PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Favela Samurai (ranked 2716 p4p, 3536 weight class) and Glass Joe Jr (ranked 187 p4p, 235 weight class). Joe Jr has chosen Punch Out Theme as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Samurai
vs
Joe Jr

190 cm
18
143
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
135
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Groove Gear
Sakura Style

Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Favela Samurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Glass Joe Jr!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe Jr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joe Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Samurai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joe Jr moves away.
Samurai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joe Jr misses with a straight right.
Samurai takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Samurai has closed the distance and engaged Joe Jr in a clinch.
Samurai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Samurai leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Samurai stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Samurai working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Samurai really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Joe Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Samurai leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Joe Jr has Samurai pressed against the ropes, preventing Samurai from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Samurai.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Samurai.
Joe Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joe Jr has a couple of punches blocked by Samurai.
Samurai stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The referee is keeping an eye on Samurai - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Joe Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as Samurai controls his hands.
Samurai gets through Joe Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Samurai.
Samurai avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Joe Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Joe Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Joe Jr on the inside.
Samurai stalling against the ropes.
Joe Jr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joe Jr misses with some punches.
Joe Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Samurai just leaning against Joe Jr, taking a breather.
Samurai stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Joe Jr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joe Jr misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samurai lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Samurai is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Joe Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Samurai controlling the action here for a moment.
Samurai stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Favela Samurai.

Samurai closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Joe Jr avoiding damage as Samurai throws knees to the body.
Samurai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joe Jr.
Samurai misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joe Jr misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Samurai breaks the clinch.
Joe Jr connects with the punch.

Samurai is rocked!
Samurai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oh Samurai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Favela Samurai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
BAM! Joe Jr delivers a spinning backfist that drops Samurai like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Glass Joe Jr!
Glass Joe Jr seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.