PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Sailo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Sailo
vs
Hagen

186 cm
28
197 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Sailo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Hagen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hagen looks to land a left hand but Sailo moved out of range nicely.
Sailo shoots in but Hagen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hagen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sailo.
Hagen throws a body kick that misses.

Sailo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hagen, pushing him back against the cage.
Hagen tries to break free but Sailo pushes him back against the cage.
Hagen looking to slow down the pace here.
Sailo is trying to drag Hagen to the mat but Hagen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Sailo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sailo has Hagen pressed against the cage, preventing Hagen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hagen tries to pull guard but Sailo won't allow it.
Sailo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hagen changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sailo fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen keeps the fight on the outside.
Sailo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sailo fails with the takedown

and Hagen counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sailo won't be happy with that.

Hagen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hagen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Hagen avoids the strikes from the bottom by Sailo.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hagen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Hagen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

Hagen is trying to get an arm triangle but Sailo is defending well.
Sailo is trying to control Hagen's posture but Hagen avoids it.
Sailo is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hagen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sailo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Check out the look on Hagen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Hagen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hagen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sailo can't do much from the bottom here.
Hagen is putting a hurting on Sailo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hagen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hagen happy to just control the position for now.
Hagen working the ground and pound from side control.
Hagen takes a little break here. Sailo wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Hagen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Check out the look on Hagen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hagen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sailo to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Hagen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Hagen misses the target.
Sailo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sailo is looking to clinch but Hagen is avoiding it.
Hagen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sailo.
Hagen stuffs the takedown.

Hagen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Hagen is looking for a kimura but Sailo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hagen to get the leverage.
Hagen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hagen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hagen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hagen with a couple of short strikes.

Sailo is rocked!
Tom Hagen has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen lands a big elbow - Sailo is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Sailo is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tom Hagen!
A relieved looking Tom Hagen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.