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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Osaki The Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akihiro Sato has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Osaki The Butcher's chin.
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185 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Inexperienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Osaki The Butcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihiro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato tries to clinch
and The Butcher counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Butcher.
The Butcher stops Sato from standing up.
The Butcher trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
The Butcher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The Butcher decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sato, up you get!
Sato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sato will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher shoots in and drives through. Sato sprawls well.
Sato wants to clinch.
The Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
Sato tries to clinch but The Butcher is having none of it.
Akihiro Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sato fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Butcher looks for a takedown but Sato sprawls well.
Sato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sato keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osaki The Butcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Butcher shoots in and drives through. Sato sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato rushes The Butcher and presses him up against the cage.
Sato lands a damaging elbow.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Butcher avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sato.
The Butcher can't get the takedown.
The Butcher wants to break free but Sato has control.
Sato throws an elbow that misses.
Sato creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Butcher's defenses.
Sato creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sato pushes off an throws an elbow but The Butcher leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Butcher looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sato throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Butcher blocks an elbow strike from Sato.
The Butcher blocks the elbow strike.
The Butcher blocks the elbow strike.
The Butcher avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Sato looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Butcher blocks an elbow strike from Sato.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Sato lands an elbow just above The Butcher 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Akihiro Sato will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from The Butcher.
Sato misses with a body kick.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sato sprawls well. Sato wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Butcher gets slowly back to his feet.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sato as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osaki The Butcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sato as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by The Butcher or perhaps it was just good defense by Sato which made him look bad.
The Butcher fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - The Butcher circles away.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but The Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - The Butcher circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but The Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sato tries to clinch up.
The Butcher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sato is fending him off so far but The Butcher persists. Nope, Sato circles away and we're back to standing.
Osaki The Butcher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sato moves in looking to clinch but The Butcher pushes him off.
The Butcher fails with the takedown.
The Butcher shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sato wants to clinch up but The Butcher keeps it at a distance.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but The Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Butcher paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sato defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Butcher.
Sato is looking to clinch.
The Butcher fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Butcher shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to clinch.
The Butcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown but Sato shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sato tries to clinch but The Butcher moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akihiro Sato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - The Butcher circles away.
The Butcher shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sato slaps away a takedown attempt from The Butcher, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Sato moves in looking to clinch but The Butcher pushes him off.
Akihiro Sato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The Butcher moves out of range of the body kick from Sato.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sato moves in looking to clinch but The Butcher pushes him off.
Sato tries to clinch but The Butcher is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Butcher fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Osaki The Butcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sato tries to clinch but The Butcher is having none of it.
Sato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sato tries to clinch up.
Sato tries to clinch there but The Butcher circles away.
Sato tries to clinch but The Butcher is having none of it.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but The Butcher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is looking to clinch.
Sato moves in looking to clinch but The Butcher pushes him off.
A good leg kick by Sato.
Sato throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sato doesn't manage to clinch there - The Butcher circles away.
The Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato is looking to clinch but The Butcher is avoiding it.
Sato is looking to clinch but The Butcher is avoiding it.
Sato tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. The Butcher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Butcher fails to land the takedown.
Sato tries to clinch up but The Butcher circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice sprawl there from Sato as The Butcher shoots in.
Osaki The Butcher has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sato wants it to stay on the feet.
Akihiro Sato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Butcher shoots in looking for a takedown but Sato manages to keep the fight standing, pushing The Butcher's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Butcher keeps the fight on the outside.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Butcher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Akihiro Sato is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akihiro Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sato winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akihiro Sato!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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