PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ville Galle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihiro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akihiro Sato will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Galle
vs
Sato

183 cm
21
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
168 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ville Galle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihiro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Galle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Galle shoots in for a double leg but Sato sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Galle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sato but Sato pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Sato clinches with his opponent.
Sato looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sato just misses with a elbow thrown towards Galle's brow.

Galle successfully pulls guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Galle has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sato wants to stand and escape but instead Galle has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Galle stays in close to Sato's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galle throws a big elbow that misses.
Sato keeping full guard, as Galle tries to pass.
Galle throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sato works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Galle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Galle stays in close to Sato's body and controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ville Galle.
Galle is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sato sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ville Galle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Galle.
Galle fails to land the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Sato as Galle shoots in.

Sato clinches up with Galle and pushes him back against the cage.
Galle looking for a takedown.
Galle tries to pull guard but Sato holds him up against the cage and eventually Galle drops back down to his feet.
Galle is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sato is defending well.
Sato lands an elbow that stopped Galle in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Ville Galle has been cut.
Galle blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Galle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Sato comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sato misses with an elbow strike.
Sato lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sato throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sato throws an elbow but it misses.

Galle pulls Sato into guard.
Sato throws a big right hand that misses.

Galle manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Galle shoots in for a double leg but Sato sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Galle shoots in looking for a takedown but Sato manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Galle's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sato tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Galle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sato really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Galle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Galle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Galle passes Sato's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Galle uses his free foot to push down on Sato's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sato.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Galle scoring with strikes but Sato is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Galle wants to finish this one by submission but Sato is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Galle.

Galle quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Galle but it's paid off an Sato is forced to tap! Nice work by Galle.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ville Galle!