PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ha Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Morimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee Morimoto will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Satan
vs
Morimoto

185 cm
23
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ha Satan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lee Morimoto!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morimoto scores with a shot to the body.

Morimoto clinches with his opponent.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Satan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Satan throws knees to the body.
Satan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Morimoto tries to break free but Satan pushes him back against the ropes.
Morimoto is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Satan is defending well.
Satan trying to land knees to the body.
Satan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimoto.
Satan trying to land knees to the body.

Morimoto jumps guard and drags Satan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Satan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Satan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morimoto is keeping the position for now.
Morimoto keeping moving, preventing Satan from controlling successfully.
Satan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimoto has his hands on Satan's head, controlling the position.
Morimoto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Satan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Morimoto wants to sweep here but Satan controlling him for the moment.
Satan trying to control the position from guard on top but Morimoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morimoto shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Satan sprawls well. Satan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Morimoto gets slowly back to his feet.
Ha Satan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Morimoto.
Morimoto misses with a leg kick
and Morimoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morimoto fails to land the takedown.
Morimoto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Satan gets tackled into the ropes by Morimoto. Morimoto maintains the clinch.
Satan working Morimoto over with knees to the body.
Morimoto looks winded!
Satan lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Lee Morimoto has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satan obliges.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Satan crunches a lovely knee into Morimoto's ribcage.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Satan lands an elbow just above Morimoto 's eye.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Satan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Satan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morimoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satan obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Morimoto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Satan throws knees to the body.
Satan missing with knees to the body.
Satan tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Satan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Satan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Satan.
Satan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Satan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morimoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Satan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Satan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satan tries to land a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks with his arms.
Satan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Satan misses with a knee strike.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Satan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morimoto wants to break free but Satan has control.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Morimoto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Morimoto is trying to push Satan away but Satan has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Satan missing with knees to the body.
Satan missing with knees to the body.
Satan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ha Satan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lee Morimoto's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Morimoto rushes Satan and presses him up against the ropes.
Morimoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Satan trying to land knees to the body.
Satan lands an elbow inside.
Morimoto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Satan lands a damaging elbow.
Satan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Morimoto tries to pull guard but Satan won't allow it.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Satan.
Ha Satan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Satan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Satan.
Morimoto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Satan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satan.
Morimoto is breathing heavily.
Satan trying to land knees to the body.
Satan misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto blocks an elbow strike.
Morimoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Satan has double underhooks.
Morimoto avoids the elbow strike from Satan, against the ropes.
Satan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Satan misses with a knee to the head.
Satan misses with a knee strike.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Satan throws knees to the body.
Satan lands a nice knee to the body.
Satan scores a nice knee to the body.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Satan throws knees to the body.
Morimoto fails to pull guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Satan walks away with a smile on his face. Morimoto gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ha Satan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Morimoto.
Morimoto dives in and grabs Satan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Satan pushes down on Morimoto's head and hops out.

Satan clinches up with Morimoto and pushes him back against the ropes.
Satan lands an elbow that stopped Morimoto in his tracks for a moment.
Satan lands an elbow just above Morimoto 's eye.
Satan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morimoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Satan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Satan crunches a lovely knee into Morimoto's ribcage.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Satan lands a good knee to the midsection. Morimoto won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan scores with a knee to the head.
Satan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Morimoto can do to turn this around?
Satan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Satan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Satan lands a nice knee to the body.
Satan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Satan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Satan looking to throw knees to the head but Morimoto is blocking nicely.
Morimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Satan won't allow it.
Satan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satan misses with a knee to the head.
Satan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Satan tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Morimoto ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Morimoto no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Satan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Morimoto is proving hard to escape from.
Satan trying to control the position from guard on top but Morimoto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morimoto wants to stand up but Satan is controlling him.
Satan throws an elbow that misses. Morimoto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Satan's guard. Nice move by Morimoto!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ha Satan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lee Morimoto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Satan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Satan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimoto.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Satan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimoto's brow.
Satan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Morimoto is trying to pull guard but Satan has him pressed against the ropes.
Morimoto wants to take the fight to the mat but Satan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Satan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ha Satan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lee Morimoto.
Satan lands an elbow inside that Morimoto shrugs off.
Satan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morimoto's face.
Satan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimoto.
Morimoto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Satan scores a nice knee to the body.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Satan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimoto avoiding damage as Satan throws knees to the body.
Satan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimoto avoids it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satan.
Satan lands a nice knee to the body.
Morimoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Satan lands an elbow inside that Morimoto shrugs off.
Satan missing with knees to the body.
Satan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Satan misses with an elbow strike.
Morimoto takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satan.
Satan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Satan tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Satan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satan connects with a knee to the head.
Satan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morimoto blocks it with crossed arms.
Satan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morimoto jumps guard but Satan turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Satan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Satan tries a knee to the head but Morimoto blocks it.
Satan lands an elbow inside that Morimoto shrugs off.
Morimoto dodges an elbow strike from Satan.
Satan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satan working Morimoto over with knees to the body.
Satan throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satan obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimoto.
Morimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Satan.
Satan misses with a knee to the head.
Satan with a knee to the head.
Satan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morimoto drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Satan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morimoto is working for takedown but Satan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Morimoto is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Satan lands an elbow that stopped Morimoto in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimoto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morimoto's face.
Satan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morimoto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Satan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimoto.
Satan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Morimoto tries for a takedown. No joy.
Satan misses with a knee to the head.
Morimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Satan keeps control of Morimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morimoto jumps guard but Satan turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Ha Satan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Satan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimoto is defending well for now.
Lee Morimoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Satan stops a takedown attempt from Morimoto.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ha Satan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Satan, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ha Satan!
Ha Satan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.