PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Kajiwara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kratos Sparta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kajiwara
vs
Sparta

183 cm
22
184 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

193 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Satoshi Kajiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kratos Sparta!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Kajiwara as Sparta shoots in.
Kajiwara looks for a takedown but Sparta sprawls well.
Sparta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Sparta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kajiwara quickly recovers to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Sparta stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Kajiwara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Sparta gets a clinch.

Kajiwara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kajiwara stuffs the takedown.
Crunch! Kajiwara slams his shin into Sparta's torso.
Sparta looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sparta throws a wild hook but Kajiwara just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Sparta gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Kajiwara raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Satoshi Kajiwara!