PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Danaher (ranked 25444 p4p, 3864 weight class) and Matsu Sazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John Danaher has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Danaher
vs
Sazuki

194 cm
18
221
2 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
220
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Danaher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matsu Sazuki!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danaher moves in looking to clinch but Sazuki pushes him off.
Sazuki shoots in looking for a takedown. Danaher tries to sprawl out of it but Sazuki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Danaher manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
As Sazuki looks to move away, Danaher throws a big counter combo but Sazuki just gets out of the way.
Sazuki fails with the takedown.
Sazuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Danaher tries to avoid it but Sazuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Danaher to the ground. Danaher escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sazuki just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDanaher.
John Danaher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matsu Sazuki.
Sazuki circles away from the clinch attempt.

Sazuki shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Danaher is trying to defend but Sazuki finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sazuki takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sazuki seems to be working for a kimura but Danaher defends the submission attempt.
Sazuki is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sazuki drops an elbow to the side of Danaher's head.
Sazuki trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sazuki not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Sazuki is looking for a kimura but Danaher is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sazuki to get the leverage.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Danaher looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Sazuki is looking for a kimura but Danaher is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sazuki to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sazuki is working for a submission of some sort.
Sazuki controlling the action here.
Danaher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sazuki on the ground.
Let's hope that Sazuki has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Danaher won't allow Sazuki to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danaher avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sazuki.
Sazuki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sazuki controlling the action here.

Sazuki maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Danaher could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Sazuki has cracked it and Danaher is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Sazuki!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matsu Sazuki!
A very excited looking Matsu Sazuki rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.