PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Shinsato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinsato has chosen Yoshi Story as his entrance music. Akira Shinsato is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Sanchez
vs
Shinsato

190 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
30
187 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Sanchez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Shinsato!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinsato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shinsato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shinsato misses with an uppercut.
Shinsato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shinsato throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Shinsato throws a leg kick
and Sanchez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Sanchez lands a big head kick that sends Shinsato tumbling to the mat! Sanchez takes a step backwards and waves Shinsato back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Shinsato is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Shinsato finds it's way through Sanchez's defenses.
Shinsato is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shinsato seems to have recovered his senses.

It looks like Junior Sanchez has been cut.
Shinsato connects with a leg kick. Sanchez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Shinsato tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Shinsato just misses with a punch to the body.
Shinsato waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sanchez.
Shinsato cracks Sanchez with an open hand slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinsato misses with a looping right.
A shot to the liver by Shinsato. Beautiful body shot.
Shinsato looks for the body kick but Sanchez saw that one coming.
Shinsato connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shinsato swings widly with a right hand
and Sanchez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shinsato thinking.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Shinsato.
Shinsato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shinsato throws a right hand that misses
and Sanchez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shinsato is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Shinsato will feel that in the morning.
Shinsato tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinsato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shinsato throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shinsato misses with a wild body shot.
Sanchez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shinsato misses with a hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Akira Shinsato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
Shinsato misses with a low kick.
Shinsato throws a series of strikes that have Sanchez backpedaling.
No joy there for Shinsato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shinsato looks gassed!
Sanchez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shinsato circles away quickly and effectively.
Sanchez avoids the body shot from Shinsato.
Sloppy strikes from Shinsato. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinsato keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Shinsato.
Shinsato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Shinsato keeps it at a distance.
Shinsato doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shinsato scores with a nice strike.
Shinsato feints and then cracks Sanchez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sanchez down.
Shinsato fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Shinsato avoids the body shot from Sanchez.
Sanchez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shinsato lands with a nice combination. Sanchez backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Sanchez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shinsato. Sanchez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanchez throws a low kick, looking for Shinsato's leg but Shinsato calmly moves out of range.
Shinsato misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a series of strikes. Shinsato will be more careful next time no doubt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Shinsato ducks right into an uppercut from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shinsato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from Shinsato misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shinsato keeps the fight on the outside.
Shinsato lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shinsato throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Shinsato fails to land with a series of punches.
Shinsato scores with a body shot.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch but Shinsato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanchez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Shinsato throws a leg kick
and Sanchez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shinsato throws a nice looking combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanchez slips a straight right by Shinsato.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Shinsato misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanchez moves out of range as Shinsato strikes.
Shinsato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sanchez dodges the punch combination from Shinsato.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shinsato throws a lazy body kick

and Sanchez counters with a head kick that drops Shinsato to the mat! Shinsato scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Shinsato takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shinsato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shinsato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shinsato circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shinsato misses with a few strikes there.

Sanchez drops Shinsato with a beautiful combination! Shinsato stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sanchez is looking for the KO!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez wants to clinch up but Shinsato keeps it at a distance.
Shinsato misses with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shinsato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shinsato throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanchez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shinsato takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanchez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sanchez connects with a nice looking jab.
Sanchez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shinsato misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shinsato swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shinsato avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a lazy head kick
and Shinsato counters with an outside leg kick.
Sanchez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Shinsato's head.
Shinsato misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez pushes Shinsato away with a front kick.
Shinsato throws a sloppy head kick and Sanchez moves out of range easily.
Sanchez tries to clinch but Shinsato is having none of it.
Shinsato with a nice cross.
Good exchange - Sanchez coming out on top.
Sanchez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez cracks Shinsato with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Shinsato looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sanchez finish him?
Sanchez lunges at Shinsato with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shinsato's hand.
Sanchez circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Shinsato drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Sanchez follows Shinsato to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Sanchez!
Junior Sanchez is the new middleweight champion!