PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zawisza Cop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zawisza Cop acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sato
vs
Cop

185 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Howard Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zawisza Cop!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Cop does no damage.
A jab lands there for Cop.
Sato lands a leg kick that knocks Cop off balance momentarily.
Cop throws a combination. Sato tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cop misses with a leg kick

and Sato counters with a head kick that drops Cop to the mat! Cop scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sato moves into the clinch.
Cop tries to break the clinch but Sato is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cop lands with a left to the head.
Cop misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cop avoids the elbow strike from Sato, against the cage.
Sato missing with knees to the body.
Cop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cop breaks the clinch.
Sato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cop thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sato if he has to take too many more of those.
Cop lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cop.
Cop misses with a wild body shot.
Sato moves forwards but Cop connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cop misses with the combination.
Cop throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sato.
Cop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cop misses with a combination
and Sato counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cop looks winded!
Sato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cop's head.
Sato walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Cop drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Sato swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Cop's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Howard Sato!
A victorious Howard Sato thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.