PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Egor Ruslanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinjo Sakamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinjo Sakamaki acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ruslanov
vs
Sakamaki

179 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Egor Ruslanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sinjo Sakamaki!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruslanov shoots and misses

and Sakamaki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sakamaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ruslanov is breathing heavily.
Sakamaki controlling the action here for a moment.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakamaki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sakamaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sakamaki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakamaki throws a head punch that misses.
Ruslanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki is stalling here.
Sakamaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruslanov's defenses.
Sakamaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruslanov's face.
Sakamaki stalling in the clinch.
Ruslanov takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruslanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruslanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
Sakamaki crunches a lovely knee into Ruslanov's ribcage.
Sakamaki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sakamaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruslanov's defenses.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Ruslanov in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.

It looks like Egor Ruslanov has been cut.
Sakamaki landing knees to the body.
Sakamaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sakamaki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sakamaki obliges.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruslanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the body.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sakamaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Sakamaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinjo Sakamaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Egor Ruslanov's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Sakamaki does no damage.
Sakamaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Sakamaki takes the fight into the clinch.
Ruslanov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruslanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sakamaki effectively controlling the action here.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Ruslanov 's eye.
Sakamaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruslanov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sakamaki landing knees to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sakamaki lands a nice elbow.
Sakamaki landing knees to the body.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Ruslanov 's eye.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sakamaki.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside that Ruslanov shrugs off.
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruslanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sakamaki.
Sakamaki tries to throw a body punch but Ruslanov avoids it by throwing Sakamaki back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki scores a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki slowing the pace effectively.
Sakamaki landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruslanov's defenses.
Sakamaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Ruslanov wants to break free but Sakamaki has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sakamaki.
Knees to the body from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki just leaning against Ruslanov, taking a breather.
Sakamaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ruslanov blocks a body shot from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside that Ruslanov shrugs off.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.
Ruslanov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Come on Sakamaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruslanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Sinjo Sakamaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Come on Sakamaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinjo Sakamaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Egor Ruslanov's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sakamaki pushes Ruslanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Sakamaki taking a breather.
Sakamaki continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Ruslanov in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sakamaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the body.
Sakamaki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sakamaki landing knees to the body.
Sakamaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruslanov's defenses.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruslanov takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruslanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruslanov's defenses.
Sakamaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruslanov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sakamaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Sakamaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sakamaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Sakamaki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sakamaki scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruslanov's face.
Sakamaki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sakamaki landing knees to the head.
Sakamaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ruslanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sakamaki.
Sakamaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sakamaki misses with a body punch.
Sakamaki crunches a lovely knee into Ruslanov's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.
Sakamaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.
Egor Ruslanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sakamaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ruslanov's face.
Sakamaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki has Ruslanov pressed against the cage.
Sakamaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ruslanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sinjo Sakamaki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sinjo Sakamaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sakamaki 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 24:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 24:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinjo Sakamaki!