PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frobisher Chaffinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessio Sakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alessio Sakara struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Chaffinch
vs
Sakara

181 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frobisher Chaffinch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alessio Sakara!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chaffinch scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chaffinch tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Chaffinch happy to just control the position for now.

Chaffinch tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Chaffinch lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sakara is looking to reverse the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakara being controlled for a moment.
Sakara struggling a bit here.
Chaffinch has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakara manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Chaffinch works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sakara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chaffinch trying to control the position here.

Chaffinch is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sakara stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chaffinch swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sakara wants to stand but Chaffinch has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaffinch is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chaffinch is on top in guard.

Chaffinch lands a couple of elbows.
Chaffinch landing with the ground and pound.

Sakara had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chaffinch defends it easily.
Chaffinch 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.
Chaffinch cracks Sakara with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaffinch makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Chaffinch working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sakara's head.
Chaffinch working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Chaffinch trying to control but Sakara is working from the bottom.
Chaffinch passes Sakara's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sakara wants to control the action here but instead Chaffinch manages to pass to full mount!
Chaffinch breaks from Sakara's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Sakara is rocked!
Chaffinch unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Sakara wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Chaffinch celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frobisher Chaffinch!