PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnnie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaaki Satake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Walker
vs
Satake

188 cm
28
197 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

187 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnnie Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Masaaki Satake!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker blocks a leg kick.
Walker misses with a low kick.
Satake scores with a leg kick.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walker throws a head kick but Satake moves out of range.

Walker gets a clinch.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Satake is defending well for now.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.
Satake avoiding damage as Walker throws knees to the body.
Satake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Walker has Satake pushed against the ropes.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Satake.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake looking to slow down the pace here.
Satake misses with a punch to the body.
Satake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satake tries to break the clinch but Walker is controlling the position.
Satake goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Walker breaks from the clinch.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick
and Satake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walker throws a sloppy head kick and Satake moves out of range easily.
Satake slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker moves out of range of the leg kick from Satake.
Satake throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Walker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Walker.
Walker prevents a body shot from Satake.

Satake breaks the clinch.
Walker avoids a punch combination nicely.
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Satake pushes him off.
Walker misses with a low kick as Satake jumps back.

Walker forces Satake back against the ropes and clinches.
Walker prevents Satake from breaking the clinch.
Satake misses with a body punch.
Satake works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satake letting Walker take a breather here.
Satake just leaning against Walker, taking a breather.
Satake is trying to maintain a safe position but Walker gets an underhook and turns Satake into the ropes.
Satake is trying to break free.
Walker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Satake avoids it.

Satake breaks the clinch.

Walker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Walker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Satake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Satake looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Satake.
Walker avoids a wild elbow strike from Satake.

Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Satake throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walker misses with a wild combination.

Walker clinches up with Satake and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Satake trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Walker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Walker blocking some punches.
Satake trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Satake lands with a short shot to the head.
Satake misses with an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Satake stalling.
Satake working aggressively here.
Satake wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.

Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walker throws a low kick but it's checked well by Satake.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Satake.
Satake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walker.
Satake lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Johnnie Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walker thows a leg kick but Satake checks it
and Satake counters with a nice kick to the body.
Satake avoids the head kick by Walker.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satake throws a push kick but Walker slaps the foot to one side.
Walker misses with a low kick as Satake jumps back.

Satake gets tackled into the ropes by Walker. Walker maintains the clinch.
Walker stalls.
Satake working hard to break the clinch.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Walker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Satake moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Satake finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Walker checks a leg kick.
Satake jabs Walker right on the nose. Walker blinks but takes it well.
Walker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Satake checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Walker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Walker clinches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Satake is defending well for now.
Satake has had enough of the clinch but Walker keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satake misses with a punch to the body.
Satake has Walker pressed against the ropes, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Satake is trying to stall.
Satake is looking to break free of the clinch but Walker has double underhooks.
Satake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Satake throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walkers head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Satake lands a body shot.
Walker is trying to maintain a safe position but Satake gets an underhook and turns Walker into the ropes.
Satake looking to slow down the pace here.
Walker lands a knee to the body.
Walker missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Satake looking to slow down the pace here.

Walker breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Masaaki Satake will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Satake walks into a left hand.
Walker looks to land a body kick but Satake moved away.
Walker throws a low kick, looking for Satake's leg but Satake calmly moves out of range.

Walker instigates a clinch.
Satake misses with a punch to the body.
Satake looking to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Satake's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satake.
Satake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Walker.
Walker blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satake trying to stall but Walker improves his position.
Walker keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Satake's efforts to push away.
Satake stalling in the clinch but Walker improves position.
Satake lands a left hand.

Walker breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Satake. That snapped Walker's head back.
Walker throws a lazy body kick
and Satake counters with a nice kick to the body.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Walker, right into the meat.
Satake throws the kick towards the body but Walker avoids it.

Walker rushes Satake and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Walker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walker misses with a hook
and Satake counters with a good, hard body kick but Walker shrugs it off.

Walker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Satake avoids a wild elbow strike from Walker.
A head punch on the inside from Satake fails to land.
Satake is trying to break the clinch but Walker has him pressed against the ropes.
Satake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Satake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Walker prevents Satake from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Satake tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.

Satake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Satake throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Satake takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walker scores with a jab to the head.
Johnnie Walker is winning the standup battle so far.
Walker blocks a jab.
Walker tries a head kick but it misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Satake checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satake moves out of range of the leg kick from Walker.
Satake misses with a wild combination.
Walker wants to clinch up but Satake keeps it at a distance.
Walker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Satake tries a head kick but it misses.
Satake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Walker.
Satake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satake avoids the head kick by Walker.
Satake lands with a hook. Walker tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Satake misses.
Walker looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walker throws a wild body kick that Satake sees coming a mile off.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Walker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walker prevents Satake from breaking the clinch.
Satake wants to break free but Walker has control.
Satake tries to break free but Walker pushes him back against the ropes.
Satake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Satake tries to tie him up.
Walker avoiding damage as Satake throws knees to the body.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Satake is struggling to control the position.
Satake blocks a body shot from Walker.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Walker stalls.
Walker prevents a body shot from Satake.
Satake throws a head punch that misses.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Satake lands a left hand.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walker holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Walker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Satake effectively controlling the action here.
Walker tries to land knees in the clinch but Satake avoids the damage to the body.
Satake lands with a short shot to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Walker manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Walker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masaaki Satake seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Walker is pushing Satake up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Walker seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Satake tries to tie him up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Satake lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Satake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Walker avoiding damage as Satake throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Satake is defending well for now.
Satake managing to block the knees to the body from Walker.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnnie Walker showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Johnnie Walker!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Masaaki Satake!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight as a draw!

The fight ends as a draw!