PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wolf Flow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takahiro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flow kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rich homie quan- difference. Sato has chosen Kodo Drums as his entrance music. Wolf Flow has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Flow
vs
Sato

180 cm
24
155 lbs
3 - 9 - 0

154 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wolf Flow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takahiro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Hemmingworth and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Flow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Flow lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Flow.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sato jumps guard but Flow stands there with Sato around his waist. Sato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Flow scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Flow.
Sato fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sato fails to pull guard.
Wolf Flow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takahiro Sato.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Flow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short left from Flow.
Sato has Flow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Flow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sato looks winded!
Flow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Flow lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Flow.
Sato tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Flow just stands there and leans against the cage.
Flow is working Sato over against the cage.
Flow pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flow pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sato or not.
Flow lands a left hand.
Flow lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Flow.
Flow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Flow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sato has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Flow seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sato can turn it around.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Flow obliges.
Flow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flow digs a right hand underneath Sato's ribcage. Sato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Flow working Sato over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Flow lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Satos head.
Flow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flow lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Flow working Sato over with knees to the body.
Flow lands a knee to the body.
Flow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Flow.
Flow scores with a shot to the side of Sato's head.
A short body shot lands from Flow as the two fighters clinch.
Flow lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow lands a good knee to the midsection. Sato won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Sato has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Flow uses from the top position.

Sato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Flow scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato has momentary wrist control but Flow slips an elbow through the middle.
Flow scoring with punches to the head and body.
Flow throws a big right hand that misses.
Flow connects with a couple of short punches.
Flow throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sato works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Flow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Flow lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Flow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Flow postures up in Sato's guard and throws a big left but Sato blocks it.
Flow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sato trying to control the position.
Flow lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Flow postures up in Sato's guard and throws a big left but Sato blocks it.
Flow throwing strikes but missing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Flow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Flow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Flow throwing strikes from guard but Sato blocks nicely.
Sato trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Sato has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Flow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Flow throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolf Flow dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Flow instigates a clinch.
Flow is pressed up against the cage. Sato has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Flow down to the mat. Flow avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Flow moves into the clinch.
Flow can't find room to land a body shot as Sato controls the action.
Flow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flow misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Flow is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Flow.
Sato is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Flow is defending well.
Wolf Flow has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Flow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Flow obliges.
Flow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sato can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow is working Sato over against the cage.
Flow landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flow lands a nice knee to the body.
Sato is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Flow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sato.
Nice body punch from Flow.
Flow lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Flow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Flow.
Flow is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
Flow lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
Flow lands a nice shot to the body.
Flow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Flow lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flow trying to land knees to the body.
Flow struggles to land a body shot inside as Sato controls his hands.
Knees to the body from Flow.
Flow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Flow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sato takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Flow.
Flow lands with a right to the head.
Sato jumps guard but Flow stands there with Sato around his waist. Sato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wolf Flow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takahiro Sato.
Flow is working Sato over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flow.
A hook to the body from Flow.
A nice left hand lands by Flow.
Flow lands a shoulder strike.
Flow lands with a left to the head.
Flow lands a left hand.
Flow lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sato backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flow lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flow.
Flow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Flow landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Flow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Flow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Flow cracks Sato with a nice body shot.
Flow lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Flow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Sato is rocked!
Sato tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Flow smiles and moves away.
Sato is still on wobbly legs! Can Flow finish him?

Flow closes the distance and clinches.
Sato seems to have recovered his senses.
Flow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flow lands a good knee to the midsection. Sato won't want to take too many of those.
Flow lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Flow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flow lands with a left to the head.
Flow lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Flow.
Flow landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Flow lands a hook that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Flow crunches a lovely knee into Sato's ribcage.
Flow works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Flow presses Sato against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Flow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Flow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Flow creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Flow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Flow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Flow pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sato jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flow walks away with a smile on his face. Sato gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Flow moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wolf Flow dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Flow closes the distance and clinches.
Sato is trying to pull guard but Flow turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Flow.
Flow crunches a lovely knee into Sato's ribcage.
Flow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Flow.
Flow pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flow presses Sato against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Flow lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Flow using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flow is working Sato over against the cage.
Flow lands a body shot.
Flow gets through Sato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Flow obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flow is working Sato over against the cage.
Flow lands a right hand.
Sato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Flow lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice body punch from Flow - that landed with a thud.
Flow putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Flow using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Flow lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Flow.
Flow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flow lands with a right to the head.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Flow pushes Sato back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Flow lands a shot to the body.
Flow working Sato over with knees to the body.
Flow scores a nice knee 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 right hook to the body lands for Flow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flow.
A hook to the body from Flow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flow lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flow crunches a lovely knee into Sato's ribcage.
Flow lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Flow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Flow.
Wolf Flow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sato tries to pull guard but Flow won't allow it.
Flow makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flow digs a right hand underneath Sato's ribcage. Sato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sato tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Flow just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wolf Flow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takahiro Sato.
Sato tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Flow smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato is looking to clinch but Flow is avoiding it.

Flow takes the fight into the clinch.
Sato is working for takedown but Flow is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sato fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sato tries to pull guard but Flow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Flow trying to land knees to the body.
Sato is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Flow pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Flow gets through Sato's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Flow smiles and moves away.

Flow drives through and clinches with Sato against the cage.
Sato tries to pull guard but Flow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sato jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flow walks away with a smile on his face. Sato gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Flow has Sato up against the cage in a clinch.
Sato jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flow walks away with a smile on his face. Sato gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Takahiro Sato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Flow darts in and clinches Sato up against the cage.
Flow throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wolf Flow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flow has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:24
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolf Flow!
After the big win, Wolf Flow made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors KAISER and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Takahiro Sato spoke after the fight, saying 'I apologize to my family and fans for letting you down this evening. But like a true warrior I look at this loss as a way to get better and drive forwards..... to victory!'.