PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oroku Saki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wohehiv Herman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saki comes to the cage accompanied by Shredder's Suite. Herman has chosen Many Men as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Saki
vs
Herman

166 cm
20
150 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

172 cm
29
162 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oroku Saki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wohehiv Herman!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Saki lands with a light punch inside.
Saki scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Wohehiv Herman has been cut.
Saki digs a right hand into Herman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Herman's gas tank.
Saki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Saki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saki misses with a punch to the body.
Saki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've been informed that Herman has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saki.
Saki tries to throw a body punch but Herman avoids it by throwing Saki back against the cage.
Saki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Herman is trying to maintain a safe position but Saki gets an underhook and turns Herman into the cage.
Saki lands with a light punch inside.
Saki is looking to control Herman's arms but Herman gets an underhook and turns him. Now Saki has his back to the cage.
Saki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Herman backwards.
Saki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saki is leaning against Herman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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!
Saki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Saki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Herman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Herman blocks a body shot from Saki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Saki.
Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Saki as Herman tries to tie him up.
Saki struggles to land a body shot inside as Herman controls his hands.
Saki lands an elbow that stopped Herman in his tracks for a moment.
Herman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Saki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herman or not.
Saki misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Herman.
Saki misses with an elbow over the top.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Herman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Herman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Herman prevents a body shot from Saki.
Saki blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Saki throws an elbow but misses.
Herman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Herman lands a nice uppercut.
Saki is trying to maintain a safe position but Herman gets an underhook and turns Saki into the cage.
Herman avoids the elbow strike from Saki, against the cage.
Herman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saki has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Saki controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Herman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herman swings wildly with an uppercut but Saki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saki letting Herman take a breather here.
Herman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saki is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Saki fails to land.
Herman misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saki has a couple of punches blocked by Herman.
Saki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A hook to the body from Saki.
Saki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Herman misses with the head strike.
Saki lands a left hand.
Saki scores with a shot to the side of Herman's head.
Saki works on Herman's body with a couple of short punches.
Saki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Herman.
Herman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saki's elbow.
Saki is pushing Herman up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Saki lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Herman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saki.
Herman tries to work over Saki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saki lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saki has a couple of punches blocked by Herman.
Herman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herman can't find room to land a body shot as Saki controls the action.
Herman lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herman looking to slow down the pace here.
Herman is trying to stall.
Herman seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Herman wants to stall.
Saki blocks an uppercut.
Saki lands an elbow inside that Herman shrugs off.
Nice body punch from Saki.
Saki presses Herman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Herman struggles to land a body shot inside as Saki controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Saki fails to land.
Saki tries to throw a body punch but Herman avoids it by throwing Saki back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oroku Saki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wohehiv Herman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Saki looks to clinch
and Herman counters with a right hand to the body.
Herman tries to bum rush Saki with a series of wild strikes but Saki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Saki misses the target.
Herman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Saki.
Herman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Herman throws out a counter right but Saki avoids it with no problem.
Herman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Herman misses with a straight left.
Saki swings for the body but Herman moves out of range.
Wohehiv Herman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Herman just misses with a punch to the body.
Saki throws a body punch but Herman moves out of range.
Saki throws a poor cross that misses
and Herman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Herman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saki cracks Herman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Herman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Saki lands a right hook to the body.
Saki wants to clinch.
Herman walks into a straight right hand from Saki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Saki misses with a wild body shot.
Herman is looking for the big counter here.
Herman looks to score with a jab to the body but Saki is just out of range.
Saki connects with a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Saki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Saki misses with a jab to the body
and Herman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saki throws a right and a left that Herman avoids nicely.
Herman throws a counter combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Saki missing with a left hand there. Herman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saki throws a shot from downtown. Herman moves away and avoids it.
Saki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Saki darts in trying to clinch
and Herman counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saki looks to land a left hand but Herman moved out of range nicely.
Herman feints a counter leg kick.
Saki just misses with a punch to the body.
Saki misses with a hook to the body
and Herman counters with an outside leg kick.
Saki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A cross from Herman lands.
Saki misses with a hook
and Herman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slow jab from Saki misses its intended target.
Saki looks to score with a jab to the body but Herman is just out of range.
Saki misses with a few strikes there.
Saki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Herman can do to turn this around?
Saki throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Herman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Saki. Those never looked like landing.
Saki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Herman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Saki is rocked!
Saki bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Herman comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Saki falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Saki was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wohehiv Herman!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Wohehiv Herman made sure he mentioned Voodoo Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.