PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Sakiyuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kasandini El Mavs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Norbert Sakiyuki has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Sakiyuki
vs
El Mavs

181 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

199 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Norbert Sakiyuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kasandini El Mavs!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakiyuki misses with a takedown

and El Mavs moves into the clinch.
Sakiyuki tries to pull guard but El Mavs holds him up against the cage and eventually Sakiyuki drops back down to his feet.

El Mavs manages to break the clinch.
Sakiyuki misses with a takedown

and El Mavs counters with a shoot takedown. Sakiyuki fights it but they end up in guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Norbert Sakiyuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

El Mavs gets to his feet - Sakiyuki follows without any prompting.

El Mavs gets a takedown into half guard.
Sakiyuki wants to control but El Mavs is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sakiyuki blocking the ground and pound attempt from El Mavs.
El Mavs perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakiyuki flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
El Mavs scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sakiyuki wants to get back to full guard.
El Mavs throwing shots but Sakiyuki is blocking nicely.
Sakiyuki wants to control the action here but instead El Mavs manages to pass to full mount!
Sakiyuki is breathing heavily.

El Mavs looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
El Mavs is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sakiyuki can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sakiyuki is in all sorts of trouble here.
El Mavs punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Mavs lands a big shot there that rocks Sakiyuki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
El Mavs scores with a couple of good head shots there.
El Mavs is looking to work his way around to Sakiyuki's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
El Mavs lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
El Mavs with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Mavs content just to control the position here.

El Mavs stands up from mount. Strange move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

El Mavs shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sakiyuki's guard.

Sakiyuki is working an open guard so El Mavs takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
El Mavs works over Sakiyuki's head and body with a nice combination.
El Mavs displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

El Mavs feints and as Sakiyuki raises his hands in defense, El Mavs changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
El Mavs controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

El Mavs stands and steps away. Sakiyuki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

El Mavs shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sakiyuki napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sakiyuki looks frustrated here - throwing a couple of shots from the bottom though.
Sakiyuki manages to work his way to half guard, despite El Mavs's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sakiyuki looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from El Mavs there.
El Mavs has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
El Mavs with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Sakiyuki pushes El Mavs off looking to stand but El Mavs dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakiyuki wants to control but El Mavs is keeping busy and won't allow it.
El Mavs controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasandini El Mavs 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.

El Mavs drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
El Mavs preventing the sweep.
El Mavs slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Kasandini El Mavs has got the better of the ground game so far.

El Mavs gets to his feet. Sakiyuki looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

El Mavs fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sakiyuki to the ground. El Mavs is now in Sakiyuki's guard.
El Mavs stays in close to Sakiyuki's body and controls the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Mavs's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

El Mavs gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

El Mavs has managed to clinch.

El Mavs drags the fight down to the ground.
Sakiyuki's corner is telling him to maintain position.
El Mavs keeping moving, preventing Sakiyuki from controlling successfully.
Sakiyuki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
El Mavs pulls Sakiyuki in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

El Mavs is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

El Mavs manages to break the clinch.
Sakiyuki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and El Mavs counters with a takedown into side control.
El Mavs slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Mavs working away.
Sakiyuki is trying to get back to half guard.
El Mavs happy to just control the position for now.
Sakiyuki is looking to reverse the position.
The referee asks El Mavs politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. El Mavs prefers to stall for the moment though.
Sakiyuki is trying to work for a sweep but El Mavs has mounted him!

That's four 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.
Sakiyuki is trying to reverse the position but instead El Mavs has taken his back - oops!
El Mavs is not going to allow Sakiyuki to sit and survive in this position.
El Mavs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
El Mavs lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Sakiyuki hold on?!
You can see the frustration on Sakiyuki's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Sakiyuki is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by El Mavs.

El Mavs is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sakiyuki has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kasandini El Mavs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

El Mavs drives through and clinches with Sakiyuki against the cage.
Sakiyuki has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. El Mavs is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

El Mavs breaks the clinch.

El Mavs feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
El Mavs is stalling in the full guard.

Sakiyuki is looking for a triangle but El Mavs pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sakiyuki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Mavs working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
El Mavs slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Sakiyuki's face as El Mavs controls the position.
Let's hope that El Mavs has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

El Mavs is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sakiyuki has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakiyuki tries to improve position but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
El Mavs working the ground and pound from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Mavs working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sakiyuki struggling a bit here.
El Mavs gets to mount! Sakiyuki was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
El Mavs tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sakiyuki tries to hold on but El Mavs pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

El Mavs is working for a guillotine from mount but Sakiyuki frees his head quite easily.
Sakiyuki is bucking up trying to escape but El Mavs cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

El Mavs jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Sakiyuki manages to avoid the submission attempt.
El Mavs is staying tight to Sakiyuki's torso, preventing him from escaping.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kasandini El Mavs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well El Mavs 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 25:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 25:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kasandini El Mavs!