PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demarcus Bate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Satan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Satan has chosen Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bate
vs
Satan

178 cm
30
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
38
168 lbs
32 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Demarcus Bate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damien Satan!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satan blocks the body kick.
Bate throws a body punch but Satan moves out of range.
Bate staying out of range there.
Satan goes for a double leg but Bate avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bate continues to drive forward.
Bate blocks a body shot from Satan.
Satan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Satan fails to land.
Satan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Satan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bate throws a punch but it's blocked by Satan.

Satan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Satan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Satan wants to pass the guard but Bate is defending well.

Bate looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bate wants to get back to full guard.

Satan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bate has managed to free his arm - good work.
Satan stalling.

Bate actively working from the bottom here.

Satan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bate has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bate trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Satan manages to pass to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate wants to control but Satan is having none of it.
Bate is desperately trying to improve his position but Satan has a good base and remains in mount.
Satan cracks Bate with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Satan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Satan dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Satan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bate wants to hold on but Satan pushes him away.
Bate is desperately trying to improve his position but Satan has a good base and remains in mount.
Satan raining down hammerfists from mount.

Bate is rocked!
Bate tries to hold on but Satan pushes him away.
Oh Bate is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Satan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Satan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bate's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satan looking to control but Bate is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bate seems to have got his legs back now.
Bate tries to lock up and control but Satan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bate is looking to get to half guard.
Satan tries to control but Bate wriggling away.
Satan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bate is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Satan looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan trying to control but Bate is having none of it.
Bate wants to hold on but Satan pushes him away.
Satan wants to control the pace but Bate is squirming around nicely.
Bate wants to control but Satan is having none of it.
Bate is squirming around, avoiding Satan's attempts to control the action.
Bate sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bate is looking to improve his position.

Bate looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damien Satan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bate wants to clinch up but Satan keeps it at a distance.
Bate scores with the left hand. Satan knows he should have avoided that one.
Satan just misses with a punch to the body.
Bate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bate is looking to score with low kicks.
Bate checks the leg kick.
Bate uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Satan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bate.
Satan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Satan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satan throws a body shot but no joy.
Bate checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Satan dives in for a single leg takedown but Bate sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Satan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bate.
Satan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Satan dodges an elbow strike from Bate.
Bate throws an elbow but it misses.
Bate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satan's elbow.
Satan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satan backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bate takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Demarcus Bate has been cut.
Bate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bate works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Satan is looking to control Bate's arms but Bate gets an underhook and turns him. Now Satan has his back to the cage.
A hook to the body from Bate.
Bate lands an elbow that stopped Satan in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Damien Satan has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Satan misses with some punches.
Satan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bate misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Bate on the inside.
Bate blocks a body shot from Satan.
Bate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Satan stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bate - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Satan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Satan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bate avoids it really well and circles away.
Demarcus Bate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damien Satan.
Satan thows a leg kick but Bate checks it
and Bate counters with a solid body kick.
Bate throws a jab but it's blocked by Satan.
Satan throws a jab when Bate was well out of range.
Satan checks a leg kick.
Bate scores with a nice head shot.
Satan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bate.
Bate connects with an inside leg kick.
Bate scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A low kick from Bate misses
and Satan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Satan throws a leg kick but Bate checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bate misses with a looping left.
Satan looks to throw the jab but Bate is out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Bate as he connects with a hook.
Satan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bate connects with a body shot.
Satan takes a swing at Bate's ribcage but misses.
Satan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Satan wants it to stay on the feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satan misses with a straight left.
Satan misses with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satan connects with a leg kick. Bate looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Satan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demarcus Bate dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

No luck for Satan with that takedown attempt.
Bate jabs Satan right on the nose. Satan blinks but takes it well.

Satan tries to sprawl but Bate drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bate wants to lay and pray for a moment but Satan keeps working.
Bate is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Satan tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bate has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bate is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Satan to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Satan shrugs it off.
Bate has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Satan's face.
Bate is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Satan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bate putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Satan is looking to improve his position but Bate isn't that keen on the idea.
Satan keeps trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satan is still trying to improve position.
Bate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
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!
Bate putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Satan is rocked!
Bate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Satan is still in real trouble! Can Bate finish him?
Satan wants to control but Bate is having none of it.
Satan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Bate working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Satan wants to improve his position but Bate is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bate throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Satan seems to have recovered his senses.

Satan looking for submissions off his back.
Bate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bate sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Satan defending well though.
Bate lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bate seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Satan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satan wants to improve his position but Bate is controlling well.

Bate is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Satan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bate.
Satan trying to hold on to Bate's head to control him but Bate postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bate not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demarcus Bate showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bate has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demarcus Bate!
Demarcus Bate decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.