PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vile Otila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sato
vs
Otila

167 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kumina Sato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vile Otila!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sato looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Otila throws a head kick that half lands.

Sato scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Otila seems a little lost for a moment, as Sato dominates the positioning.
Otila tries to improve position but can't.
Sato lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Otila down.
Otila is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sato off and has taken his back!

Sato is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Sato breaks Otila's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Otila keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
Otila avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato wants to control from the top but Otila keeps moving.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Otila is keeping the position.
Otila not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sato working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Otila wants to clinch but Sato slips to the side

and Sato counters with a shoot takedown. Otila fights it but they end up in guard.
Sato is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Otila is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sato has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sato wants to control from the top but Otila keeps moving.
Sato won't allow Otila to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sato is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato preventing the sweep.

Otila looking for a guillotine here but Sato defends easily.
Otila keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sato looks to clinch
and Otila counters with a flying knee. Nice.

Otila closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Otila lands in his opponent's guard.
Otila trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Otila looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Otila trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Sato looking for a sweep. Not yet Sato, not yet.
Otila wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.
Otila chips away with some ground and pound.
Sato manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sato prevents Otila from getting the reversal.
Sato landing strikes from the mount.
Sato dominating with strikes here.
Sato tries to control but Otila wriggling away.
Sato tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sato tries to control but Otila wriggling away.
Sato controlling from the full mount.
Otila is looking to improve his position but Sato isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kumina Sato dominated that round.
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.

Sato tries to clinch
and Otila counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sato is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sato tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Otila counters with a shoot takedown. Sato fights it but they end up in guard.
Otila looking to sit in guard and control but Sato gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sato slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Otila is trying to get back to half guard.
Sato working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sato working the head and body with strikes.
Sato tries to move to mount but Otila blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Otila is not content to let Sato control the position.
Otila tries to buck Sato off but Sato is having none of it.
Sato wants to control but Otila is keeping him busy.
Sato working away.
Otila is trying to get back to half guard.
Otila is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Otila shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sato counters with a single leg into guard. Otila didn't expect that.
Otila can't keep his opponent in guard - Sato advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Sato passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Otila!
Sato unloading with bombs!
Otila is trying desperately to improve position.
Otila is squirming around, avoiding Sato's attempts to control the action.
Otila tries to reverse the position but Sato maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato controlling his opponent.
Otila is in a horrible position here. Sato smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sato looking to control but Otila is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Otila is trying to reverse the position but instead Sato has taken his back - oops!

Sato is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Otila won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Sato off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kumina Sato!