working the ground and pound.
Blancia is still in real trouble! Can Sakuraba finish him?
Sakuraba scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Blancia is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Sakuraba can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshimitzu Sakuraba!
Yoshimitzu Sakuraba bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.