PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ingvar Ingesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sato's entrance music is True Survivor - David Hasselhoff. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ingesson's choice of entrance music: Sail - AWOLNATION. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sato
vs
Ingesson

190 cm
21
197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Machiavelli Boutique

Max Octane Fight Wear
Sin City Allstars

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ingvar Ingesson!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ingesson counters with a nice uppercut.
Kenji Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ingesson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sato.
Decent striking displayed by Sato there.

Sato closes the distance and clinches.
Sato leaning against his opponent.

Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ingesson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ingesson closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Sato counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingesson tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ingesson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ingesson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ingesson tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sato swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but Ingesson is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ingesson! But no joy.
A lazy left from Sato finds it's target.
Sato scores with a sloppy right hand. Ingesson should have avoided that one.
Sato moves to clinch but Ingesson breaks away
and Ingesson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ingesson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ingesson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but Ingesson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ingesson! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws an off balance right hand
and Ingesson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sato jabs at Ingesson's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sato scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sato does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slow jab from Ingesson misses its intended target.
Ingesson walks into a left hand.
Sato is looking to slow Ingesson down with leg kicks.
Sato with a nice cross.

Ingesson is rocked!
Sato lands with a cross.
Ingesson is still on wobbly legs! Can Sato finish him?
Sato lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato scores with a punch to the head.
Nice body kick there by Sato.
Ingesson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sato wants to clinch.
Sato sets himself, and Ingesson steps forward looking for the clinch! Sato avoids it this time.
Ingesson seems to have recovered his senses.
Ingesson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sato manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Sato takes the fight into the clinch.

Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ingesson.
A little feinted left hand from Sato on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to clinch but Ingesson is having none of it.
Ingesson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A slow jab from Ingesson misses its intended target.
Ingesson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ingesson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato is looking to counter punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ingesson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ingesson misses with a straight left.
Sato lands a jab.
Sato works Ingesson's body with a nice hook.
Ingesson misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Sato misses the target.
Ingesson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ingesson thuds his right hand into Sato's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Sato dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ingesson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ingesson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Ingesson misses the target.

Sato has Ingesson up against the cage in a clinch.
Ingesson looking to stall.
Ingesson has Sato pushed against the cage.
Sato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Ingesson.
Sato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ingesson throws a head punch that misses.
Ingesson misses with a punch to the body.
Ingesson tries a body shot but Sato blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato lands with a left to the head.
Ingesson tries to throw a body punch but Sato avoids it by throwing Ingesson back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sato takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Sato manages to break the clinch.
Sato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ingesson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
and Sato counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Ingesson! He's just covering up as Sato starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Sato!
An out of breath Kenji Sato thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.