PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitsuomi Sakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and God Zilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakata comes to the ring accompanied by Ketsunoke vs Shirinoke by Gintama OST. Zilla has chosen Your arms feel like home. as his entrance music. The key to victory for Mitsuomi Sakata has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sakata
vs
Zilla

183 cm
29
210 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

201 cm
38
214 lbs
16 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mitsuomi Sakata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, God Zilla!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zilla throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sakata counters with an inside leg kick.
Sakata keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sakata lands with a good body shot.
Sakata throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zilla stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zilla on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sakata stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sakata throws a shot to the body.
Zilla throws a front kick that sends Sakata stumbling back into the ropes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sakata.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zilla doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sakata cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sakata fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mitsuomi Sakata is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zilla has closed the distance and engaged Sakata in a clinch.
Zilla stalling.
Zilla doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sakata comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sakata tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sakata scores with a shoulder strike.
Zilla tries to throw a body punch but Sakata avoids it by throwing Zilla back against the ropes.
Zilla trying to stall but Sakata improves his position.
Zilla misses with a body punch.
Sakata lands an elbow just above Zilla 's eye.
Zilla is looking for a takedown.
Mitsuomi Sakata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of God Zilla.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Sakata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakata works the jab nicely.
Zilla scores with a push kick.
Zilla dives in and grabs Sakata's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sakata pushes down on Zilla's head and hops out.
Sakata misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sakata cracks Zilla with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Zilla looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Sakata finish him?

Zilla is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zilla walks straight into a right hand from Sakata - that's dropped him! Sakata jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Zilla from any more punishment! Zilla complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mitsuomi Sakata!
Post fight, an emotional Mitsuomi Sakata said 'Minnasan, arigatou gozaimasu! Ore wa sugoku ureshii desu! Yatta!'.