PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Bjorkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sato
vs
Bjorkman

187 cm
30
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Voodoo Nutrition

MayheM sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryosuke Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Bjorkman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bjorkman jabs Sato right on the nose. Sato blinks but takes it well.
Sato throws a right hand that misses
and Sato takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sato on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bjorkman misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Sato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sato walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bjorkman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Satos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Bjorkman misses the target.
It looked like Sato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bjorkman lands a glancing blow to the side of Sato's head.
Bjorkman misses with a wild body shot.
Bjorkman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bjorkman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sato misses with a straight right.
Sato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bjorkman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bjorkman throws a shot from downtown. Sato moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sato misses the target.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Sato misses the target.
Sato cracks Bjorkman with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Bjorkman tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Sato pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Bjorkman is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryosuke Sato!
After the fight, Ryosuke Sato was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.