PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Kint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kint has chosen White Zombie - Thunderkiss '65 as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Sakurai
vs
Kint

184 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

173 cm
19
169 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

JOKER FIGHTGEAR
Violent Snake (SALES !)

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Sakurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roger Kint!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai drops Kint with a left and a right! Oh, Kint is hurt - Sakurai dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Roger Kint has been cut.
Kint is trying to improve his position.
Kint throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Sakurai scoring with punches and elbows.
Kint can't do much from the bottom here.
Sakurai will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kint really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakurai. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kint gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sakurai is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sakurai seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Kint is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sakurai scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kint is still in real trouble! Can Sakurai finish him?
Kint tries to kick Sakurai off but Sakurai keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sakurai takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sakurai is controlling the pace.
Sakurai looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kint with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakurai lands a big elbow - Kint is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Sakurai!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akira Sakurai!