PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Narushima
vs
Sabre

190 cm
25
203 lbs
19 - 4 - 0

189 cm
29
214 lbs
29 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sabre was well out of range. Poor timing from Narushima.
Narushima misses with a low kick as Sabre jumps back.
A punch lands to the side of Sabre 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Narushima misses with a leg kick
and Sabre counters with a nice uppercut.
Sabre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Narushima blocks a jab.
Sabre moves out of range of the strikes.
Sabre throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Narushima counter with a right hand.

It looks like Matt Sabre has been cut.
Sabre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sabre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Narushima.
Sabre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sabre checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Narushima tenderised Sabre's leg. Sabre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Narushima lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Narushima sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A low kick from Narushima is predictable there
and Narushima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sabre misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sabre wants to slow Narushima down by chopping away at his legs.
Sabre checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sabre takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sabre drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sabre closes the distance and clinches up with Narushima, looking for a takedown. Sabre pushes Narushima against the cage but Narushima circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ryo Narushima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Sabre.
Narushima circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a leg kick that misses.
Narushima scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Narushima wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Narushima throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sabre closes the distance and clinches up with Narushima, looking for a takedown. Sabre pushes Narushima against the cage but Narushima circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sabre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Narushima throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sabre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Narushima was well out of range. Poor timing from Sabre.
Sabre on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Narushima. Narushima obviously looking to wear him down.
Sabre is trying desperately to land a takedown but Narushima is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Sabre.
Sabre throws a shot from downtown. Narushima moves away and avoids it.
Narushima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good exchange - Narushima coming out on top.
Narushima catches Sabre with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Narushima throws a nice outside leg kick.
Narushima throws a leg kick
and Sabre counters with a three punch combo that has Narushima backing up. Narushima nods at Sabre to acknowledge the strikes.
Sabre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narushima.
Narushima connects with a leg kick. Sabre looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Narushima scores with the left hand. Sabre knows he should have avoided that one.
Narushima tries to score with a low kick but Sabre moves his leg out of the way.
Narushima throws a leg kick that is checked
and Narushima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sabre attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ryo Narushima is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sabre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Narushima.
Narushima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sabre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Narushima!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabre controlling the position easily from mount.
Narushima is squirming around, avoiding Sabre's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Narushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Sabre's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Narushima misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ryo Narushima is winning the standup battle so far.
Narushima with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Narushima throws a body kick the misses

and Sabre counters with a single leg into guard. Narushima didn't expect that.
Sabre won't allow Narushima to sweep him here.
Sabre content to stall in guard here.
Narushima trying to control the position.
Sabre stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Narushima swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sabre tries to clinch but Narushima is having none of it.
Narushima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Narushima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Narushima works the jab nicely.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Sabre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sabre looks to score with a jab to the body but Narushima is just out of range.
Narushima tries to move into range but Sabre moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Narushima looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Narushima 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 Sabre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sabre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre shoots in but Narushima avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Narushima looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Narushima lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sabre with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Narushima, right into the meat.
Narushima lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Narushima moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sabre lands a lovely overhand right.
Sabre cracks the inside of Narushima's front leg.
Narushima ducks under a wild hook from Sabre.
Narushima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Narushima misses with a low kick.
Sabre's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Narushima misses the jab.
Narushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sabre.
Narushima turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Narushima bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sabre is breathing heavily.
Narushima jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Narushima.
Narushima throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Narushima looks to throw a body kick
and Sabre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a low kick, looking for Sabre's leg but Sabre calmly moves out of range.

Narushima gets caught flat footed, as Sabre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Narushima pulls Sabre in close to his closed guard and prevents Sabre from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sabre trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Narushima manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Sabre working a defensive guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Narushima has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Sabre is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Narushima dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Sabre'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. This is the final round!

Narushima scoring well with a low kick there.
Narushima throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sabre misses with a body shot.
Sabre throws a body punch but Narushima moves out of range.
Sabre tries to clinch up but Narushima circles away and keeps his distance.
Narushima scores with a kick to the midsection.
Narushima walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sabre checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sabre digs a good hook to Narushima's body.
Narushima lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Narushima throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sabre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A leg kick checked by Sabre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sabre.

Sabre closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Narushima quickly recovers to half guard.
Narushima is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sabre controlling the action here.
Sabre is looking to take a break and control but Narushima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Narushima is looking to control Sabre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Narushima avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Narushima does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Matt Sabre wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sabre avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Narushima throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Narushima changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Narushima throws a leg kick but Sabre moved away.
Narushima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Narushima tries to land a front kick but Sabre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Matt Sabre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Narushima.
Narushima throws a looping overhand right but Sabre ducks down to avoid it.
Narushima avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ryo Narushima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narushima avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sabre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Narushima.
Narushima feints and then cracks Sabre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sabre down.
Narushima throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sabre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sabre moves in looking to clinch but Narushima pushes him off.
A nice inside leg kick there by Narushima. That's going to slow Sabre down.
Sabre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Narushima.
Sabre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a low kick but Sabre avoids it.
A jab from Narushima misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Narushima.
A low kick from Narushima misses
and Sabre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Narushima thinking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from Narushima.
Sabre throws a big shot that misses.
Narushima checks a low kick from Sabre.
Narushima throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sabre.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sabre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sabre misses with a double jab.
Sabre scores with a spinning back kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryo Narushima showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Narushima, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Narushima!
An intense looking Ryo Narushima took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'There are only so many times that judges can save you before me.'.