PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barrios Messi (ranked 3881 p4p, 386 weight class) and Ryo Sakuni (ranked 8152 p4p, 595 weight class). Ryo Sakuni is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Messi
vs
Sakuni

180 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Barrios Messi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Sakuni!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Messi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakuni unleashes a big counter combination but Messi bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Messi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Messi works over Sakuni's head and body with a nice combination.
Messi misses with a wild combination.
Messi misses with a wild combination.
Sakuni is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Messi cracks a nice hook into Sakuni's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Messi misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Messi. Those never looked like landing.
Messi throws a series of punches but Sakuni avoids them all with ease.
Messi avoids the head kick by Sakuni.
Barrios Messi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Messi fails to land with a series of punches.
Messi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Messi lands a two punch combo.
Messi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Messi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sakuni. Sakuni circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Barrios Messi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Messi throws a series of punches but Sakuni moves out of range.
Messi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Messi there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Messi scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Messi does it's job there.
Sakuni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Messi.
Messi misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Messi lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Messi misses with a double jab.
Messi misses with a two punch combination.
Messi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sakuni misses with a series of wild punches.
Sakuni tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Messi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sakuni on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Messi looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from Messi misses.
Messi tries to bum rush Sakuni with a series of wild strikes but Sakuni uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Messi avoids the head kick by Sakuni.
It looked like Messi was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sakuni.
Messi throws a series of strikes that have Sakuni backpedaling.
Messi lands a jab-cross combination.

Sakuni is rocked!
Messi lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Sakuni is looking to close the distance but Messi sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Sakuni crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Sakuni is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Barrios Messi!