PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukyo Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kicker
vs
Sato

184 cm
22
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
140 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Kicker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ukyo Sato!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kicker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sato throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kicker counters with a nice body kick.
Kicker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
No joy there for Sato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sato lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice defenses there by Kicker.
Sato throws a wild body kick that Kicker sees coming a mile off.
Kicker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kicker throws a nice head kick!
Kicker tries to land a front kick but Sato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kicker defending well as Sato loads up on a big left hand.
Sato moves out of range of the body kick from Kicker.
Kicker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kicker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sato throws a jab when Kicker was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Sato misses.
Sato has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kicker.
Sato scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kicker tries to clinch up but Sato circles away and keeps his distance.
Kicker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Sato throws a body punch but Kicker moves out of range.
Kicker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kicker stuns Sato with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ray Kicker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kicker closes the distance and clinches.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sato breaks from the clinch.
Kicker throws a nice head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kicker lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sato will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kicker rushes Sato and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kicker misses with a knee to the head.
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.
Kicker misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Sato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Sato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kicker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sato takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Ukyo Sato has been cut.
Kicker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Sato breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker throws a solid leg kick but Sato takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kicker.
Kicker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sato stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kicker checks a leg kick nicely.
Kicker scores with a head kick.
Kicker avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kicker lands with a kick to the temple. Sato shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kicker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kicker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sato attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kicker connects with an inside leg kick.
Kicker moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kicker misses with a body kick.
Sato paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Sato misses.
Kicker is looking to land body kicks.
Kicker lands a right hook to the body.
Sato moves out of range of the body kick from Kicker.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Sato.
Kicker throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kicker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kicker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kicker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sato misses with a looping right.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kicker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sato throws a body punch but Kicker moves out of range.
Kicker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kicker wants to clinch
and Sato counters with an inside leg kick.
A big right from Sato misses.
Kicker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kicker lands a right hook to the body.
Kicker is looking to land body kicks.
Sato fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kicker thows a body kick. Sato tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kicker throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kicker tries to move into range but Sato moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sato has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kicker.
Kicker tries to land a front kick but Sato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kicker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kicker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kicker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Kicker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but Sato blocks with his arms.
Kicker crunches a lovely knee into Sato's ribcage.
Kicker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kicker tries a knee to the head but Sato blocks it.
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.
Kicker misses with an elbow strike.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.
Sato dodges an elbow strike from Kicker.
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.
Kicker lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kicker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
Kicker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.
Kicker has Sato pressed against the ropes, preventing Sato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kicker prevents Sato from breaking the clinch.
Sato tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sato is trying to force a seperation but Kicker has the dominant position.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Sato breaks the clinch.
Sato misses with an uppercut. Kicker saw that one coming.
Kicker misses with a leg kick
and Sato counters with an outside leg kick.

Kicker gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kicker backwards.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Kicker lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kicker lands a good knee to the midsection. Sato won't want to take too many of those.
Kicker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sato blocks it with crossed arms.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kicker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kicker slips under a jab.
Kicker fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sato walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kicker.
Sato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kicker.
Sato misses with a body shot.
Kicker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Kicker.
Kicker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sato throws a jab when Kicker was well out of range.
Sato throws an overhand right that lands on Kicker's shoulder, as Kicker tries to avoid the shot.
Sato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kicker can pounce on him.
Kicker throws a leg kick
letting Sato counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Kicker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
That's time! Kicker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kicker. Sato shrugs it off though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kicker.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kicker.
Kicker throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kicker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kicker.
Sato throws an off balance right hand
and Kicker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Kicker 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fighters circling - Sato throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kicker tries to clinch up but Sato circles away and keeps his distance.
Kicker thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sato if he has to take too many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sato blocks a head kick by Kicker.
Kicker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sato is able to avoid easily.
Kicker thuds a left hand into Sato's body.
Kicker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sato's sensitive parts.
Kicker misses with a low kick.
Kicker throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sato's head.

Kicker moves into range and clinches up with Sato.
Sato can't break the clinch.

Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sato throws a nice looking combination but Kicker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A leg kick checked by Sato.
Sato blocks a head kick by Kicker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kicker scores with a leg kick.
Kicker lands with a kick to the ribs.
Kicker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kicker moves in looking to clinch but Sato pushes him off.
Sato throws the left hand but Kicker avoids the punch easily.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kicker.
Kicker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kicker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sato throws a combination. Kicker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sato fails to land with a series of punches.
Sato's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Sato takes a swing at Kicker's ribcage but misses.
Kicker throws a leg kick which misses Sato's front leg but catches the back leg as Sato tries to avoid it.
Kicker scores with a push kick.
Kicker connects with a leg kick. Sato looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kicker throws a wild body kick that Sato sees coming a mile off.
Kicker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Kicker looks for the body kick but Sato saw that one coming.
Sato lands a right hook to the body.
Kicker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kicker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kicker.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kicker is looking to wear down Sato with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kicker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Sato takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kicker.

Kicker closes the distance and pushes Sato back into the ropes.
Kicker lands an elbow that stopped Sato in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.
Sato throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sato blocks an elbow strike from Kicker.
Sato can't break the clinch.
Kicker tries to land knees in the clinch but Sato avoids the damage to the body.

Sato breaks the clinch.
Ray Kicker is winning the standup battle so far.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kicker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sato avoids a kick to the body.
Sato throws a hook but Kicker blocks it.

Kicker closes the distance and pushes Sato back into the ropes.

Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Kicker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kicker throws an elbow that misses.
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.
Kicker lands a nice elbow.
Kicker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Sato escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kicker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kicker. Sato does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Sato misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kicker is looking to clinch.
Kicker tries to clinch
and Sato counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kicker lands with a slapping head kick.
Sato misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Kicker.

Kicker forces Sato back against the ropes and clinches.
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Kicker.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
Kicker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sato.
Kicker prevents Sato from breaking the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kicker.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kicker missing with knees to the body.
Sato is trying to force a seperation but Kicker has the dominant position.
Kicker has Sato pressed against the ropes, preventing Sato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kicker lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
Kicker looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body kick there by Kicker.
Kicker feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sato's calf.
Kicker throws a nice head kick!

Kicker has closed the distance and engaged Sato in a clinch.
Sato avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kicker throws an elbow but misses.
Sato avoids the elbow strike from Kicker, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from Kicker.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the ropes.
Sato avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Kicker prevents Sato from breaking the clinch.
Kicker trying to land knees to the body.
Kicker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato blocks the elbow strike.
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Sato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
Sato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling him.
Kicker with a knee to the head.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
Sato is breathing heavily.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
Kicker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.
Kicker tries to land knees in the clinch but Sato avoids the damage to the body.
Sato is trying to force a seperation but Kicker has the dominant position.
Sato has had enough of the clinch but Kicker keeps him there for the moment.
Kicker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling him.
Sato is trying to break free.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Kicker.
Kicker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kicker missing with knees to the body.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kicker lands an elbow that stopped Sato in his tracks for a moment.
Kicker lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Kicker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
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.

Kicker throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kicker is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.
Sato tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sato misses with a straight left.
Kicker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sato misses with a low kick.
Sato gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kicker counters with a thumping low kick.
Sato misses with a hook.
Sato has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kicker.
Kicker is looking to clinch but Sato is avoiding it.
Kicker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker staying out of range there.
Kicker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kicker scores with a head kick. Sato tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice body kick there by Kicker.

Kicker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sato is trying to push Kicker away but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sato can't break the clinch.
Kicker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sato takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kicker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.
Kicker misses with a knee to the head.
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the ropes.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.

Sato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kicker tries to clinch up
and Sato counters with a nice uppercut.
Sato tries to land a front kick but Kicker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sato checks a leg kick nicely.
Kicker lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Sato blocks a head kick by Kicker.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kicker lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sato has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sato and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker lands a head kick. Sato smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Sato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kicker. Kicker obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sato.
Kicker doesn't manage to clinch there - Sato circles away.
Kicker thows a body kick. Sato tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sato lands a nice looking body shot.
Sato checks a leg kick.
Sato missing with a left hand there. Kicker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kicker misses with the body kick
and Sato counters with a left and a right that stings Kicker.
Kicker tries to clinch there but Sato circles away.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kicker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with a few strikes there.
Sato misses with a leg kick
and Kicker counters with a one-two to the body.
Sato throws a jab but it's blocked by Kicker.
Sato tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Kicker has Sato up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the ropes.
Sato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kicker misses with a knee to the head.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Kicker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sato.
A frustrated look appears on Sato's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kicker misses with a knee strike.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kicker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Kicker landing knees to the head.
Kicker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sato's defenses.
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.
Kicker lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.

Sato pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kicker.
Kicker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato misses with a double jab.
Kicker lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kicker lands a nice hook to Sato's body. Sato takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kicker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kicker.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Kicker darts in and clinches Sato up against the ropes.
Sato wants to break free but Kicker has control.
Kicker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sato has had enough of the clinch but Kicker keeps him there for the moment.
Sato wants to break free but Kicker has control.
Sato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kicker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sato.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker keeps control of Sato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Kicker.
Knees to the body from Kicker.
Sato misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kicker throws an elbow but misses.
Sato blocks an elbow strike.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Kicker lands a nice knee to the body.
Sato tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the ropes.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sato tries to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling the position.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kicker lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Ukyo Sato's cut even more.
Sato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Sato working hard to break the clinch.
Kicker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.
Kicker comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sato can't break the clinch.
Kicker keeps control of Sato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sato avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Kicker lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sato is trying to break the clinch but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Sato lands an elbow inside.
Kicker lands a knee to the head.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sato avoids it.
Kicker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kicker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kicker lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato tries to break free but Kicker pushes him back against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Kicker throws an elbow but misses.
Sato blocks an elbow strike.

Sato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kicker tries a head kick but it misses.
Kicker misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kicker.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Kicker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kicker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kicker has Sato pressed against the ropes, preventing Sato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sato is trying to force a seperation but Kicker has the dominant position.
Kicker working Sato over with knees to the body.

Sato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sato slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sato checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kicker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sato throws a lazy right hand but Kicker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kicker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sato throws out the jab.
Sato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kicker momentarily.
Sato misses with a left hand
and Kicker counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Kicker clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Ukyo Sato's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Kicker. Sato does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Kicker thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sato if he has to take too many more of those.
Kicker slips a straight right by Sato.
Sato on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kicker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Kicker misses with a double jab
and Kicker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kicker thows a body shot but no joy.
Sato moves out of range of the body kick.

Sato gets tackled into the ropes by Kicker. Kicker maintains the clinch.
Kicker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sato's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker looking to throw knees to the head but Sato is blocking nicely.
Sato is trying to break free.
Sato avoids a wild elbow strike from Kicker.
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.

Sato breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sato blocks a leg kick.
Kicker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kicker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sato avoids the head kick by Kicker.
Sato scores with a jab. Kicker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sato misses with an attempted mid kick.

Kicker darts in and clinches Sato up against the ropes.
Sato wants to get back to striking at distance but Kicker won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kicker missing with knees to the body.
Sato blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kicker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kicker keeps control of Sato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kicker.
Kicker tries to land knees in the clinch but Sato avoids the damage to the body.
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker lands an elbow just above Sato 's eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Sato tries to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling the position.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker with a knee to the head.
Kicker has Sato pressed against the ropes, preventing Sato from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sato wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kicker has him pressed against the ropes.
Sato tries to break the clinch but Kicker is controlling the position.
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker lands a knee to the body.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Ukyo Sato's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kicker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sato is defending well for now.
Sato managing to block the knees to the body from Kicker.
Sato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kicker lands a knee to the body.
Sato is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Kicker lands an elbow inside that Sato shrugs off.
Kicker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Sato wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kicker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sato's efforts to push away.
Kicker with a knee to the head.
Kicker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sato's defenses.
Kicker misses with an elbow over the top.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Ukyo Sato's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Kicker misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Sato manages to break the clinch.
Sato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kicker manages to avoid it.
Sato punishes Kicker's body with a nice straight punch.
Kicker thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sato if he has to take too many more of those.
Sato takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kicker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sato takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice jab there from Sato.
Kicker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Kicker moves into the clinch successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kicker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Sato wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sato is looking to break free of the clinch but Kicker has double underhooks.
Sato is trying to break free.
Kicker prevents Sato from breaking the clinch.
Kicker lands a damaging elbow.
Sato tries to circle away but Kicker has him pinned against the ropes.
Kicker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kicker gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ray Kicker!