PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kinjo Sasake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dj London (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sasake
vs
London

157 cm
28
139 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
144 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Canadian Fighter Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kinjo Sasake!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dj London!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

London instigates a clinch.
London blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sasake is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
London tries to work over Sasake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
London cracks Sasake with a nice body shot.
London lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sasake backwards.
Sasake jumps guard but London turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
London has a couple of punches blocked by Sasake.
London scores with a nice hook to the head.
London struggles to land a body shot inside as Sasake controls his hands.
London is leaning against Sasake and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sasake is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kinjo Sasake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from London.
London misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sasake is trying to pull guard but London turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sasake tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. London just stands there and leans against the cage.
London misses with the head strike.

London escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sasake swings for the body but London moves out of range.
London misses with a body kick.
London is looking to score with low kicks.
London moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
London keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sasake scores with a sloppy right hand. London should have avoided that one.
London is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sasake throws a jab but it's blocked by London.
London misses with a body kick.
London throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping body kick lands there for London.
London fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sasake has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sasake throws a hook but London avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasake misses the shot to the body.
Dj London seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sasake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but London was well out of range. Poor timing from Sasake.
London lands the left hand.
Sasake connects with a body shot that sends London's belly button to the back.
Sasake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sasake thows a body shot but no joy.
London keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
London paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but London was well out of range. Poor timing from Sasake.
London avoids the body shot from Sasake.
London throws a body punch but Sasake moves out of range.
Sasake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
London keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasake misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
London lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A big right from Sasake misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj London dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

London clinches with his opponent.
Sasake tries to circle away but London has him pinned against the cage.
Sasake tries to pull guard but London forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from London.
London is working Sasake over against the cage.
London lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sasake backwards.
Sasake is really struggling to find his range with his punches. London's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sasake tries to pull guard but London won't allow it.
London misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sasake jumps guard but London stands there with Sasake around his waist. Sasake gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kinjo Sasake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
London swings wildly with an uppercut but Sasake uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
London stops a takedown attempt from Sasake.
London tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sasake's elbow.
Sasake is trying to pull guard but London turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
London tries a body shot but Sasake blocks it.

London manages to break the clinch.
London is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sasake shoots in and drives through. London sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasake throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sasake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
London misses with an uppercut.
Sasake lunges at London with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by London's hand.
That kick from London tenderised Sasake's leg. Sasake is trying to keep his angry face on.
London scores with a nice strike.
Nice uppercut there from London.
Sasake looks to score with a jab to the body but London is just out of range.
Sasake is looking to wear down London with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Decent striking displayed by London there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
London has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
London cracks the inside of Sasake's front leg.
Sasake slips a jab from London.
London scores with a nice head shot.
Sasake changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. London tries to avoid it but Sasake manages to keep hold of a leg and drag London to the ground. London escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by London. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of London.
London catches Sasake with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sasake shoots in but London avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dj London seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
London leaves Sasake with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sasake misses with a hook. London ducked under it nicely.
London misses the shot to the body.
London connects with a right hand. Sasake shakes it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sasake swings for the body but London moves out of range.
Sasake swats away the attempt to clinch by London.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj London 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.

Sasake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from London.
London changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sasake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
London is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sasake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before London can pounce on him.
London scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Sasake.
London is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
London ducks under a wild hook from Sasake.
Nice shot by London.
London dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
London fails with an attempt to clinch.
London jabs Sasake to the body, keeping him at a distance.
London moves in looking to clinch but Sasake pushes him off.
Sasake ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasake shoots in for a takedown but London shows good takedown defense.
London with a body punch. A glancing blow.
London is looking to clinch.
London is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
London cracks Sasake with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sasake connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
London works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
London needs to keep his hands up - Sasake had a free shot at his head there.
London swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sasake.
Sasake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from London.

London has managed to clinch.
London tries to throw a body punch but Sasake avoids it by throwing London back against the cage.
London doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sasake blocking some punches.
London misses with some punches.
London misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from London.
London has a couple of punches blocked by Sasake.
London misses with some punches.

London's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sasake comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
London displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sasake throws out the jab.
Sasake avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
London avoids the body shot from Sasake.
Sasake throws a hook but London avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj London really dominated that round.
That's time! Sasake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Sasake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sasake swings and misses with a shot to the body
and London counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
London connects with a leg kick. Sasake looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sasake scores with a hook to the body. London takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
London cracks a nice hook into Sasake's ribs.
London tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sasake lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sasake misses with a hook. London ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
London ducks under a wild hook from Sasake.
Sasake moves out of range of the body kick.
London tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
London connects with a jab.
A big left from London misses.
London tries to clinch there but Sasake circles away.
Sasake swats away the attempt to clinch by London.
Sasake misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
London dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

London gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
London lands a left hand.
Sasake fails to pull guard.
London gets through Sasake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sasake drops to a knee looking for a takedown but London gets the underhooks and prevents it.
London lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
London throws a punch but it's blocked by Sasake.
Sasake is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kinjo Sasake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sasake is looking for a takedown.
Dj London seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sasake prevents a body shot from London.

London's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sasake misses with a body shot.
London stuffs the takedown.
London throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but London was well out of range. Poor timing from Sasake.
Sasake swings widly with a right hand
and London counters with a nice kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by London.
Sasake thows a body shot but no joy.
Sasake throws a looping overhand right but London ducks down to avoid it.
Sasake thows a body shot but no joy.
London throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj London dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

London moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sasake walks into a straight right hand from London.
Jab by London.
London fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasake manages to avoid it.
Sasake swings and misses with a shot to the body
and London counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sasake digs a good body shot into London's ribs.
London lands a high kick!
London misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasake steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from London. That one must have hurt.
London tries to clinch there but Sasake circles away.
London fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasake manages to avoid it.
London defending well as Sasake loads up on a big left hand.
Sasake misses the shot to the body.
Sasake checks the leg kick.
A big right from Sasake misses.
London uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sasake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
London cracks Sasake with an open hand slap.
London lands with a kick to the temple. Sasake shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sasake looks to throw the jab but London is out of range.

Sasake shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Sasake was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Sasake is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, London has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sasake tries to control but London wriggling away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
London is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sasake content just to control the position here.
London is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sasake looking to control but London is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

London defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sasake.
Sasake trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Sasake is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But London has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from London!
Dj London is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
London loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

London avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
London must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sasake can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as London controls the pace.
London passes Sasake's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kinjo Sasake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Sasake is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! London is tapping! Great win for Sasake!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kinjo Sasake!
Kinjo Sasake retains his bantamweight title!