PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ukyo Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harkonnen's entrance music is The Headstones-Heart of Darkness. A fine choice. Feyd Rautha Harkonnen had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Rautha Harkonnen
vs
Sato

167 cm
39
145 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

175 cm
36
155 lbs
31 - 18 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Feyd Rautha Harkonnen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ukyo Sato!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harkonnen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
Sato lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
Sato misses with a body kick.
Sato checks the leg kick nicely there.
Harkonnen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sato misses with a head kick.
Harkonnen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Harkonnen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sato lands with a slapping head kick.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Sato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sato moves out of range as Harkonnen strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato misses with a head kick.
Sato ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Harkonnen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Harkonnen 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 Sato has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sato and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Harkonnen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harkonnen stalks Sato and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sato's face. Sato staggers backwards, shaken.
Harkonnen's corner calls for a 1-2. Harkonnen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sato avoids the head kick by Harkonnen.
Sato throws a head kick but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Sato has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Harkonnen finds it's way round the side to connect with Sato's head.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick.
Harkonnen throws a jab when Sato was well out of range.
Sato swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harkonnen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sato. That did some damage!
Sato ducks right into an uppercut from Harkonnen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sato blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
Sato moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Harkonnen lands a nice hook to Sato's body. Sato takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Harkonnen tries to clinch but Sato moves out of range.
Sato was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Harkonnen misses the shot to the body.
Sato misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen looks to score with a jab to the body but Sato is just out of range.
Harkonnen connects with a high kick.
Harkonnen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Harkonnen throws a leg kick but Sato checks it.
Sato takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harkonnen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sato on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harkonnen cracks a nice hook into Sato's ribs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Harkonnen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Harkonnen.
Sato tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato cracks Harkonnen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Harkonnen needs to keep his hands up - Sato had a free shot at his head there.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick from Sato.
A big left from Harkonnen misses.
A jab from Harkonnen finds it's way through Sato's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feyd Rautha Harkonnen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Harkonnen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harkonnen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harkonnen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sato can do to turn this around?
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen is winning the standup battle so far.
Sato misses with a lunging right hand
and Harkonnen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sato takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sato jabs at Harkonnen's body.
Harkonnen scores with a jab to the body.
Sato lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Feyd Rautha Harkonnen has been cut.
Harkonnen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato scores with a kick to the body.
Harkonnen misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Harkonnen has time to react.
Harkonnen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Harkonnen tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot.
Harkonnen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sato looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harkonnen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sato - the referee stops the clock and Harkonnen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sato. Harkonnen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Harkonnen takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sato scores with a kick to the midsection.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick.
Sato throws a front kick that sends Harkonnen stumbling back into the ropes.
Harkonnen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick from Sato.
Harkonnen throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.
Sato rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Harkonnen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sato moves away from the strike by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sato delivers a nice body kick.
Sato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sato delivers a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harkonnen avoids a kick to the body.
Sato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harkonnen was well out of range. Poor timing from Sato.
Sato on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harkonnen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Harkonnen misses with a hook
and Sato counters with a solid body kick.
Sato bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Harkonnen misses with a kick to the body.
Harkonnen moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSato.
Sato cracks Harkonnen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Harkonnen wants to clinch up but Sato keeps it at a distance.
Sato is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Harkonnen throws a head kick but Sato moves out of range.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harkonnen. Sato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sato follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Harkonnen ducks right into an uppercut from Sato.
Sato connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Harkonnen cracks a nice hook into Sato's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sato's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Harkonnen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sato scrambles back to his feet.
Harkonnen takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harkonnen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sato counters with a body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ukyo Sato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Harkonnen misses with a hook.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sato.
Sato on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
Sato scores with a leg kick.
Harkonnen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harkonnen avoids the head kick by Sato.
Harkonnen throws a lazy right hand but Sato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Harkonnen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Harkonnen lands with a hook. Sato tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sato moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Harkonnen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harkonnen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sato is able to avoid easily.
Harkonnen lands with a nice body punch.
Sato turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sato.
Sato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harkonnen's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato defending well as Harkonnen loads up on a big left hand.
Harkonnen throws a lazy uppercut
letting Sato counter with a right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Harkonnen.
Nice shot lands for Sato.
Sato needs to keep his hands up - Harkonnen had a free shot at his head there.
Sato misses with a body kick.
A lazy body kick from Sato
and Harkonnen counters with a stiff right hand.
Sato blocks a head kick by Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a low kick but Sato avoids it.
Harkonnen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
Harkonnen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harkonnen throws a lazy uppercut
and Sato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Harkonnen throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
Sato swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harkonnen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch but Sato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sato connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Harkonnen.
Sato throws a lazy head kick
and Harkonnen counters with a nice body kick.
Harkonnen lands a jab to Sato's midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Harkonnen.
Harkonnen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Sato has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sato staying out of range there.
Sato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Harkonnen avoids a kick to the body.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sato throws a head kick that Harkonnen semi-blocks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harkonnen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Harkonnen moves out of range of the body kick.
Sato throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Ukyo Sato just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sato tests Harkonnen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Harkonnen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sato moves away.
Sato is trying to counter with his kicks.
Harkonnen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sato feints a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Harkonnen misses its intended target.
Sato misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Sato misses.
Harkonnen avoids the head kick by Sato.
Sato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harkonnen tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sato manages to circle out of the way.
Sato blocks the body kick.
Good shot there by Harkonnen.
A solid body kick from Harkonnen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato keeps the fight on the outside.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sato. Harkonnen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harkonnen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sato manages to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Harkonnen!
A lazy left from Sato finds it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Harkonnen. That's going to slow Sato down.
Sato misses with an attempted mid kick.
Harkonnen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sato scores with a hook.
Harkonnen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the liver by Sato. Beautiful body shot.
Sato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A solid body kick from Sato.
Harkonnen throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Sato!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Harkonnen. Harkonnen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Harkonnen throws a nice looking combination but Sato bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Harkonnen with a jab.
Harkonnen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sato.
Sato moves out of range as Harkonnen strikes.
Sato is looking to land body kicks.
Harkonnen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sato checks it well.
It seemed like Sato was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sato.
A slow jab from Harkonnen misses its intended target.
Sato connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Harkonnen's hands.
Sato scores with a shot to the body.
Sato bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Harkonnen misses its intended target.
Harkonnen scores with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Sato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Ukyo Sato will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Feyd Rautha Harkonnen's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Harkonnen throws a body shot but no joy.
Harkonnen throws a big shot that misses.
Sato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Sato looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sato connects with a high kick.
Harkonnen moves out of range as Sato throws a body kick.
Sato throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Harkonnen's head.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Harkonnen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sato - the referee stops the clock and Harkonnen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sato. Harkonnen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Harkonnen throws a sloppy head kick and Sato moves out of range easily.
Harkonnen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harkonnen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sato.
Harkonnen throws a wild body kick that Sato sees coming a mile off.
Harkonnen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harkonnen walks into a stiff left hand from Sato.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Harkonnen.
Sato avoids the body shot from Harkonnen.
Sato is looking to slow Harkonnen down with leg kicks.
Harkonnen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sato misses with a body kick.
It looked like Harkonnen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Harkonnen misses with a two punch combination.
Sato throws a front kick aimed at Harkonnen's knee but Harkonnen avoids it well.
Sato looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Harkonnen lands a glancing blow to the side of Sato's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sato.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harkonnen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sato throws a body shot but no joy.
Harkonnen throws a series of punches but Sato avoids them all with ease.
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sato scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harkonnen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sato was well out of range. Poor timing from Harkonnen.
Harkonnen tries a head kick but it misses.
Harkonnen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Harkonnen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sato misses with an uppercut
and Harkonnen counters with a head kick. That will keep Sato thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sato throws a head kick that misses.
Harkonnen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sato defending well as Harkonnen loads up on a big left hand.
Harkonnen looks for the body kick but Sato saw that one coming.
Sato looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A leg kick checked by Harkonnen.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sato, right into the meat.
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harkonnen throws a head kick that misses.
Sato pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ukyo Sato comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sato has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 46:49
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 46:49
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ukyo Sato!