PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ailani Sativa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Pate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sativa comes to the cage accompanied by Cypress Hill : Dr. Greenthumb. Jake Pate has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sativa
vs
Pate

210 cm
25
275 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

192 cm
24
273 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ailani Sativa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Jake Pate!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sativa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sativa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Jake Pate has been cut.
An inside leg kick from Pate misses.
Pate throws a chopping leg kick but Sativa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sativa blocks a low kick nicely.
Pate misses with a low kick.
Pate looks to throw the jab but Sativa is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Pate misses.
Pate swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pate throws a hook but Sativa blocks it.
Pate bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sativa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate connects with a looping right hand.

Pate looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Pate is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pate throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate wants to pass the guard but Sativa is defending well.
Sativa wants to get back to full guard.
Pate lands with a punch from half guard.
Sativa is trying to get back to full guard.
Pate working over Sativa with some ground and pound. Sativa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sativa trying to control but Pate postures up.
Sativa tries to roll over but Pate keeps him under control.
Pate throwing shots but Sativa is blocking nicely.
Sativa is looking to control Pate's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sativa avoid being mounted?
Sativa slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Pate avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate stands up over Sativa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Pate won't allow Sativa to sweep him here.
Sativa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pate forces his way into half guard.
Pate wants to pass to mount but Sativa is defending the position.
Pate throwing shots but Sativa is blocking nicely.
Pate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sativa defending well though.
Pate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sativa trying to control here.
Sativa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate winds up and cracks Sativa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Pate is trying to work for a kimura but Sativa is defending well.

Pate is trying to work for a kimura but Sativa is defending well.
Sativa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Pate seems to be looking for submissions.
Pate scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sativa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sativa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sativa wants to get back to full guard.
Pate winds up and cracks Sativa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pate looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sativa trying to control but Pate postures up.
Pate uses his free foot to push down on Sativa's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sativa.
Sativa is in all sorts of trouble here.

Pate is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sativa has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Sativa keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pate working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Pate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Pate's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sativa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pate tried to score with a low kick but Sativa checks it.
Sativa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pate.
No luck for Pate with that takedown attempt.
Pate misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pate keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sativa blocks a jab.
Pate is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pate throws a low kick, looking for Sativa's leg but Sativa calmly moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pate has his takedown stuffed
and Sativa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pate misses with a straight right.
Pate connects with a single shot there.
Pate misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate looks to throw the jab but Sativa is out of range.
Pate throws a leg kick but Sativa checks it.
Sativa lands a with a good body shot.
Sativa throws the left hand but Pate avoids the punch easily.
Pate misses with a straight left.
Pate throws a hook but Sativa blocks it.
A low kick from Pate misses
and Sativa counters with a straight right hand.
Sativa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pate.
Pate throws a big shot that misses.
Sativa stuffs the takedown.
Ailani Sativa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Pate.
Sativa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sativa swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Pate changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sativa looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Pate tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pate has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pate is breathing heavily.
Sativa tries to bench press Pate off him but Pate keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sativa stops Pate from passing to mount.
Pate lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sativa can't do much from the bottom here.
Pate advances to mount.
Sativa is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sativa is working hard here to advance position.
Pate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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!
Sativa is desperately trying to improve his position but Pate has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate working the ground and pound effectively.

It looks like Ailani Sativa has been cut.
Sativa gets back to half guard.
Sativa is looking to improve his position.
Pate slips a nice elbow through Sativa's hands, connecting with Sativa's forehead.
Pate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pate tries to pass to full mount but Sativa defends it.

Pate is working for a kimura but Sativa is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sativa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Sativa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pate defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate with a nice head shot there.
Sativa wants to sweep here but Pate controlling him for the moment.
Pate scoring with some ground and pound.
Pate works over Sativa with some ground and pound from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sativa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pate postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sativa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sativa 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.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pate's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Pate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pate bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sativa tries to buck Pate off but Pate is having none of it.
Pate lands a decent elbow from side control.
Pate scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sativa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pate advances to full mount.
Pate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sativa looks a forlorn figure.
Sativa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sativa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jake Pate has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pate prevents Sativa from getting the reversal.
Sativa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pate landing strikes from the mount.

Ailani Sativa's cut is getting worse.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate lands a heavy elbow.
Pate landing punches.
Pate lands a big shot there that rocks Sativa but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sativa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Pate.
Pate landing shots from mount.
Pate lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pate with good strikes from the mount here!
Pate with a couple of short strikes.
Pate prevents Sativa from getting the reversal.
Sativa wants to control but Pate is having none of it.
Sativa working to try and regain half guard.

Pate is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sativa is surviving well by controlling Pate's body position as best he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pate has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pate prevents Sativa from getting the reversal.
Pate connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sativa is working to get back to half guard.
Pate scoring with strikes but Sativa is staying in there.
Pate landing punches.
Sativa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pate with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Pate.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sativa is desperately trying to improve his position but Pate has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate dominating with strikes here.
Sativa tries to reverse the position but Pate maintains control.
Pate lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sativa hang on?
Sativa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sativa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pate unloading with bombs!
Pate punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pate lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sativa hang on?
Sativa is desperately trying to improve his position but Pate has a good base and remains in mount.
Pate blocks Sativa's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Sativa is desperately trying to improve his position but Pate has a good base and remains in mount.

Pate is working for a guillotine from mount but Sativa frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sativa?
Sativa is desperately trying to improve his position but Pate has a good base and remains in mount.

Pate looking to secure an arm triangle but Sativa defends it well.
Ailani Sativa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sativa tries to hold on but Pate postures up.
Pate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pate landing strikes from the mount.
Pate with shots to the head and body - Sativa looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pate with a couple of short strikes.
Sativa regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Pate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pate winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Pate!