PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sinjo Sakamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sakamaki comes to the cage accompanied by Kung fu fighting(original) . Sinjo Sakamaki has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sakamaki
vs
Williams

178 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sinjo Sakamaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Will Williams!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Sakamaki.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch.
Williams scores with a nice strike.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Sakamaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Sinjo Sakamaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Sakamaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakamaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakamaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sakamaki wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Nice takedown defense from Sakamaki. No joy for Williams on that attempt.
Sakamaki moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki wants to clinch.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakamaki is looking to clinch.

Sakamaki gets a clinch.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams wants to break free but Sakamaki has control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.

It looks like Will Williams has been cut.
Sakamaki has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sakamaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams looks gassed!
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Sakamaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Sakamaki has him pressed against the cage.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki stalling in the clinch.
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Will Williams's cut even more.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sakamaki scores with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a knee to the head.
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.
Sakamaki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakamaki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Sakamaki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Williams is trying to push Sakamaki away but Sakamaki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakamaki.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Sakamaki is controlling the position.
Sakamaki connects with a knee to the head.
Williams letting Sakamaki take a breather here.
Sakamaki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sakamaki with a knee to the head.

The cut above Will Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sakamaki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sakamaki lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Williams can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Sakamaki.
Sakamaki lands a damaging elbow.
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 Will Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams throws a right hand that Sakamaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakamaki also avoids with ease.
Sakamaki wants to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sakamaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Sakamaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sakamaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Sakamaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinjo Sakamaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Sakamaki moves to clinch but Williams breaks away
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sakamaki swivels and escapes.
Sakamaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Sakamaki backing up. Sakamaki nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Sakamaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sakamaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sakamaki tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.

Sakamaki moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Sakamaki lands an elbow inside.
Sakamaki landing knees to the head.
Sakamaki prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Sakamaki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Sakamaki lands a nice elbow.

Will Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Sakamaki keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Sakamaki.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Will Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sinjo Sakamaki!
After winning the bout, Sinjo Sakamaki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.