PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Kint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsuro Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Kint
vs
Sato

189 cm
34
195 lbs
31 - 14 - 1

187 cm
35
196 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roger Kint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Katsuro Sato!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sato drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kint has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ballas Only in the buildup to the fight.

Kint closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Sato breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kint with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sato to score with a decent uppercut.

Kint closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kint lands in his opponent's guard.
Sato lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sato preventing the sweep.
Sato cracks Kint with a solid left hand.
Sato looking to sit in guard and control but Kint gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sato is looking for a triangle but Kint pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kint looking to pass the guard.
Kint trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Kint stopping the sweep attempt from Sato.
Kint looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sato controls Kint momentarily but Kint frees himself.
Sato tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kint is looking to pass into half guard but Sato pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Sato is in guard.
Sato wants to control from the top but Kint keeps moving.
Sato wants to pass the guard but Kint is keeping the position.
Sato is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sato lands a couple of elbows.
Sato trying to control but Kint is working from the bottom.
Sato loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kint looking for a sweep. Not yet Kint, not yet.
Kint keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
Kint pulls Sato in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kint looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kint is working hard here to advance position.

Kint looking for a guillotine here but Sato defends easily.
Kint bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sato's guard.
Sato is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sato is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sato is keen to just control but Kint is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato working over Kint with some ground and pound. Kint looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kint gets back to full guard.
Kint keeping moving, preventing Sato from controlling successfully.
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!
Sato distracts Kint with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sato trying to control but Kint is working from the bottom.
Sato throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sato throwing strikes from guard but Kint blocks nicely.
Kint looking for a sweep. Not yet Kint, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Katsuro Sato dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kint looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
A left lands for Kint.
Kint throws a body shot but no joy.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
Nice uppercut lands for Sato. That snapped Kint's head back.
Sato scores with a head kick. Kint tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kint misses with a double jab.
Sato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kint keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kint looks to land a left hand but Sato moved out of range nicely.
Kint defending well as Sato loads up on a big left hand.
Kint cracks Sato with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sato slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Sato finds it's target.
Kint shoots in for a takedown but Sato shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kint looks to throw the jab but Sato is out of range.
Sato ducks right into an uppercut from Kint.
Kint takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kint walks into a jab.
Kint stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sato.
Kint misses with an uppercut. Sato saw that one coming.
Sato takes a jab right on the kisser.

Kint gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kint is looking to take a break and control but Sato is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kint goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Sato has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Kint but great work by Sato.
Sato controlling from side mount.
Kint manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sato's best efforts.
Sato is trying to control the action in half guard but Kint is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sato 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.
Kint tries to roll over but Sato keeps him under control.
Kint wants to control but Sato passes into side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Kint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sato advances to mount.
Kint can't escape the position.
Sato working Kint over with strikes here.
Kint tries to hold on but Sato pushes him away.
Sato unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kint wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sato celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsuro Sato!
Katsuro Sato made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I'm just that good!'.