PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Merik Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Comfortably Numb. Sato has chosen Call to prayer of islam as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hunt
vs
Sato

175 cm
38
170 lbs
48 - 26 - 0

185 cm
39
175 lbs
30 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 48 - 26 - 0, fighting out of London, Merik Hunt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt walks into a jab.

Hunt manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sato on his heels. He'll look to pass Sato's guard now, I'm sure.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hunt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sato wants to stand but Hunt is controlling the position.
Sato preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sato is pulling down on Hunt's head. It's preventing any offense from Hunt, at least for the moment.
Sato wants to stand and escape but Hunt is having none of it.
Hunt lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.
Sato keeping moving, preventing Hunt from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato has momentary wrist control but Hunt slips an elbow through the middle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hunt is looking to work some ground and pound but Sato has wrist control.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato wants to get back to his feet but Hunt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hunt 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.
Hunt keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sato's head.
Hunt chips away with some ground and pound.
Sato wants to get back to his feet but Hunt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hunt forces his way into half guard.

Sato has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Hunt is on him like a limpet, forcing Sato back against the cage.
Sato'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.
A short right from Hunt.

Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunt.
Sato finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sato moves away from the strike by Hunt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato stuffs the takedown attempt from Hunt. Hunt gets slowly back to his feet.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt looks to land a body kick but Sato moved away.
Hunt misses with a hook to the body
and Sato counters with a nice uppercut.
Hunt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunt takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunt throws a hook but Sato blocks it.
A left lands for Sato.
Sato throws a leg kick but Hunt moved away.
Hunt tries to counter with a takedown but Sato is quick to defend against it.
Hunt wants to slow Sato down by chopping away at his legs.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
Sato throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Rumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunt digs a good body shot into Sato's ribs.
Hunt connects with an inside leg kick.
Hunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sato's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hunt moves out of range as Sato strikes.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hunt misses with a straight left.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hunt defending well as Sato loads up on a big left hand.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Sato.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunt moves away.
Sato pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab by Sato.
Hunt misses with a hook
and Sato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Sato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hunt has time to react.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt needs to keep his hands up - Sato had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sato feints a counter leg kick.
Sato has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hunt misses the jab.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sato throws out a counter right but Hunt avoids it with no problem.
Sato lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sato. Sato obviously looking to wear him down.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Sato's front leg but catches the back leg as Sato tries to avoid it.
Hunt lands a nice shot to the body.
Hunt slips a straight right by Sato.
Hunt throws a chopping leg kick but Sato manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A slow jab from Sato misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick from Sato misses.
Hunt feinted with a counter takedown.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Hunt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sato checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Merik Hunt will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
A little jabbing left from Sato on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Hunt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sato moves out of range of the strikes.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sato slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hunt throws a solid leg kick but Sato takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hunt.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sato.
Sato scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hunt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sato avoids the body shot from Hunt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato scores with the left hand. Hunt knows he should have avoided that one.
Decent striking displayed by Hunt there.
Rumina Sato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sato lands with a cross.
Rumina Sato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hunt throws a jab when Sato was well out of range.
Sato misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Sato. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sato.
Sato throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Sato bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hunt's head.
Hunt tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunt.
Hunt just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Hunt.
Nice uppercut there from Sato.
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!
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunt.
Hunt changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato stuffs the takedown.
A head kick misses from Hunt.
Hunt throws out a loose jab but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sato catches Hunt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sato misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Hunt.
Hunt lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hunt misses with an uppercut
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunt blocks a head kick by Sato.
Hunt half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunt checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hunt.
Sato throws a push kick but Hunt slaps the foot to one side.
Sato keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunt drops down looking for a counter takedown but Sato sprawls and moves away.
Hunt lands a leg kick that knocks Sato off balance momentarily.
Hunt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sato defends it nicely.
Sato throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
Hunt looks for a takedown but Sato sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Merik Hunt. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt tries a low kick but Sato avoids it.
Sato wants to land a leg kick but Hunt is out of range.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hunt walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sato checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sato scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Hunt misses with a leg kick.
Hunt connects with a leg kick. Sato looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sato cracks the inside of Hunt's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato misses with a straight right.
Sato lands a really nice looking cross but Hunt seems unphased.
A punch combination from Hunt misses.
Sato throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sato throws out a counter right but Hunt avoids it with no problem.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rumina Sato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Hunt. That's going to slow Sato down.
Hunt cracks Sato with an open hand slap.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sato! But no joy.
Sato attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid body kick from Sato.
Hunt throws a front kick aimed at Sato's knee but Sato avoids it well.
Hunt throws a lazy uppercut
and Sato cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Sato avoids them all with ease.
Sato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Hunt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunt misses with a series of wild punches.
Sato cracks Hunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hunt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sato. That's going to slow Hunt down.
Hunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Hunt misses.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sato.
Sato pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hunt is out of range and Sato settles back down.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sato thows a leg kick but Hunt checks it

and Hunt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Sato manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Hunt keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

Sato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hunt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hunt throws a jab when Sato was well out of range.
Hunt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sato defends it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunt on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sato. Sato obviously looking to wear him down.
Sato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hunt. That did some damage!
Hunt swings for the body but Sato moves out of range.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Sato.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Hunt swings for the body but Sato moves out of range.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Sato moves out of range.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Sato checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hunt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sato.
Sato tries to land a leg kick but Hunt saw it coming and moves away.
Hunt misses with a body shot.
Hunt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sato but Sato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a body shot.
Hunt loads up on a big right hand but Sato slips the punch.
Hunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Hunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sato! But no joy.
Hunt feints and then cracks Sato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sato down.
Sato's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sato misses with an uppercut. Hunt saw that one coming.
Sato cracks the inside of Hunt's front leg.
Sato attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sato throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sato misses with a straight right.
Sato thumps Hunt with a low kick.
Hunt misses with a hook.
Hunt throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt cracks Sato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sato takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hunt throws a lazy right hand but Sato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sato.
Hunt misses with a leg kick
and Sato counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hunt misses with a looping left.
Some bone on bone action there as Hunt checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sato throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
Hunt throws the kick towards the body but Sato avoids it.
Sato feints and then cracks Hunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hunt down.
Sato tests Hunt's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Sato misses.
Hunt ducks right into an uppercut from Sato.
Hunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hunt checks a leg kick.
Hunt staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rumina Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sato has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rumina Sato!
Rumina Sato is the new welterweight champion!
Post fight, Rumina Sato stared into the camera and said 'Remember, a vote for islam is a vote for retardation.'.