PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sato
vs
Justice

187 cm
31
215 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

190 cm
22
206 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Knockout power

Voodoo Nutrition

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 12 - 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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Justice!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice tries to clinch there but Sato circles away.
Justice tries for a takedown but Sato circles away easily
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sato throws a poor cross that misses
and Justice connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sato lands a nice looking body shot.
Justice has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with Justice's head.
Sato thows a left - swing and a miss!

Sato forces Justice back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Justice.
Sato digs a right hand underneath Justice's ribcage. Justice let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sato lands with a light punch inside.
Justice is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Justice told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Sato lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice working hard to break the clinch.
Justice tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Sato works on Justice's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Sato.
Sato throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Justice looks winded!
Sato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Sato.
A hook to the body from Sato.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Justice is trying to maintain a safe position but Sato gets an underhook and turns Justice into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sato.

Justice is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Sato fails to land.
Justice is still on wobbly legs! Can Sato finish him?
Sato pushes Justice against the cage. Sato is working some dirty boxing. Sato pushes off with a quick right hook! Justice goes down! Justice tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Sato moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 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.