PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryosuke Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison Neeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sato
vs
Neeson

187 cm
26
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
26
220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryosuke Sato!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harrison Neeson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sato moves into the clinch successfully.
Sato misses with the head strike.
Neeson has Sato pressed against the cage.
Sato has a couple of punches blocked by Neeson.
Sato swings wildly with an uppercut but Neeson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sato softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sato tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neeson's elbow.
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Neeson manages to break the clinch.
We've been told by Sato's head coaches at Brooklyn Boxing Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato walks into a stiff left hand from Neeson.
Sato looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Harrison Neeson has been cut.
Sato is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sato lands with an uppercut that bounces Neeson off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sato has closed the distance and engaged Neeson in a clinch.
Sato works on Neeson's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neeson pushes Sato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neeson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Neeson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.
Neeson tries to break the clinch but Sato is controlling the position.
Neeson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sato throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neesons head.
Neeson cracks Sato with a nice body shot.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Sato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neeson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neeson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sato up against the cage.
Neeson's coach down at Midnight MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Neeson's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sato lands a hook that snaps the head of Neeson backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sato.
Sato lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Neeson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Sato on the inside.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Sato fails to land.
Sato working aggressively here.
Sato keeps control of Neeson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Neeson wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sato - that landed with a thud.
Sato gets through Neeson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sato tries a body shot but Neeson blocks it.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Sato misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sato.
A head punch on the inside from Sato fails to land.
Sato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sato gets through Neeson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sato tries a body shot but Neeson blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Neeson tries to break the clinch but Sato is controlling the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Neeson.
Neeson trying to stall but Sato improves his position.
Neeson is looking to control Sato's arms but Sato gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neeson has his back to the cage.
Sato tries to work over Neeson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sato working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato misses with some punches.
Sato presses Neeson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sato lands an uppercut.
Sato throws a head punch that misses.
Sato misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryosuke Sato dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harrison Neeson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sato rushes Neeson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Neeson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sato is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Neeson can do to turn this around?
Sato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neeson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sato misses with a hook to the ribs.
Neeson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Neeson is trying to maintain a safe position but Sato gets an underhook and turns Neeson into the cage.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sato.
Sato struggles to land a body shot inside as Neeson controls his hands.
Neeson has had enough of the clinch but Sato keeps him there for the moment.
Sato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato lands with a left to the head.
Sato lands a left hand.

Neeson breaks from the clinch.
Neeson misses with an uppercut. Sato saw that one coming.
Sato gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Sato has Neeson up against the cage in a clinch.
Neeson blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Sato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sato misses with the head strike.
Sato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Neeson avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato is leaning against Neeson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Neeson misses with a punch to the body.
Sato digs a right hand underneath Neeson's ribcage. Neeson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato cracks Neeson with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Neeson is pushing Sato up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sato scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sato lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato scores with a shot to the side of Neeson's head.
Ryosuke Sato has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Sato misses with a body punch.
Sato struggles to land a body shot inside as Neeson controls his hands.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
Sato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sato lands with a short shot to the head.
Neeson has Sato pushed against the cage.
Sato throws a punch but it's blocked by Neeson.
Sato letting Neeson take a breather here.
Sato struggles to land a body shot inside as Neeson controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neeson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sato tries to work over Neeson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sato blocks a body shot from Neeson.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sato.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
Neeson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Sato fails to land.
Neeson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sato is keeping busy.
Sato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sato swings wildly with an uppercut but Neeson uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryosuke Sato dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Harrison Neeson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sato moves out of range as Neeson strikes.
Sato tries to close the distance and clinch but Neeson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Neeson throws a right and a left that Sato avoids nicely.
Neeson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Neeson swats away the attempt to clinch by Sato.
A big left from Sato misses.
Sato throws a right and a left that Neeson avoids nicely.
Neeson lands with a cross.
Sato tries to clinch up
letting Neeson counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A slow jab from Neeson misses its intended target.
Neeson throws an overhand right that lands on Sato's shoulder, as Sato tries to avoid the shot.

Sato closes the distance and clinches.
Neeson is trying to break free.
Sato working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
Neeson tries to stall but Sato uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sato misses with a punch on the inside.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Sato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neeson prevents a body shot from Sato.
Sato lands with a right to the head.
Sato swings wildly with an uppercut but Neeson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sato scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neeson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Neeson takes a shot to the head.
Neeson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neeson stalling the fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
Sato digs a right hand underneath Neeson's ribcage. Neeson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Neeson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Neeson avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.
Sato lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sato lands with a left to the head.
Sato lands a shoulder strike.
Sato digs a right hand underneath Neeson's ribcage. Neeson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sato scores with a shot to the side of Neeson's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato misses with some punches.
Sato has Neeson pressed against the cage, preventing Neeson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neeson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sato lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neeson is trying to break the clinch but Sato has him pressed against the cage.
Sato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sato presses Neeson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sato throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Sato.
Neeson has Sato pressed against the cage.
Sato tries to work over Neeson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sato can't find room to land a body shot as Neeson controls the action.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.
Sato scores with a shoulder strike.
Neeson trying to stall but Sato improves his position.
Neeson pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neeson.
A shot in the inside from Sato.
Still in the clinch, Sato scores with a nice short uppercut.
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 lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryosuke Sato clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Harrison Neeson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sato with a hook.
Neeson throws a looping overhand right but Sato ducks down to avoid it.
Neeson slips under a jab.
Sato blocks a jab.
Harrison Neeson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sato looks to score with a jab to the body but Neeson is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Neeson! But no joy.
Sato uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neeson.
Sato fails with an attempt to clinch.
Neeson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sato throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Neeson counter with a right hand.
Sato ducks under a wild hook from Neeson.
Sato lands with a nice body punch.
Sato takes a swing at Neeson's ribcage but misses.
Neeson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sato throws a body punch but Neeson moves out of range.
Neeson drops his hands momentarily and Sato takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sato tries to clinch up.
Neeson swings widly with a right hand

and Sato counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato can't find room to land a body shot as Neeson controls the action.
Neeson misses with a punch to the body.
Sato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sato misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neeson wants to get back to striking at distance but Sato won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sato.
Neeson looking to stall.

Neeson manages to break the clinch.

Sato drops Neeson with a beautiful combination! Neeson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sato is looking for the KO!

Neeson is rocked!
Neeson misses with a straight left.
Neeson is still on wobbly legs! Can Sato finish him?
Neeson loads up on a big right hand but Sato slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neeson slips a jab and a cross from Sato.
Ryosuke Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato lands a body shot.
Neeson seems to have recovered his senses.
Neeson is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Sato closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Neeson out cold! Neeson corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ryosuke Sato!
Ryosuke Sato retains his light heavyweight title!
A less than humble Ryosuke Sato misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.