PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus of Nazareth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genaro Munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). of Nazareth comes to the cage accompanied by oh la naw. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

of Nazareth
vs
Munoz

160 cm
20
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
154 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Lightning Fight Gear
Lightning Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jesus of Nazareth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Genaro Munoz!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Munoz takes the fight into the clinch.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Munoz misses with a knee strike.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
Munoz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.
Munoz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite of Nazareth's efforts to push away.
Munoz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
of Nazareth wants to get back to striking at distance but Munoz won't allow it.
Munoz lands a nice knee to the body.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz lands a knee to the head.
Munoz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but of Nazareth blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A knee to the head by Munoz.
of Nazareth is breathing heavily.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

of Nazareth is rocked!
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.
Munoz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but of Nazareth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
of Nazareth wants to break free but Munoz has control.
Munoz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
of Nazareth takes an elbow to the temple.
Munoz misses with a knee strike.
of Nazareth working hard to break the clinch.
of Nazareth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Munoz lands a knee to the head.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Munoz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A lazy left from of Nazareth finds it's target.
of Nazareth tests Munoz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
of Nazareth looks to land a left hand but Munoz moved out of range nicely.
Munoz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munoz tries to clinch up.
Munoz fails in his attempt to clinch.
of Nazareth lands with a nice body punch.
of Nazareth waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Munoz.
of Nazareth throws a hook but Munoz blocks it.
A big left from of Nazareth misses.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch but of Nazareth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Munoz tries to clinch but of Nazareth is having none of it.
of Nazareth throws a shot from downtown. Munoz moves away and avoids it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz lands a knee to the head.
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz misses with a knee strike.
of Nazareth wants to break free but Munoz has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Munoz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Munoz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Munoz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Munoz moves into range and clinches up with of Nazareth.
of Nazareth can't break the clinch.
Munoz prevents of Nazareth from breaking the clinch.
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Munoz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Munoz scores a nice knee to the body.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.

Munoz breaks the clinch.
of Nazareth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
of Nazareth throws a big shot that misses.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch up but of Nazareth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Munoz is looking to clinch but of Nazareth is avoiding it.
Munoz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Munoz moves in looking to clinch but of Nazareth pushes him off.

Munoz closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Munoz obliges.
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz keeps control of of Nazareth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Munoz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
of Nazareth wants to break free but Munoz has control.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
of Nazareth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Munoz landing knees to the head.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Munoz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Munoz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite of Nazareth's efforts to push away.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz prevents of Nazareth from breaking the clinch.
of Nazareth is looking to break free of the clinch but Munoz has double underhooks.
of Nazareth can't break the clinch.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
of Nazareth wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munoz keeps control of of Nazareth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
of Nazareth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
of Nazareth is trying to break free.
A knee to the head by Munoz.
Munoz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Munoz lands an elbow that stopped of Nazareth in his tracks for a moment.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on of Nazareth's face as he tries to break the clinch.

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.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
of Nazareth avoids a wild elbow strike from Munoz.
of Nazareth wants to get back to striking at distance but Munoz won't allow it.
Munoz landing knees to the head.

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

Munoz instigates a clinch.
Munoz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Munoz.
of Nazareth working hard to break the clinch.
of Nazareth takes a knee to the side of the body.
of Nazareth is trying to break free.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
Munoz landing knees to the head.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
of Nazareth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.
Munoz lands an elbow just above of Nazareth 's eye.
of Nazareth is looking to break free of the clinch but Munoz has double underhooks.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Munoz.
Munoz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

of Nazareth clobbers Munoz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice straight punches there by of Nazareth. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of of Nazareth.
Munoz tries to clinch up but of Nazareth circles away and keeps his distance.
of Nazareth connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch up but of Nazareth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
of Nazareth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch up but of Nazareth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
of Nazareth misses with a looping right.
of Nazareth just misses with a punch to the body.
of Nazareth lands with an overhand left.
of Nazareth throws a lazy right hand but Munoz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Munoz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
of Nazareth lands with an overhand left.
Munoz fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
of Nazareth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Munoz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses.
of Nazareth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Munoz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Munoz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Munoz tries to clinch there but of Nazareth circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Munoz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Decent striking displayed by of Nazareth there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Munoz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
of Nazareth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch but of Nazareth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
of Nazareth displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Munoz slips under a jab from of Nazareth.
Munoz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
of Nazareth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Munoz tries to clinch up but of Nazareth circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from of Nazareth misses the target.
of Nazareth throws a good cross that connects.
Munoz is looking to clinch but of Nazareth is avoiding it.

Munoz moves into the clinch successfully.
Munoz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz tries a knee to the head but of Nazareth blocks it.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
of Nazareth is trying to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling him.
Munoz lands an elbow just above of Nazareth 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Munoz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but of Nazareth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
of Nazareth is trying to break the clinch but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.
Munoz misses with an elbow over the top.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
of Nazareth is trying to break free.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
of Nazareth wants to get back to striking at distance but Munoz won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on of Nazareth's face as he tries to break the clinch.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz misses with a knee strike.
Munoz lands with a short shot to the head.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
of Nazareth is trying to break the clinch but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.
Munoz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but of Nazareth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Munoz prevents of Nazareth from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Munoz.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
of Nazareth wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Munoz working of Nazareth over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Munoz.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
of Nazareth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
of Nazareth takes a knee right on the jaw!
of Nazareth working hard to break the clinch.
Munoz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz tries to land a knee to the head but of Nazareth blocks with his arms.
of Nazareth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munoz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Munoz lands a nice elbow.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Munoz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz lands a knee to the body.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
Munoz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has of Nazareth in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice elbow from Munoz.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz landing knees to the body.
of Nazareth wants to break free but Munoz has control.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
of Nazareth tries to break free but Munoz pushes him back against the cage.
Munoz connects with a knee to the head.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
Munoz working of Nazareth over with knees to the body.
Munoz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but of Nazareth blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz tries a knee to the head but of Nazareth blocks it.
Munoz pushes of Nazareth back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
Munoz lands an elbow that stopped of Nazareth in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Munoz.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch but Munoz keeps him there for the moment.
of Nazareth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.
Munoz tries to land a knee to the head but of Nazareth blocks with his arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Munoz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite of Nazareth's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Munoz.
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
of Nazareth is trying to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling him.
Munoz unloads a knee to the mid-section. of Nazareth lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jesus of Nazareth will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

of Nazareth throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donk. of Nazareth catches Munoz right on the button with a cross.
of Nazareth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
of Nazareth throws a right and a left that Munoz avoids nicely.
of Nazareth throws a hook but Munoz blocks it.
of Nazareth throws a body punch but Munoz moves out of range.
Munoz tries to clinch but of Nazareth is having none of it.
of Nazareth blocks a head kick by Munoz.
of Nazareth missing with a left hand there. Munoz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
of Nazareth throws a hook but Munoz avoids it easily.
of Nazareth lands a jab-cross combination.

Munoz instigates a clinch.
Munoz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Munoz keeps control of of Nazareth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
of Nazareth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Munoz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Munoz lands a knee to the head.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
of Nazareth wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Munoz has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Munoz with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Munoz obliges.
Munoz landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
Munoz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
of Nazareth is trying to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling him.
of Nazareth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Munoz cracks of Nazareth with a nice body shot.
Nice elbow from Munoz.
of Nazareth working hard to break the clinch.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Munoz.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Munoz lands a knee to the head.
Munoz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
of Nazareth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Munoz connects with a nasty looking knee right to of Nazareth's face.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.
Munoz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Munoz lands an elbow inside that of Nazareth shrugs off.
Munoz keeps control of of Nazareth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
of Nazareth wants to break the clinch but can't.
Munoz scores with a knee to the head.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Munoz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
of Nazareth throws a jab when Munoz was well out of range.
Munoz tries to clinch but of Nazareth is having none of it.
A head kick misses from Munoz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
of Nazareth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
of Nazareth connects with a crisp jab.
Munoz tries to close the distance and clinch up but of Nazareth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
of Nazareth bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Munoz's head backwards.
of Nazareth throws a jab when Munoz was well out of range.
Munoz tries a head kick but it misses.
of Nazareth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
of Nazareth throws a good cross that connects.
of Nazareth smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Munoz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
of Nazareth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Munoz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Munoz throws a sloppy head kick and of Nazareth moves out of range easily.
Munoz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
of Nazareth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
of Nazareth is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Munoz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Munoz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Munoz tries to clinch there but of Nazareth circles away.
Munoz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munoz moves forwards but of Nazareth connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Munoz ducks under a wild hook from of Nazareth.
of Nazareth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice cross by of Nazareth.
Munoz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Munoz tries to clinch but of Nazareth moves out of range.
Munoz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
of Nazareth circles away from the clinch attempt.
of Nazareth looks to land a combination but Munoz avoids it well.
Munoz throws a sloppy head kick and of Nazareth moves out of range easily.
of Nazareth keeps the fight on the outside.
Munoz takes one on the button.
A jab lands there for of Nazareth.
Munoz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
of Nazareth scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Munoz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

of Nazareth tries to keep at a distance but Munoz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Munoz keeps control of of Nazareth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
of Nazareth tries to circle away but Munoz has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
of Nazareth can't break the clinch.
of Nazareth takes a knee right on the jaw!
of Nazareth avoids the elbow strike from Munoz, against the cage.
of Nazareth tries to break the clinch but Munoz is controlling the position.
Munoz lands a knee to the body.
Munoz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
of Nazareth is looking to break free of the clinch but Munoz has double underhooks.
Munoz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from of Nazareth.
Munoz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but of Nazareth blocks it with crossed arms.
Munoz has of Nazareth pressed against the cage, preventing of Nazareth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
of Nazareth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Munoz manages to break the clinch.
Munoz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Munoz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Munoz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Munoz tries to clinch up but of Nazareth circles away and keeps his distance.
Munoz tries to clinch but of Nazareth moves out of range.
Munoz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
of Nazareth misses with a hook.
Munoz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Munoz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Munoz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jesus of Nazareth.
I think of Nazareth 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Genaro Munoz!