PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emery Devlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mazataki Sakuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Devlin
vs
Sakuri

180 cm
20
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

174 cm
26
181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emery Devlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mazataki Sakuri!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sakuri clinches with his opponent.
Sakuri lands an elbow just above Devlin 's eye.
Devlin tries to circle away but Sakuri has him pinned against the cage.
Sakuri putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Devlin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sakuri missing with knees to the body.
Sakuri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sakuri scores a nice knee to the body.
Sakuri avoiding damage.
Sakuri lands a knee to the body.
Sakuri lands an elbow that stopped Devlin in his tracks for a moment.
Sakuri is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sakuri avoiding damage.
Devlin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sakuri avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Sakuri.
Sakuri's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sakuri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakuri lands a damaging elbow.
Sakuri lands a nice elbow.
Devlin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Devlin scores with a shot to the side of Sakuri's head.
Sakuri gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakuri putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Devlin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sakuri comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sakuri tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Devlin avoids it.
Sakuri tries to land knees in the clinch but Devlin avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakuri misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Devlin.
Sakuri lands a nice knee to the body.
Devlin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sakuri lands an elbow inside.
Sakuri lands a nice knee to the body.
Sakuri lands a nice knee to the body.
Devlin is breathing heavily.
Sakuri leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sakuri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sakuri unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sakuri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sakuri blocking some punches.
Sakuri lands an elbow just above Devlin 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuri unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Devlin takes an elbow to the temple.
Sakuri keeps control of Devlin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sakuri is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sakuri lands a nice elbow.
Sakuri lands a nice knee to the body.
Sakuri landing knees to the body.
Sakuri lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sakuri obliges.
Sakuri scores a nice knee to the body.
Sakuri lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Devlin tries to circle away but Sakuri has him pinned against the cage.
Sakuri lands an elbow that stopped Devlin in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devlin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sakuri is defending well for now.
Devlin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sakuri has him pressed against the cage.
Sakuri using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Devlin takes an elbow to the temple.
Sakuri with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Devlin is rocked!
Sakuri lands an elbow inside.
Oh Devlin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sakuri lands an elbow inside.
Sakuri will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Devlin up against the cage.
Sakuri lands a nice elbow.
Sakuri lands an elbow inside that Devlin shrugs off.
Sakuri lands a good knee to the midsection. Devlin won't want to take too many of those.
Sakuri working the clinch nicely. Devlin is working for position but Sakuri cracks him with a big knee to the head! Devlin crumples up against the cage and Sakuri lands two more shots before the ref can save Devlin! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Mazataki Sakuri!
After the fight, Mazataki Sakuri was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.