PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anti Satosari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Van Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satosari comes to the cage accompanied by Primo Victoria. This should be a great matchup!

Satosari
vs
Van Winkle

188 cm
36
197 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

189 cm
30
197 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anti Satosari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Van Winkle!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Winkle connects with a crisp jab.
Satosari tries a head kick but it misses.
Satosari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Winkle moves out of range as Satosari strikes.
Satosari tries to clinch up.
Satosari stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Van Winkle.
Van Winkle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Satosari is fending him off so far but Van Winkle persists. Nope, Satosari circles away and we're back to standing.
An inside leg kick lands from Satosari.
Van Winkle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Satosari wants to clinch up but Van Winkle keeps it at a distance.
Satosari tries to clinch up but Van Winkle circles away and keeps his distance.
Van Winkle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anti Satosari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Satosari lands a front kick.
We've been told by Satosari's head coaches at Pahuyuth Muay Thai 9 elite and 3 sensation coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Satosari wants to clinch.
Van Winkle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Winkle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Satosari's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Winkle blocks a head kick by Satosari.
Van Winkle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Van Winkle does it's job there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Winkle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses
and Van Winkle counters with a leg kick.
Van Winkle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Satosari.

Satosari clinches.
Van Winkle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satosari's elbow.
Satosari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Van Winkle blocks an elbow strike from Satosari.
With the fighters up against the cage, Satosari throws an elbow but misses.
Satosari misses with an elbow strike.
Van Winkle blocks the elbow strike.
Satosari lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Van Winkle blocks the elbow strike.
Van Winkle dodges an elbow strike from Satosari.
Van Winkle is trying to break free.
Satosari tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Winkle avoids the damage to the body.
Satosari scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle blocks an elbow strike from Satosari.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Satosari.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satosari throws an elbow that misses.
Satosari throws an elbow that misses.
Satosari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Van Winkle tries to throw a body punch but Satosari avoids it by throwing Van Winkle back against the cage.
Van Winkle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Van Winkle dodges an elbow strike from Satosari.
Satosari lands a shoulder strike.

Van Winkle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Satosari takes one to the side of the head.
Satosari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Winkle moves away.
Satosari motions for Van Winkle to come forward. Satosari throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Satosari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Satosari is looking to clinch.

Van Winkle closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Satosari to the mat! Satosari manages to get full guard.
Van Winkle trying to control but Satosari is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Robert Van Winkle wasn't active enough on the ground.
Satosari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Satosari throws a low kick but Van Winkle moves out of range easily.
Satosari is looking to clinch.
Van Winkle throws the left hand but Satosari avoids the punch easily.
Satosari misses with a leg kick
and Van Winkle counters with a nice leg kick.
Satosari fails with an attempt to clinch.
Van Winkle scores with a kick to the body.
Satosari is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satosari takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Van Winkle connects with the punch.
Satosari checks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Satosari lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Van Winkle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Winkle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Satosari has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Satosari there as he acknowledges the shot.
Anti Satosari is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Satosari takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Van Winkle misses the shot to the body.
Satosari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Winkle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Satosari. That did some damage!
Van Winkle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Satosari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Satosari lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Winkle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Satosari misses with a lunging right hand
letting Van Winkle counter with a right hand.
Van Winkle swats away the attempt to clinch by Satosari.
Van Winkle misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Robert Van Winkle will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Satosari tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Winkle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Satosari misses
and Satosari takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Robert Van Winkle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Satosari blocks a jab.
Satosari throws a head kick but Van Winkle moves out of range.
Satosari shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Winkle slips a jab and a cross from Satosari.
Satosari moves forwards but Van Winkle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Van Winkle misses with a looping right.
Satosari buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Satosari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Satosari lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Robert Van Winkle has been cut.
Van Winkle lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Satosari - just one landing.
Van Winkle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Satosari.
Satosari throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Satosari just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Winkle looks to land a combination but Satosari avoids it well.
Satosari looks to land a left hand but Van Winkle moved out of range nicely.
Van Winkle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Van Winkle does it's job there.
Van Winkle takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Winkle thuds his right hand into Satosari's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Satosari. Those never looked like landing.
Satosari throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Van Winkle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Van Winkle lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Winkle with a nice cross.
Van Winkle lunges at Satosari with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Satosari's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses.
Van Winkle misses with a body kick.
Van Winkle throws a leg kick which misses Satosari's front leg but catches the back leg as Satosari tries to avoid it.
Satosari throws a shot from downtown. Van Winkle moves away and avoids it.
Satosari moves out of range of the body kick from Van Winkle.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses
and Van Winkle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Satosari lands a head kick!
Satosari wants to clinch
and Van Winkle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Satosari connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satosari pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Satosari throws a solid leg kick but Van Winkle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Satosari.
Van Winkle lands with a hook. Satosari tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Satosari tries a head kick but it misses.
Van Winkle fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Van Winkle throws out a powerful jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Winkle.
Van Winkle staying out of range there.
Satosari tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Winkle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A good leg kick by Van Winkle.

Van Winkle shoots in and bounces Satosari off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Satosari can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Van Winkle controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satosari is trying to keep Van Winkle in close.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Van Winkle avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Satosari wants to clinch.
Satosari walks into a straight right hand from Van Winkle.
Satosari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Winkle moves out of range as Satosari throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satosari misses with a head kick.
Satosari is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Van Winkle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Satosari doesn't manage to clinch there - Van Winkle circles away.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses.
Van Winkle feints and then cracks Satosari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Satosari down.
Van Winkle misses with a body kick.
Satosari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Satosari staying out of range there.
No joy there for Satosari, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Van Winkle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Satosari on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Satosari sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Satosari wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good exchange - Van Winkle coming out on top.
Van Winkle lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Van Winkle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Van Winkle's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Van Winkle scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Satosari is rocked!
Satosari needs to keep his hands up - Van Winkle had a free shot at his head there.
Oh Satosari is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Satosari misses with a head kick.

Van Winkle is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Satosari's half guard.
Van Winkle lands strikes from half guard.
Van Winkle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Van Winkle in particular looking to stall.
Satosari seems to have got his legs back now.
Van Winkle wants to take a breather but Satosari is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satosari tries to get to full guard but Van Winkle has control of the leg.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Robert Van Winkle.
Van Winkle feints and then cracks Satosari's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Satosari down.
Van Winkle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Satosari's calf.
Satosari throws a hook to the side of Van Winkle's head but Van Winkle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Satosari is looking to clinch.
Satosari takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Satosari looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Van Winkle has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Satosari.
Satosari throws a head kick that misses.
Satosari misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jab from Van Winkle.
Satosari tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Van Winkle jabs at Satosari's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van Winkle shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Satosari's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satosari keeping full guard, as Van Winkle tries to pass.
Van Winkle slips nicely into half guard.
Van Winkle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Satosari defending well though.
Van Winkle working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Satosari's thigh. Satosari counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Anti Satosari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satosari looking to control but Van Winkle passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Winkle prevents Satosari from improving his position.
Satosari is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Van Winkle is stalling here. Satosari is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Van Winkle seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Satosari has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Van Winkle is looking to reverse the position.
Van Winkle struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Winkle tries to improve position but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Van Winkle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Van Winkle winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Van Winkle!
Robert Van Winkle took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best 160 SALE $140 for their support in the buildup to the fight.