PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Zoldyck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zoldyck is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: You've Seen The Butcher by Deftones. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sato
vs
Zoldyck

187 cm
27
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
205 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryosuke Sato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Silva Zoldyck!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato lands with a nice body punch.
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - Zoldyck circles away.
No joy there for Sato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zoldyck looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sato misses with a double jab
and Zoldyck counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ryosuke Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sato has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zoldyck scores with a shoulder strike.
Sato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zoldyck's elbow.
Zoldyck can't find room to land a body shot as Sato controls the action.
Zoldyck lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sato stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sato works on Zoldyck's body with a couple of short punches.
Zoldyck fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sato prevents a body shot from Zoldyck.
Zoldyck tries to work over Sato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoldyck lands a body shot.
Sato throws a head punch that misses.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zoldyck struggles to land a body shot inside as Sato controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato has a couple of punches blocked by Zoldyck.
Zoldyck lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Zoldyck on the inside.
Zoldyck lands with a left to the head.
Zoldyck lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Zoldyck fails to land.
Zoldyck throws a head punch that misses.
Zoldyck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Sato stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sato lands a body shot.
Sato tries a body shot but Zoldyck blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Zoldyck.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Sato.
A right handed body shot lands from Sato.
Sato lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zoldycks head.

It looks like Silva Zoldyck has been cut.
Sato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zoldyck misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zoldyck blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Zoldyck breaks the clinch.
Sato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sato misses with a right hand
and Zoldyck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sato misses the jab.
Sato moves to clinch but Zoldyck breaks away
and Sato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zoldyck swings for the body but Sato moves out of range.
Sato tries to clinch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
A nice side step and Zoldyck releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sato tries to clinch but Zoldyck is having none of it.
Zoldyck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Sato tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Zoldyck manages to circle out of the way.
Sato misses with a double jab
letting Zoldyck counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato tries to clinch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Zoldyck throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sato stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sato misses with a right hand
and Zoldyck counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sato takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A jab from Zoldyck does it's job there.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but Zoldyck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sato throws a sloppy body shot
and Zoldyck counters with a stiff right hand.
Zoldyck circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zoldyck thinks about the counter body kick.
Sato throws a body shot but no joy.
Zoldyck doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sato throws out a loose jab but Zoldyck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato throws a body punch but Zoldyck moves out of range.
Zoldyck is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sato had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a lunging right hand
and Zoldyck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zoldyck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato misses with a combination
and Zoldyck counters with a good, hard body kick but Sato shrugs it off.
Sato swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zoldyck counters with a straight right hand.
Sato's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sato duly obliges.
Zoldyck throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sato lands a right hook to the body.
Sato's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sato duly obliges.
Sato misses with a straight left.
Sato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zoldyck was well out of range. Poor timing from Sato.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato swings widly with a right hand
and Zoldyck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zoldyck takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Sato takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zoldyck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Silva Zoldyck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Silva Zoldyck's cut.
That's time! Sato's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sato throws a poor cross that misses
and Zoldyck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva Zoldyck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sato lands a glancing blow to the side of Zoldyck's head.
Sato scores with the left hand. Zoldyck knows he should have avoided that one.
Sato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zoldyck connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Zoldyck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zoldyck connects with a leg kick. Sato looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Zoldyck takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zoldyck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sato ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sato throws a hook to the side of Zoldyck's head but Zoldyck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato throws a looping overhand right but Zoldyck ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zoldyck! But no joy.
Sato throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Zoldyck to counter with a crisp jab.
Sato swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zoldyck counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sato misses with a hook to the body
and Zoldyck counters with a left to the body.
Zoldyck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with Zoldyck's head.
Zoldyck lands with a cross.
Sato misses with a combination
and Zoldyck counters with a straight right hand.

Sato is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zoldyck batters Sato with a massive right followed by a huge left! Sato is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Zoldyck lands a final crushing right hand to drop Sato to the mat with a gruesome thud! Zoldyck is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Silva Zoldyck!
Silva Zoldyck is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath and clearly excited Silva Zoldyck thanked Arcticus University: London for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).