PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Kajiwara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanamichi Sakuragi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satoshi Kajiwara has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kajiwara
vs
Sakuragi

183 cm
26
184 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

190 cm
31
194 lbs
10 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoshi Kajiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hanamichi Sakuragi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kajiwara misses with a body shot.
Sakuragi jabs Kajiwara right on the nose. Kajiwara blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Satoshi Kajiwara has been cut.
Kajiwara looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sakuragi is fending him off so far but Kajiwara persists. Nope, Sakuragi circles away and we're back to standing.
Kajiwara tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sakuragi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sakuragi keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Kajiwara.
Satoshi Kajiwara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sakuragi shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kajiwara wants to hold on but Sakuragi pushes him away.
Kajiwara can't escape the position.
Sakuragi lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakuragi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kajiwara?
Kajiwara in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sakuragi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kajiwara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sakuragi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Satoshi Kajiwara's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sakuragi raining down hammerfists from mount.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hanamichi Sakuragi!