PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Tank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juggaloz Kai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juggaloz Kai has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Tank
vs
Kai

180 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Grappling Pro Gear

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Timmy Tank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juggaloz Kai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tank throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kai stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kai closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tank circles away.

Tank gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kai passes into half guard.

Tank is defending against the submission attempts here by Kai.
Tank is trying to stand up here but Kai is controlling him well.
Kai wants to pass to mount but Tank is defending the position.
Kai missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kai moves nicely into side control.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank wants to get back to his feet but Kai drags him back down.

Kai looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Kai wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tank, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tank is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kai asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tank knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kai on the ground.

Kai working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tank is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tank is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Kai tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kai has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Kai tries for a kimura but Tank is defending well.
Kai looks gassed!

Kai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kai thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tank gets back to half guard.
Tank is trying to stand.

Kai is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tank defends it well.

Kai is working for a kimura but Tank is defending it quite comfortably.

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.
Kai stops Tank from getting back to his feet.

Kai is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Tank has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kai is looking to pass Tank's guard but actually Tank recovers to full guard.
Tank keeping moving, preventing Kai from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juggaloz Kai dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kai swats away the attempt to clinch by Tank.
Kai fails with the takedown.
Kai avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tank getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tank lands a two punch combo.
Tank wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tank lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Timmy Tank is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kai walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tank is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kai tries for a takedown but Tank sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Timmy Tank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juggaloz Kai.
Tank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tank tries to clinch but Kai moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tank looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kai is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tank sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tank ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kai moves away.
Tank tries to clinch up.
Tank lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kai backs up against the cage.
Kai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tank moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tank is looking to clinch.
No luck for Kai with that takedown attempt.
Tank lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kai shoots in and bounces Tank off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kai trying to control but Tank is working from the bottom.
Kai is breathing heavily.
Kai looking to sit in guard and control but Tank gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Kai is working an open guard so Tank takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kai tries to clinch but Tank moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tank.
Good shot there by Tank.
A head kick misses from Tank.
Tank fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tank.

Tank gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kai to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kai wants to control from the top but Tank keeps moving.
Tank wants to get back to his feet but Kai is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kai passes into half guard.
Kai not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tank does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kai not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Kai is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kai is stalling here. Tank is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kai seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tank has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kai is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tank connects with a decent elbow.
Kai regains half guard.
Tank is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Kai is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tank pulls his head out easily.

Kai looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy Tank dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kai shoots in but no luck this time.
Tank fails to land with a series of punches.
Kai fails with the takedown.
Tank wants to clinch but Kai slips to the side

and Kai holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tank looking to slow down the pace here.
Kai tries to score a body lock takedown but Tank shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Timmy Tank has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juggaloz Kai.
Tank wants to break free but Kai has control.

Tank breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tank.
Tank throws a right and a left that Kai avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tank misses with a wild combination.
Tank slaps away a takedown attempt from Kai, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Timmy Tank seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tank throws a right and a left that Kai avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kai dodges the punch combination from Tank.
Tank tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Kai counters with a shoot takedown. Tank fights it but they end up in guard.
Kai stops Tank from standing up.
Kai pushes down on Tank's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Kai throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kai trying to control from half guard but Tank is working away.

Kai is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Kai prevents Tank from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kai trying to work for an americana but Tank has managed to regain full guard.
Kai stopping the sweep attempt from Tank.
Tank keeping moving, preventing Kai from controlling successfully.

Kai drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Tank manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Kai has Tank in his guard.
Juggaloz Kai has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tank scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tank wants to stand but Kai has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Kai is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tank trying to control but Kai is working from the bottom.
Kai controls Tank momentarily but Tank frees himself.

Tank gets to his feet. Kai looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tank misses with a jab, cross combination.

Kai clinches up against the cage.
Kai is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tank gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tank manages to break the clinch.
Tank scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tank will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tank connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tank clinches but Kai breaks the clinch

so Kai counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kai throwing strikes from guard but Tank blocks nicely.
Kai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tank swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kai trying to control the position from guard on top but Tank is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juggaloz Kai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juggaloz Kai!