PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anti Satosari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuyuki Shimizu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Satosari might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Primo Victoria. Kazuyuki Shimizu has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Anti Satosari's chin.

Satosari
vs
Shimizu

188 cm
35
197 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

196 cm
27
201 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anti Satosari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kazuyuki Shimizu!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Satosari moves away from the strike by Shimizu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shimizu. Satosari does a little dance to reset his feet.

Satosari closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Satosari.
Satosari looking to stall.
Shimizu is looking to break free of the clinch but Satosari has double underhooks.

Shimizu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shimizu looks to score with a jab to the body but Satosari is just out of range.
Shimizu misses with a right hand

and Satosari holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Satosari blocks a body shot from Shimizu.
Satosari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shimizu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shimizu takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Kazuyuki Shimizu has been cut.
Shimizu can't break the clinch.
Shimizu avoiding damage as Satosari throws knees to the body.
Shimizu takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satosari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Satosari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimizu.
Satosari lands an elbow just above Shimizu 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satosari.
Shimizu avoids a wild elbow strike from Satosari.
Satosari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shimizu is trying to break free.
Shimizu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Satosari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shimizu's efforts to push away.
Satosari keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shimizu's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Satosari.

That has opened up Kazuyuki Shimizu's cut even more.
Shimizu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Satosari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Satosari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shimizu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satosari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The cut above Kazuyuki Shimizu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Satosari lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Satosari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimizu.
Satosari throws an elbow that misses.
Satosari tries to work over Shimizu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Satosari throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satosari lands an elbow inside.
Shimizu dodges an elbow strike from Satosari.
Satosari makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Kazuyuki Shimizu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Satosari misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satosari.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Satosari.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kazuyuki Shimizu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Anti Satosari!
A victorious Anti Satosari thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.