PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hiroshi Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hood is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Whistle Robin. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Sato
vs
Hood

184 cm
27
197 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

183 cm
28
193 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hiroshi Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robin Hood!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato connects with a solid leg kick.
Sato moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Robin Hood has been cut.
No joy there for Sato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sato misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hood.
Sato swings for the body but Hood moves out of range.
Hood throws a right and a left that Sato avoids nicely.
Hood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped Hood's head back.
Sato moves away from the strike by Hood.
Hood tries a low kick but Sato avoids it.
Sato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hood manages to avoid it.
Hiroshi Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Sato misses.
Hood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sato circles away quickly and effectively.
Sato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hood manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hood ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Sato misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sato is looking to wear down Hood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body punch from Hood.
Hood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hood fails to land with a series of punches.
Sato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sato works Hood's body with a nice hook.
Nice cross by Sato.
Sato scores with a shot to the body.
Hood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hood throws a solid leg kick but Sato takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hood.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hood tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato misses with a leg kick
and Hood counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sato takes a swing at Hood's ribcage but misses.
Sato circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Hood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hood.
Hood's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hood duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato throws a one two combo.
Hood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sato is looking to clinch.
Sato misses with a body shot
and Hood counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sato's knee momentarily.
A jab from Hood does it's job there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hood throws a leg kick
and Sato counters with a right hand to the body.

Sato darts in and clinches Hood up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Sato is controlling him.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Sato gets through Hood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sato prevents Hood from breaking the clinch.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Sato is controlling him.
Sato gets through Hood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hood takes a shot to the head.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Come on Sato - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hood misses with a punch on the inside.
Hood wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
Sato looking to slow down the pace here.
Hood dodges an elbow strike from Sato.
Hood is trying to force a seperation but Sato has the dominant position.
Sato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hood backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Hood's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hood blocks an elbow strike.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
Sato lands an elbow just above Hood 's eye.

That has opened up Robin Hood's cut even more.
Hood looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Sato.
Sato lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hood.
Sato gets through Hood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but Hood leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sato lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hood's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hood's brow.
Hood avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Hood pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sato keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hood's efforts to push away.
Sato lands with a short head shot on the inside.

The cut above Robin Hood's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Come on Sato - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hood blocks an uppercut.
Hood wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sato.
Hood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiroshi Sato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robin Hood's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sato misses with a series of wild punches.
Hood swings for the body but Sato moves out of range.

Sato has closed the distance and engaged Hood in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sato throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hood's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hood throws an elbow but misses.
Sato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sato swings wildly with an uppercut but Hood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato lands an elbow inside that Hood shrugs off.
Hood blocks the elbow strike.
Hood is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato lands an elbow that stopped Hood in his tracks for a moment.
Sato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sato lands a left hand.
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Robin Hood's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robin Hood's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hiroshi Sato!