PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masa Satake (ranked 2487 p4p, 3278 weight class) and Math Riddle (ranked 355 p4p, 450 weight class). Math Riddle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Masa Satake's chin.

Satake
vs
Riddle

184 cm
24
189
7 - 6 - 0

192 cm
25
201
3 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Satake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Math Riddle!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satake moves away from the strike by Riddle.

Riddle rushes Satake and presses him up against the cage.
Satake stalling against the cage.
Riddle avoids a wild elbow strike from Satake.
Satake just leaning against Riddle, taking a breather.
Riddle misses with a knee strike.
Riddle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Satake misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riddle tries to work over Satake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Satake just leaning against Riddle, taking a breather.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Satake stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Satake has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riddle is struggling to control the position.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Riddle has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Satake misses with a punch to the body.
Satake misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Satake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Riddle holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Satake.
Satake digs a right hand into Riddle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Riddle's gas tank.
Satake misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Satake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Riddle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stalling in the clinch from Satake.
Riddle blocks an elbow strike from Satake.
Satake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riddle tries to stall but Satake uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satake.
Satake lands a damaging elbow.
Riddle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riddle blocks an elbow strike.
Satake lands an elbow just above Riddle 's eye.
Satake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satake avoids it.
Satake tries a body shot but Riddle blocks it.
Riddle blocks an uppercut.
Riddle misses with a punch to the body.
Riddle can't find room to land a body shot as Satake controls the action.
Riddle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Satake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Math Riddle has been cut.
Satake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Satake blocks a body shot from Riddle.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Riddle.
A right hook to the body lands for Satake.
Satake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Satake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Satake lands a body shot in the clinch.
Riddle looks winded!
Riddle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riddle trying to stall but Satake improves his position.
Satake lands an elbow inside.
Riddle trying to control the position but instead, Satake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riddle into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Satake.
Satake pushes off an throws an elbow but Riddle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riddle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Satake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Riddle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satake lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riddle's brow.
Riddle prevents a body shot from Satake.
Satake scores with a hook to the body.
Riddle looking to slow down the pace here.
Satake tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Satake.
Nice elbow from Satake.
Riddle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Riddle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Satake just leaning against Riddle, taking a breather.
Satake struggles to land a body shot inside as Riddle controls his hands.
Riddle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satake avoids it.
Satake looking to slow down the pace here.
Satake just leaning against Riddle, taking a breather.
Come on Satake - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satake blocks a body shot from Riddle.
Riddle throws a punch but it's blocked by Satake.
Satake lands a body shot.
Nice elbow from Satake.
Satake lands an elbow that stopped Riddle in his tracks for a moment.
Riddle blocking some punches.
Riddle stalling in the clinch but Satake improves position.
Satake is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riddle is keeping busy.
Satake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Satake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Math Riddle's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Riddle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Satake momentarily.
Riddle tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Satake. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Satake.
Riddle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Satake connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Masa Satake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Riddle misses the target.
Riddle gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Satake lands an overhand right.
Satake misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Satake. Riddle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riddle takes a swing at Satake's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Riddle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Satake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Satake moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riddle taking a breather.
Satake pushes off an throws an elbow but Riddle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riddle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Riddle lands a body punch in the clinch.
Satake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riddle misses with the head strike.
Satake lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Satake creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Satake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riddle can do to turn this around?
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riddle's brow.
Riddle is trying to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Riddle.
Satake lands with a right to the head.
Riddle being controlled against the cage.
Satake lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riddle throws a head punch that misses.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Riddle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satake lands a nice shot to the body.
Riddle blocks a body shot from Satake.
Riddle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Riddle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Satake blocks it with crossed arms.
Satake controlling the action here for a moment.
Satake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riddle lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Satake backwards.
Nice body punch from Satake - that landed with a thud.
Satake lands a hook that snaps the head of Riddle backwards.
Satake lands a body shot in the clinch.
Riddle stalling.
Satake stalling the fight.
Masa Satake has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riddle's brow.
Satake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riddles head.
Satake creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riddle's defenses.
Riddle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Satake.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riddle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Satake lands a right hand.
Satake works on Riddle's body with a couple of short punches.
Riddle is breathing heavily.
Riddle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Satake cracks Riddle with a nice body shot.
Satake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Satake taking a breather.
Satake pushes Riddle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Satake lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riddle or not.
Riddle blocks an elbow strike.
Satake scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Satake presses Riddle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riddle's brow.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Riddle shrugs off.
Satake lands with a right to the head.
Satake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satake manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Satake lands a body punch in the clinch.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Riddle shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satake lands an elbow that stopped Riddle in his tracks for a moment.
Riddle throws a punch but it's blocked by Satake.
Satake is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Still in the clinch, Satake scores with a nice short uppercut.
Riddle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A hook to the body from Satake.
Satake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Satake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Satake lands a nice elbow.
Satake lands a nice shot to the body.
Satake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Satake dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Math Riddle's cut.
That's time! Satake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Satake lands a head shot.

Riddle has Satake up against the cage in a clinch.
Satake blocks an uppercut.
Satake throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riddle looking to slow down the pace here.
Riddle missing with knees to the body.
Satake trying to stall but Riddle improves his position.
Riddle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satake is stalling here.
A short right from Satake on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satake avoids it.
Riddle tries to throw a body punch but Satake avoids it by throwing Riddle back against the cage.
Riddle is trying to maintain a safe position but Satake gets an underhook and turns Riddle into the cage.
A hook to the body from Satake.
Riddle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Satake scores with a hook to the body.
Satake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Satake lands an elbow just above Riddle 's eye.
Satake stalling.
Satake lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riddle or not.
Satake lands with a left to the head.
Satake lands an elbow inside that Riddle shrugs off.
Satake tries a body shot but Riddle blocks it.
Satake lands a right hand.
Satake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Riddle is rocked!
Satake lands an elbow inside.
Riddle is still on wobbly legs! Can Satake finish him?
Riddle is pressed against the cage. Satake pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Riddle! Two more big strikes from Satake and Riddle crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Masa Satake!