PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sparring John (ranked 3409 p4p, 3552 weight class) and Seisuke Inoue (ranked 514 p4p, 527 weight class). Seisuke Inoue is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

John
vs
Inoue

194 cm
21
205
2 - 2 - 1

188 cm
23
219
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Champion Apparel

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sparring John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seisuke Inoue!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Inoue misses with an attempted mid kick.
John is looking to counter punch.
John comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
John cracks Inoue with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Inoue uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John slips a jab from Inoue.
Inoue looks to land a right hand but John moved out of range.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Inoue doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Inoue tries a low kick but John avoids it.
Inoue displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
Inoue feints a counter leg kick.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Inoue throws out a counter right but John avoids it with no problem.
Inoue moves away from the strike by John.
John looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Inoue throws a poor cross that misses
and John counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Inoue with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling John to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Inoue punishes John's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
John thows a left - swing and a miss!
Inoue keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
John misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. John darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Inoue uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from John.
John pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Inoue wants to clinch.
Inoue scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
John looks to land a right hand but Inoue moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Inoue ducks under a wild hook from John.
Inoue looks like he wants to counter punch here.
John jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Inoue moves into range and clinches up with John.
Inoue throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Inoue lands with a short punch from the clinch.
John blocking some punches.
John throws a head punch that misses.
John misses with a hook to the ribs.
Inoue can't find room to land a body shot as John controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Inoue has a couple of punches blocked by John.
Inoue doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Inoue ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Inoue no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
John controlling from the top position.
John won't allow Inoue to sweep him here.
John showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John continues to stall.
Inoue tries to land a sweep but no joy.
John slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
John taking a breather here.
Inoue is trying to get back to half guard.
John in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Inoue is trying to work for a sweep but John has mounted him!
John tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
John has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
More hug and hope from John.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sparring John dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Inoue throws a quick inside leg kick.
Inoue uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before John has time to react.
Inoue dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on John. That did some damage!
Sparring John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Inoue.
John looks to land a right hand but Inoue moved out of range.
Inoue appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Inoue connects with a single shot there.
John has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Inoue.
Inoue chopping away at his opponent's legs.
John throws a hook to the side of Inoue's head but Inoue sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Inoue.
Inoue is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by John.
Inoue ducks under a wild hook from John.
Inoue moves away from the strike by John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John dips to his left and cracks Inoue with an uppercut!
Inoue has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Inoue.
John is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A thudding body kick lands there by Inoue!
Inoue throws a nice inside leg kick.
John scores with a body shot.
Inoue blocks a jab.
John misses with a looping right.
John throws a jab but it's blocked by Inoue.
Inoue moves out of range of the strikes.
Inoue slips a jab from John.
John throws a hook but Inoue avoids it easily.
Sparring John is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Inoue.
John jabbing away but nothing is landing.
John throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Inoue counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Inoue pushes John up against the cage in a clinch.
John tries a body shot but Inoue blocks it.
Inoue blocks a body shot from John.
John controlling the action here for a moment.
Good body shot from John.
Inoue lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Inoue struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from John fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on John's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Inoue pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
John misses with an uppercut.
Inoue throws a big counter head kick but John avoids it with no problem.
Inoue looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
John just misses with a punch to the body.
John misses with an uppercut.
Inoue looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inoue takes a shot to the body in his stride.
John throws an overhand right that lands on Inoue's shoulder, as Inoue tries to avoid the shot.
Inoue was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Inoue manages to avoid it.
John loads up on a big right hand but Inoue slips the punch.
Inoue appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Inoue ducks right into an uppercut from John.
Inoue avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
John lands a right hook to the body.
John misses with a right hand
letting Inoue counter with a right hand.
John looks to throw the jab but Inoue is out of range.
Sparring John is winning the standup battle so far.
John throws an overhand right that lands on Inoue's shoulder, as Inoue tries to avoid the shot.
John misses the shot to the body.
John misses with a body shot.
Inoue with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling John to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a hook. Inoue ducked under it nicely.
Inoue throws a counter combo.
Inoue ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Inoue steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
John throws an overhand right that lands on Inoue's shoulder, as Inoue tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inoue was well out of range. Poor timing from John.
John throws a body punch but Inoue moves out of range.
Inoue throws a big counter head kick but John avoids it with no problem.
Inoue looks to score with a jab to the body but John is just out of range.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
John takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Inoue tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Inoue missing with a left hand there. John was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
John throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice body punch from Inoue.

Inoue gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
John prevents a body shot from Inoue.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Seisuke Inoue will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Inoue slips a straight right by John.
Inoue steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Inoue throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling John to counter with a crisp jab.
John has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Inoue.
John thuds a left hand into Inoue's body.
Inoue blocks a jab.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Inoue fakes the leg kick and cracks John in the body.
Inoue throws a head kick but John moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Inoue.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
John lands a jab to the nose.
John misses the shot to the body.
John avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Inoue throws a chopping leg kick but John manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A quick step to the side and John tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Inoue. That's going to slow John down.
John fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Inoue looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
John connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Inoue momentarily.
Inoue tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John cracks a nice hook into Inoue's ribs.
A lazy left from John finds it's target.
John has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Inoue.
John lands a jab.

Inoue is rocked!
John thuds a left hand into Inoue's body.
Inoue is still on wobbly legs! Can John finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Inoue misses with an uppercut.
Inoue seems to have recovered his senses.
John is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Inoue can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Inoue on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Inoue throws a leg kick which misses John's front leg but catches the back leg as John tries to avoid it.
John shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
John misses with a hook.
Inoue uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from John.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Inoue.
Inoue unleashes a big counter combination but John bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
John throws a jab when Inoue was well out of range.
John with a jab.
Inoue keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from John.
John tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Inoue was well out of range. Poor timing from John.
John throws an off balance right hand
and Inoue counters with a head kick. That will keep John thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Inoue takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Inoue misses.
Inoue tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John throws a hook but Inoue avoids it easily.
John is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Inoue moves away.
Inoue with a nice calf kick.
Inoue slips under a jab.
John jabs Inoue to the body, keeping him at a distance.
John throws a body shot but no joy.
Inoue turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Inoue avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
John checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John connects with a good right hand that stumbles Inoue. Inoue circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

John lands a big right hand that sends Inoue crashing to the mat! John stays standing though and waves Inoue back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John misses with an uppercut. Inoue saw that one coming.
Inoue appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Inoue moves away from the strike by John.
Inoue scores with a sloppy right hand. John should have avoided that one.
Inoue dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on John. That did some damage!
John gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Inoue clinches up with John and pushes him back against the cage.
John tries to throw a body punch but Inoue avoids it by throwing John back against the cage.
Inoue goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
John lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Inoue breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sparring John showed his dominance in that final round.
I think John has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sparring John!
Sparring John seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.