PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Sato (ranked 2828 p4p, 3245 weight class) and Marcoh Haas (ranked 323 p4p, 360 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
Haas

188 cm
23
186
5 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
189
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marcoh Haas!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Haas! But no joy.
Haas misses with a body shot.
Haas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haas misses with a few strikes there.
Haas jabs Sato to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sato jabs Haas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haas cracks Sato with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sato takes a swing at Haas's ribcage but misses.
Sato throws out a powerful jab.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Haas.
Sato jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haas cracks Sato with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato slips a jab from Haas.
It looked like Sato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Haas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Haas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Haas misses.
Sato misses with the combination.
Haas is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haas throws a right hand that Sato ducks under and follows up with a left that Sato also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Sato. Those never looked like landing.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sato.
Haas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Haas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sato takes a swing at Haas's ribcage but misses.
Haas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sato.
Haas misses with a double jab.
Sato seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Haas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haas scores with a hook to the body. Sato takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Haas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sato circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped Haas's head back.
Sato with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Haas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Haas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haas throws out a counter right but Sato avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sato darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A combination from Haas does no damage.
Sato lands a head shot.

Haas is rocked!
and Sato counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Haas! He's just covering up as Sato starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Sato!