PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan has chosen Beast as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sato
vs
Ryan

185 cm
46
180 lbs
39 - 27 - 0

177 cm
29
174 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

RAGS of a RONIN
Voodoo Nutrition

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 39 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rumina Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrew Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Sato.
Ryan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sato's calf.
Sato seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ryan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A left lands for Ryan.
Nice body punch from Ryan.
Ryan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sato thuds a left hand into Ryan's body.
Ryan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sato stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ryan. That's going to slow Sato down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan lands with a shot to the body.
Ryan thumps Sato with a low kick.
Ryan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ryan misses with a left hand
and Sato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ryan jabs Sato to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ryan scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sato doesn't seem bothered though.
Ryan scores with a jab. Sato acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Sato has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ryan lands with a light punch inside.
Ryan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.
Ryan tries to work over Sato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ryan struggles to land a body shot inside as Sato controls his hands.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ryan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.

Ryan breaks the clinch.
Ryan scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan is looking to land body kicks.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Good exchange - Ryan coming out on top.

Sato tries to keep at a distance but Ryan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ryan tries to work over Sato's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right handed body shot lands from Ryan.

Ryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ryan.
Nice uppercut there from Ryan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Sato is rocked!
Ryan lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Sato - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Ryan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andrew Ryan!
Andrew Ryan very nearly forgot to thank Voodoo Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.