PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between San Cou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Neto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cou
vs
Neto

181 cm
19
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Convicted Trap House

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, San Cou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Neto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cou forces Neto back against the cage and clinches.
Neto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stalling in the clinch from Neto.
Cou tries to pull guard but Neto holds him up against the cage and eventually Cou drops back down to his feet.
Neto dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

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

Neto pushes Cou up against the cage in a clinch.

Cou breaks the clinch.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou is having none of it.
Cou throws a series of punches but Neto moves out of range.
Cou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neto, pushing him back against the cage.
Cou wants to get back to striking at distance but Neto won't allow it.
Cou is trying to break the clinch but Neto has him pressed against the cage.
Neto gets underhooks to prevent Cou's takedown attempt.

Cou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cou lands with an overhand left.
Cou keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Neto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cou lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cou.

Neto instigates a clinch.
Neto trying to control the position but instead, Cou has worked for underhooks and has pushed Neto into the cage.
Cou jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Neto walks away with a smile on his face. Cou gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for San Cou. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cou gets a clinch.
Cou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Cou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neto fails in his attempt to clinch.
San Cou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neto wants to clinch.
Cou misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cou has managed to clinch.
Cou wants to get back to striking at distance but Neto won't allow it.

Cou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cou works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Neto tries to clinch up.
Neto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Neto ducks right into an uppercut from Cou.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cou forces Neto back against the cage and clinches.

Cou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cou moves into the clinch.
Cou is trying to force a seperation but Neto has the dominant position.

Neto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cou closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cou as Neto tries to tie him up.
Cou has had enough of the clinch but Neto keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cou has had enough of the clinch but Neto keeps him there for the moment.
Neto is trying to stall.
Neto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cou up against the cage.
Cou tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Neto holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Cou pulls guard.
Cou keeping moving, preventing Neto from controlling successfully.
Neto is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Neto wants to control from the top but Cou keeps moving.
Neto wants to pass the guard but Cou is keeping the position.
Cou being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

San Cou dominated that round.
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.

Cou lands a two punch combo.
Neto doesn't manage to clinch there - Cou circles away.
Neto tries to clinch up.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cou paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cou clinches up against the cage.
Cou wants to break the clinch but can't.
Neto tries to stall but Cou uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cou is trying to break free.
Cou tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Neto is looking to control Cou's arms but Cou gets an underhook and turns him. Now Neto has his back to the cage.
Cou is working for takedown but Neto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Neto is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cou has Neto up against the cage in a clinch.
Cou tries to break the clinch but Neto is controlling the position.
Cou wants to break free but Neto has control.
Cou tries to break the clinch but Neto is controlling the position.

Cou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neto has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Neto there as he acknowledges the shot.
Neto is looking to clinch.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cou moves into range and connects with a jab.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou is having none of it.

Cou has closed the distance and engaged Neto in a clinch.
Cou wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cou manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cou takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cou lands a two punch combo.

Cou clinches up with Neto and pushes him back against the cage.
Neto trying to stall but Cou improves his position.
A frustrated look appears on Cou's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Cou breaks from the clinch.
Cou connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cou lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Neto tries to clinch up but Cou circles away and keeps his distance.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch but Cou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cou forces Neto back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neto looking to stall.

Cou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cou paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Neto, pushing him back against the cage.
Cou is trying to force a seperation but Neto has the dominant position.
Neto wants to stall.
Cou tries to break free but Neto pushes him back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cou has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cou wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Cou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Neto is looking to clinch.

Neto tries to keep at a distance but Cou has taken the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Neto is struggling to control the position.
Cou wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cou wants to get back to striking at distance but Neto won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

San Cou dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Neto fails in his attempt to clinch.
San Cou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cou moves into range and clinches up with Neto.
Neto has Cou pressed against the cage, preventing Cou from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Neto jumps guard but Cou stands there with Neto around his waist. Neto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Neto fails to land.
Cou is trying to break free.
Cou jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Neto walks away with a smile on his face. Cou gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Cou clinches up with Neto and pushes him back against the cage.
Cou wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cou tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Neto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Cou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou is having none of it.
Neto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch but Cou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Neto tries to clinch up.
Decent striking displayed by Cou there.
No joy there for Cou, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cou scores with a crisp jab that stopped Neto in his tracks.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou is having none of it.
Cou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Neto.
Neto tries to clinch up but Cou circles away and keeps his distance.
Cou throws a big shot that misses.
Cou goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cou misses with a straight left.
Cou swats away the attempt to clinch by Neto.
Neto slips a jab and a cross from Cou.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou moves out of range.
Neto ducks under a wild hook from Cou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Neto tries to clinch up.
Neto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cou misses with a wild combination.
Neto tries to clinch up but Cou circles away and keeps his distance.
Neto doesn't manage to clinch there - Cou circles away.
Cou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cou keeps the fight on the outside.
Neto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Neto tries to clinch up but Cou circles away and keeps his distance.
Neto tries to clinch there but Cou circles away.
Neto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Neto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Neto moves out of range as Cou strikes.
Neto wants to clinch up but Cou keeps it at a distance.
Cou swats away the attempt to clinch by Neto.
Cou swats away the attempt to clinch by Neto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neto tries to clinch there but Cou circles away.
A combination from Cou does no damage.
Cou tries to bum rush Neto with a series of wild strikes but Neto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Neto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Neto tries to clinch but Cou moves out of range.
Cou throws an overhand right that lands on Neto's shoulder, as Neto tries to avoid the shot.
Cou is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cou misses with a few strikes there.
Neto tries to clinch there but Cou circles away.
Cou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Neto is looking to clinch but Cou is avoiding it.
Neto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Neto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neto is looking to clinch.
Neto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Neto wants to clinch up but Cou keeps it at a distance.
Cou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Neto tries to clinch there but Cou circles away.
Cou throws out a loose jab but Neto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Neto is looking to clinch but Cou is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Neto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Neto drives through and clinches with Cou against the cage.
Neto looking to stall.
Cou can't break the clinch.
Neto is trying to break the clinch but Cou has him pressed against the cage.
Cou is trying to break the clinch but Neto has him pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cou is trying to break the clinch but Neto has him pressed against the cage.
Antonio Neto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
San Cou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cou is trying to break free.
Neto lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
San Cou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cou, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... San Cou!