PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Million Knives (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Million Knives will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Sagat
vs
Knives

163 cm
25
142 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

192 cm
25
285 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edwin Sagat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Million Knives!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat blocks a head kick by Knives.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Knives.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knives.
Knives chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Knives lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knives lands a leg kick that knocks Sagat off balance momentarily.
Crunch! Knives slams his shin into Sagat's torso.
Knives lands with an overhand left.
Sagat sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Knives throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sagat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knives ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knives scores with a nice body kick.
Knives lands a right hook to the body.
Knives lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sagat takes a step back to recover.
Sagat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knives looks for the body kick but Sagat saw that one coming.
Sagat blocks a head kick by Knives.
Knives keeps Sagat at a distance using the push kick.
Knives lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sagat's sensitive parts.
Knives comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Knives thuds his shin into the meat of Sagat's side.
Knives throws a sloppy head kick and Sagat moves out of range easily.
Knives scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick misses from Knives.
Knives throws the kick towards the body but Sagat avoids it.
Knives throws a front kick that sends Sagat stumbling back into the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knives.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Knives.
Both fighters circling a little - Knives finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Million Knives is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sagat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knives scores with a head kick.
Sagat takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sagat avoids the head kick by Knives.
Knives uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sagat.
Knives lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knives will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Sagat shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Knives is trying to defend but Sagat finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Sagat is trying to control the action in half guard but Knives is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagat prevents Knives from improving his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Knives can do anything to dispel that myth.
Knives is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sagat scores with a couple of nice shots.
Knives tries to roll over but Sagat keeps him under control.
Knives is trying to stand back up but Sagat is controlling him
Sagat is trying to control the action in half guard but Knives is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Knives is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagat is keen to just control but Knives is a slippery customer.
Sagat is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Knives is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Knives preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Edwin Sagat wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Knives pushes Sagat away with a front kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sagat takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Knives works Sagat's body with a nice hook.
Knives fakes the leg kick and cracks Sagat in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Million Knives dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sagat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sagat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knives is fending him off so far but Sagat persists. Nope, Knives circles away and we're back to standing.
Knives connects with a high kick.

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

Sagat is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knives throws a quick head kick that knocks Sagat silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Knives is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Million Knives!
A very excited looking Million Knives rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.