PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulie Di Maio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroshi Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Di Maio
vs
Sato

192 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

184 cm
27
197 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paulie Di Maio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hiroshi Sato!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato lands with a good body shot.
Di Maio swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Sato clinches with his opponent.
Sato is pushing Di Maio up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Di Maio blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sato.
Di Maio struggles to land a body shot inside as Sato controls his hands.
Di Maio swings wildly with an uppercut but Sato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato blocking some punches.
Di Maio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sato backwards.
Di Maio throws a punch but it's blocked by Sato.
Di Maio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Di Maio backwards.
Sato gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Paulie Di Maio has been cut.
Sato lands a nice uppercut.
Sato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Di Maio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Di Maio fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Di Maio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sato backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Maio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Di Maio.
Sato has a couple of punches blocked by Di Maio.
Di Maio blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Di Maio lands a nice uppercut.
Di Maio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sato throws a head punch that misses.
Sato taking a breather.
Di Maio lands a body punch.
Di Maio lands with a left to the head.
Di Maio can't find room to land a body shot as Sato controls the action.
Sato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Di Maio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sato working aggressively here.
Di Maio managing to block the knees to the body from Sato.
Sato prevents a body shot from Di Maio.
Sato scores with a shoulder strike.
Sato blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Di Maio.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sato.
A short left from Sato.
A head punch on the inside from Sato fails to land.
Sato stalling in the clinch.
Di Maio misses with a punch on the inside.
Di Maio misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Maio throws a head punch that misses.
Di Maio works on Sato's body with a couple of short punches.

Di Maio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sato moves out of range as Di Maio strikes.
Di Maio ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Di Maio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Hiroshi Sato has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Di Maio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sato momentarily.
Sato wants to clinch.
Di Maio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Di Maio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Di Maio defending well as Sato loads up on a big left hand.
Di Maio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sato throws out the jab.
A left lands for Di Maio.
Sato defending well as Di Maio loads up on a big left hand.
Sato jabs Di Maio right on the nose. Di Maio blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Di Maio.
Sato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di Maio was well out of range. Poor timing from Sato.
Di Maio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sato.
Di Maio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Di Maio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Maio moves out of range of the strikes.
Di Maio wants to clinch
and Sato makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Di Maio throws a hook to the side of Sato's head but Sato sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Di Maio lands a jab-cross combination.
Di Maio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sato throws a lazy right hand but Di Maio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sato lands with a hook. Di Maio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Di Maio wants to land a leg kick but Sato is out of range.
Di Maio works over Sato's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato scores with a jab to the body.
Di Maio is breathing heavily.
Di Maio misses with a straight left.
Di Maio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Di Maio avoids the body shot from Sato.
Di Maio misses with a series of wild punches.
Sato lands a jab to Di Maio's midsection.
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!
Sato swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sato punishes Di Maio's body with a nice straight punch.
Sato misses with an uppercut. Di Maio saw that one coming.
A combination from Sato does no damage.
An inside leg kick from Di Maio misses.
Sato scores with a hook to the body. Di Maio takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sato fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Di Maio misses with a leg kick
and Sato counters with a straight right hand.
Sato is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hiroshi Sato will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Di Maio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Di Maio is rocked!
Di Maio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oh Di Maio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Di Maio drops his hands momentarily. Sato doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Di Maio staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Di Maio doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hiroshi Sato!