PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mabishiro Sakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Flowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakamoto has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sakamoto
vs
Flowers

175 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 15 - 0

175 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mabishiro Sakamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Flowers!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flowers throws a series of punches but Sakamoto avoids them all with ease.
Flowers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kyle Flowers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakamoto dodges the punch combination from Flowers.
Flowers fails to land with a series of punches.
Flowers throws a series of punches but Sakamoto avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Sakamoto does no damage.
Sakamoto is breathing heavily.

Flowers pushes Sakamoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Flowers wants to get back to striking at distance but Sakamoto won't allow it.
Flowers wants to get back to striking at distance but Sakamoto won't allow it.
Flowers wants to break the clinch but can't.

Flowers gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Flowers controlling the pace.
Sakamoto trying to control but Flowers postures up.
Sakamoto tries to get to full guard but Flowers has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Flowers takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Flowers tries to stand and escape but Sakamoto is controlling the position.
Flowers controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sakamoto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Flowers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Flowers is looking to advance position but Sakamoto won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Flowers wants to stand up but Sakamoto is controlling the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Flowers tries to stand and escape but Sakamoto is controlling the position.
Sakamoto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It looks like Flowers is going to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Flowers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Flowers throws a right hand that Sakamoto ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakamoto also avoids with ease.
Flowers misses with a double jab.
Flowers tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sakamoto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Flowers somewhat.
Flowers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Flowers misses with a takedown attempt - Sakamoto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Flowers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Flowers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sakamoto.
Flowers misses with the combination.
Flowers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Flowers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flowers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakamoto circles away quickly and effectively.
Sakamoto shoots in for a takedown but Flowers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Flowers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakamoto makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Some wild striking there from Flowers.
Flowers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sakamoto circles away quickly and effectively.
Flowers throws a left and a right that both miss

and Sakamoto moves into the clinch.
Sakamoto jumps guard but Flowers stands there with Sakamoto around his waist. Sakamoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mabishiro Sakamoto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Flowers wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Flowers is trying to break the clinch but Sakamoto is controlling him.
Flowers wants to break free but Sakamoto has control.
Flowers gets underhooks to prevent Sakamoto's takedown attempt.
Sakamoto keeps control of Flowers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sakamoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two 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.
Flowers tries to break free but Sakamoto pushes him back against the cage.
Sakamoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flowers walks away with a smile on his face. Sakamoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Flowers fails to land with a series of punches.
Flowers throws a right and a left that Sakamoto avoids nicely.
Sakamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flowers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flowers throws a series of strikes that have Sakamoto backpedaling.
Sakamoto misses with a kick to the body.
Flowers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sakamoto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Flowers is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sakamoto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sakamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flowers misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Sakamoto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto slips a jab and a cross from Flowers.
Sakamoto pivots, looking for a leg kick but Flowers is out of range and Sakamoto settles back down.
Flowers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sakamoto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Flowers but Flowers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sakamoto avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flowers misses with a two punch combination.
Nice takedown defense from Sakamoto. No joy for Flowers on that attempt.
Sakamoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Flowers.
Flowers throws a nice looking combination but Sakamoto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A punch combination from Flowers misses.
Flowers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Flowers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mabishiro Sakamoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sakamoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flowers.
Flowers slips a jab from Sakamoto.
Flowers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakamoto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakamoto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Flowers throws a one two combo.
Flowers misses with a looping left.
Flowers misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Flowers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flowers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Flowers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakamoto throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Flowers's waist but Flowers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sakamoto off to one side.
Flowers misses with a wild combination.
Sakamoto takes one to the chin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Flowers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sakamoto takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Flowers throws a right hand that Sakamoto ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakamoto also avoids with ease.
Flowers misses with a few strikes there.

Sakamoto scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sakamoto has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Flowers!
Sakamoto tries to control but Flowers wriggling away.
Flowers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sakamoto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by Sakamoto there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flowers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sakamoto is looking to work his way around to Flowers's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Flowers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Flowers wants to hold on but Sakamoto pushes him away.
Sakamoto looking to control but Flowers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sakamoto is really struggling to control Flowers but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamoto throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Sakamoto looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Flowers prevents Sakamoto from taking his back.
Flowers is working to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mabishiro Sakamoto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Flowers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Flowers!