PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Legolas Elven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and recom uy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Elven
vs
uy

175 cm
21
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Legolas Elven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, recom uy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
uy shoots in for a double leg but Elven sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Elven feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Elven controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
uy tries to strike from the bottom.
uy tries to strike from the bottom.
Elven won't allow uy to sweep him here.
Elven stands up over uy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Elven wants to control from the top but uy keeps moving.
uy wants to sweep but no luck.
Elven is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

uy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
uy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
uy looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
uy keeping moving, preventing Elven from controlling successfully.

Elven gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Elven clinches.
Elven stalling in the clinch but uy improves position.
uy prevents the takedown attempt.

uy pulls guard successfully.
Elven is looking to stand up but uy won't let him.
uy looking for a sweep. Not yet uy, not yet.
Elven chips away with some ground and pound.
Elven trying to control but uy is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
uy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Elven!

Elven defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from uy.
Elven is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
uy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Elven can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
uy lands a big elbow.
uy avoids the attempt from Elven to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
uy dominating with strikes here.

uy with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Elven is trying desperately to improve position.
Elven tries to hold on but uy pushes him away.
uy dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elven is bucking up trying to escape but uy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Elven is wriggling around trying to escape.
uy lands a heavy elbow.
uy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Elven is wriggling around trying to escape.
uy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Elven throws a strike but has given up his back in the process.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Elven looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

uy working for the choke.
Elven is covering up but some of the strikes from uy are getting through and doing damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

recom uy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

uy scores with a takedown into Elven's guard.
Elven tries to land a sweep but no joy.
uy slips nicely into half guard.

uy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Elven is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
uy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elven is looking to improve his position.
Elven avoiding damage under a succession of punches from uy.

uy moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Elven.

uy tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
uy landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elven wants to control but uy postures up.
uy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Elven to see if he's OK.
recom uy has got the better of the ground game so far.

uy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Elven is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Elven is looking to regain half guard here but uy keeps moving and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elven is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

uy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Elven has escaped the position, nice work there.

Elven bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Elven shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Elven was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
uy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
uy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
uy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
uy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
uy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
uy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
uy lands some strikes from the bottom.
uy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

recom uy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Elven shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in uy's guard.
uy wants to sweep here but Elven controlling him for the moment.
Elven wants to control from the top but uy keeps moving.
Elven preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now uy is on top in guard.
Elven is trying to control the position but uy postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
uy won't allow Elven to sweep him here.
uy passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
uy working Elven over with strikes.
Elven manages to get to full guard.
uy landing with the ground and pound.
uy is pushing down on Elven's leg trying to pass to half guard. Elven is fighting to maintain full guard but uy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Elven throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Elven knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for uy on the ground.
Elven avoiding damage under a succession of punches from uy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

uy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Elven is looking to improve his position.

uy seems to be working for a kimura but Elven defends the submission attempt.
Elven trying to control here.

uy is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Elven has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elven is looking to escape.
uy passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Elven!
uy landing strikes from the mount.
Elven tries to hold on but uy postures up.
uy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
uy landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
uy scoring with strikes but Elven is staying in there.
uy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Elven hang on?
uy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Elven hang on?
Elven is in a horrible position here. uy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

uy goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Elven turns into him and now he's in uy's guard.
Elven is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

And that's the end of the fight!
recom uy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got uy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... recom uy!