PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Akio Sakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Schuurman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sakata
vs
Schuurman

185 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Akio Sakata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Schuurman!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sakata feints and as Schuurman raises his hands in defense, Sakata changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakata is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sakata advances position into side control!
Schuurman is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Schuurman taking a bit of punishment here - Sakata scoring with strikes.
Schuurman is being controlled here.
Sakata is chipping away with strikes.
Sakata landing strikes.
Sakata lands a few punches from side control.
Sakata prevents Schuurman from escaping the position.
Sakata in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakata works to advance to full mount. Schuurman defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Sakata lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Schuurman hang on?
Schuurman taking shots to the head.

Schuurman is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Sakata.
Schuurman is still in real trouble! Can Sakata finish him?
Schuurman takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Sakata's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akio Sakata!
Akio Sakata decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.