PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Risley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Sasi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Risley
vs
Sasi

189 cm
20
209 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

179 cm
20
201 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hunter Risley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Risley closes the distance and clinches.
Sasi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Risley after a bit of a struggle.

Sasi has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Risley clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Sasi avoiding Risley 's attempts to control his hands.
Sasi gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Sasi lands punches and elbows.
Sasi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Risley covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley just trying to survive but Sasi is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Sasi struggling to land strikes to the head as Risley covers up.
Risley is trying to break free.
Risley is trying to remain composed but Sasi is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Sasi struggling to land strikes to the head as Risley covers up.
Risley is trying to remain composed but Sasi is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

Risley is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasi is trying to stick to Risley's back but Risley is turning into Sasi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Sasi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Risley.
Risley won't allow Sasi to get back to his feet.
Sasi is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Risley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Risley wants to control from the top but Sasi keeps moving.
Sasi keeping full guard, as Risley tries to pass.
Sasi wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Risley manages to pass to side control.
Risley tries to pass to full mount but Sasi defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Risley prevents Sasi from standing back up.
Risley perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sasi is looking to escape.
Risley is stalling here. Sasi is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Risley seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Sasi has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Risley is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sasi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risley trying to hold on to Sasi's head to control him but Sasi postures up.
Sasi working the head and body with strikes.
Risley wants to get back to full guard.
Risley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sasi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sasi's back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Risley trying to control.

Sasi showing good submission defense here.

Risley working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risley struggling to keep hold of the position.
Sasi looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Risley wants to control but Sasi is keeping busy.
Risley is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sasi wants to get back to his feet.

Risley patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Sasi dominated that round.
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.

Risley fails with an attempt to clinch.

Sasi gets caught napping as Risley dives in and scores a takedown. Sasi manages to retain guard.
Sasi is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Risley slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Risley prevents Sasi from getting back to his feet.
Risley is looking to stand up but Sasi won't let him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Risley's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Risley working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risley looking to sit in guard and control but Sasi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sasi postures up.
Sasi is looking to work some ground and pound but Risley has wrist control.
Risley wants to sweep but no luck.
Risley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Risley tries to get out of the position.
Sasi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Risley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Risley looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Risley wants to sweep here but Sasi controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasi with a nice head shot there.
Risley throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Risley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sasi!
You get the feeling that Sasi really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Risley looking to control but Sasi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sasi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risley working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Risley controlling from the full mount.
Sasi is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Risley tries to control but Sasi wriggling away.
Risley lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Risley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sasi is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risley tries to control but Sasi wriggling away.
Risley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Risley misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Risley cracks Sasi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasi trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Risley dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sasi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Risley tries to clinch there but Sasi circles away.

Risley manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sasi on his heels. He'll look to pass Sasi's guard now, I'm sure.
Sasi keeping moving, preventing Risley from controlling successfully.
Risley is standing up over Sasi. Sasi looks to escape but Risley dives into side control.
Sasi is trying to get back to his feet.
Sasi stops Risley from passing to mount.
Sasi is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Risley is looking to take a break and control but Sasi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sasi is letting Risley control him for a moment.
Risley tries to stand but Sasi is controlling his head.
Sasi pushes Risley away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Risley gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Risley thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Sasi is trying to escape the position but Risley is controlling the position.
Risley lands an elbow.
Risley wants to stand but Sasi has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Risley controls from within his opponent's guard.

Risley is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Risley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Risley trying to control the position from guard on top but Sasi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Risley is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Risley stops Sasi from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Risley controlling from the top position.
Sasi wants to stand and escape but Risley is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hunter Risley.
Sasi blocks a head kick by Risley.
Hunter Risley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Risley with a lazy takedown attempt

and Sasi counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Risley!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Risley managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sasi.

Sasi decides to take the fight back to the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sasi shoots for a double leg takedown but Risley sprawls well. He's pushed Sasi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hunter Risley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Risley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hunter Risley!