PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Seppi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sato comes into a darkened arena with his song building. True Survivor - David Hasselhoff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.

Seppi
vs
Sato

185 cm
30
192 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

190 cm
24
197 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adriano Seppi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenji Sato!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Seppi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Seppi is looking to clinch.
Seppi moves in looking to clinch but Sato pushes him off.
Seppi tries to clinch but Sato moves out of range.
Adriano Seppi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seppi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sato checks a low kick from Seppi.
Seppi closes the distance but Sato moves to the side
and Sato counters with a series of strikes. Seppi will be more careful next time no doubt.

Seppi closes the distance and clinches.
Seppi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Seppi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Seppi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seppi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sato's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Seppi.

Sato breaks the clinch.
Sato throws a poor cross that misses

and Seppi counters with a series of strikes that sends Sato to the canvas! Seppi follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Sato is rocked!
Sato trying to control the position.
Sato is still in real trouble! Can Seppi finish him?
Sato has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Seppi has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato tries to buck Seppi off but Seppi is having none of it.
Sato pushes Seppi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Seppi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sato is trying to improve his position.

Seppi decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sato to his feet.
Sato seems to have recovered his senses.
Sato throws a shot from downtown. Seppi moves away and avoids it.
Seppi is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.

Seppi closes the distance and clinches.
Seppi swings wildly with an uppercut but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.

Sato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Seppi wants to clinch
and Sato connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seppi is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.
Sato misses with a straight right.
Sato scores with a head kick. Seppi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Adriano Seppi has been cut.
Seppi tries to clinch up
and Sato counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seppi wants to clinch but Sato slips to the side
and Sato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seppi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Seppi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seppi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sato gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sato wants to break free but Seppi has control.
Sato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Seppi misses with the head strike.
Seppi misses with some punches.
Seppi tries a body shot but Sato blocks it.
Seppi takes an elbow to the temple.
Seppi tries to stall but Sato uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Seppi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Seppi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Seppi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Sato gets a clinch.
Seppi is trying to push Sato away but Sato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Seppi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Sato breaks from the clinch.
Seppi throws a big shot that misses.
Seppi tries to clinch but Sato moves out of range.
Seppi wants to clinch.
Sato throws a body punch but Seppi moves out of range.
Seppi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seppi manages to avoid it.
Sato lands with a good body shot.
Seppi tries to clinch but Sato is having none of it.
Sato swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Seppi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seppi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sato.
Sato digs a good body shot into Seppi's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Sato swats away the attempt to clinch by Seppi.
Sato scores with a decent looking hook.
Sato just misses with a punch to the body.
Sato circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sato counters with a one-two to the body.

Seppi is rocked!
Seppi is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.
Oh Seppi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've been informed that Sato has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sato lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Seppi - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Sato!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kenji Sato!
After winning the bout, Kenji Sato thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.