PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Israel Keyes (ranked 7834 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hajime Sato (ranked 3085 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Keyes
vs
Sato

182 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Israel Keyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hajime Sato!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keyes misses with the combination.
Keyes throws a combination that misses

and Sato counters with a nice double leg into side control. Keyes won't be happy with that.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sato working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Sato is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Keyes looks calm but he's in trouble here. Sato gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Keyes is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Sato lets go of the hold and Keyes can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Hajime Sato!