PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junichi Sasai (ranked 3120 p4p, 2750 weight class) and Greg Malayon (ranked 394 p4p, 354 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sasai might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Love Trash. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sasai
vs
Malayon

188 cm
19
194
6 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
195
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Junichi Sasai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Malayon!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasai throws a body shot but no joy.
Sasai cracks Malayon with a good jab.
Sasai has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Desert Fitness & Training -13 Elites/1 Sensational in the buildup to the fight.
Malayon with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sasai counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Malayon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sasai lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Sasai. Beautiful body shot.
Sasai scores with a hook.
Sasai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Malayon has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sasai scores with a punch to the head.

Malayon is rocked!
Sasai throws a lazy right hand but Malayon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sasai misses with a wild combination.
Sasai connects with a body shot that sends Malayon's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasai connects with a body shot that sends Malayon's belly button to the back.
Junichi Sasai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Sasai - just one landing.
Malayon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sasai connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Malayon scrambles back to his feet.
Malayon is still on wobbly legs! Can Sasai finish him?
Sasai misses with a jab to the body

and Malayon counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Malayon.

Sasai is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Malayon seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Malayon pulls guard effortlessly.
Sasai scoring with punches to the head and body.

Malayon is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Malayon is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Sasai rolls with it to try and escape but Malayon cranks on the arm and Sasai is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Greg Malayon!
Greg Malayon spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.