PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobo Plata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Paulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plata comes to the cage accompanied by Master of Puppets. Paul Paulson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Plata
vs
Paulson

180 cm
23
164 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

180 cm
23
162 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bobo Plata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Paulson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plata tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Paulson swivels and escapes.
Paulson misses with an uppercut. Plata saw that one coming.
Plata misses with the combination.
Plata connects with a single shot there.
Plata shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Paulson sprawls well. Paulson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Plata gets slowly back to his feet.
Paulson tries to close the distance and clinch but Plata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Plata moves into range and connects with a jab.
Paulson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Plata paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Plata throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Paulson.
Paulson tries to clinch but Plata is having none of it.
Paulson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paulson moves in looking to clinch but Plata pushes him off.
Paulson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plata.
Paul Paulson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paulson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Paulson misses the shot to the body.
Plata throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paulson throws a nice looking combination but Plata bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Plata throws a body punch but Paulson moves out of range.
Paulson slips a jab and a cross from Plata.
Paulson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson sizes up Plata with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Plata slips under a jab from Paulson.
Left hook, right uppercut from Plata.

Paulson clinches up against the cage.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Plata avoids it.
Plata lands with a short shot to the head.
Plata takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paulson lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Paulson throws an elbow but misses.
Plata lands with a light punch inside.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Plata digs a right hand underneath Paulson's ribcage. Paulson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Plata tries to pull guard but Paulson holds him up against the cage and eventually Plata drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobo Plata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Paulson - that landed with a thud.
Plata is breathing heavily.
Plata wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paulson lands a nice elbow.
Paulson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Paulson.
Plata tries for a takedown. No joy.
Paulson looking to throw knees to the head but Plata is blocking nicely.

Plata breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paulson throws a head kick but Plata moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paulson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson throws a jab but it's blocked by Plata.
Plata misses with a hook to the body
and Paulson counters with a head kick. That will keep Plata thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Plata avoids the head kick by Paulson.
Paulson doesn't manage to clinch there - Plata circles away.
Paulson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Paulson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Paulson avoids the attempt from Plata to control.
Plata is wriggling around trying to escape.
Plata is working hard here to advance position.
Paulson tries to control but Plata wriggling away.
Paulson working Plata over with strikes here.
Plata is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Plata sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paulson lands a nice short elbow.
Paulson working Plata over with strikes.
Plata is refusing to be controlled, as Paulson sits in half guard.
Paulson prevents Plata from improving his position.
Paulson is taking a breather. Plata says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Paulson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Plata is holding on to half guard well.
Paulson wants to pass the guard but Plata is defending well.
Plata is trying to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Plata darts in trying to clinch

and Paulson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Paulson lands a nice elbow.
Paulson pushes off an throws an elbow but Plata leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Paulson lands a left hand.
Paulson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Plata blocks it with crossed arms.
Paulson is pressed up against the cage. Plata has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Paulson down to the mat. Paulson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paulson scores with a jab. Plata acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paulson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Plata.

Paulson pushes Plata up against the cage in a clinch.
Paulson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Plata up against the cage.
Paulson lands a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plata tries to throw a body punch but Paulson avoids it by throwing Plata back against the cage.
Paulson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paulson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paulson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right from Plata on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Paulson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Plata takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Plata misses with a two punch combination.
Paulson throws a looping overhand right but Plata ducks down to avoid it.

Plata rushes Paulson and presses him up against the cage.
Paulson swings wildly with an uppercut but Plata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Plata wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Paulson lands a right hand.

Plata breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Plata throws a right and a left that both miss.

Plata drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Plata working away.
Paulson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Plata is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ground and pound from Paulson.
Plata is looking to escape.
Paulson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Plata with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson is trying to control. Plata wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Plata moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Paulson pushing down on Plata's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Paulson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Plata is trying to stand up here but Paulson is controlling him well.
Paulson lands strikes from half guard.

Paulson is trying to work for a kimura but Plata is defending well.

Paulson decides to stand and escape the position.
A nice combination there by Paulson.
Plata uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paulson.
Paulson tries to clinch up.
Plata throws a series of punches but Paulson avoids them all with ease.
Paulson slips a straight right by Plata.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plata throws a body punch but Paulson moves out of range.
Plata looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Paulson throws a head kick that half lands.
Paulson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Plata pinned against the cage. Plata gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paulson misses the jab.
Plata misses with a body shot.
Paulson misses with a looping left.

Plata has managed to clinch.
Paulson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Plata's efforts to push away.
Plata tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Plata goes for a takedown attempt but Paulson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobo Plata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Plata circles away from the clinch attempt.

Paulson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Paulson lands an elbow just above Plata 's eye.
Plata takes an elbow to the temple.
Paulson throws an elbow but it misses.
Paulson landing knees to the head.
Paulson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Plata looking for a takedown.
Plata takes an elbow to the forehead.
Paulson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paulson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Plata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paulson lands an elbow just above Plata 's eye.
Paulson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Plata's defenses.
Paulson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulson lands a damaging elbow.
Paulson lands an elbow inside that Plata shrugs off.
Plata looking for a takedown.
Paulson lands an uppercut.
Plata has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Paulson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Paulson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Paulson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paulson misses with a knee to the head.
Paulson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulson lands an elbow inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Paulson throws an elbow but misses.
Plata lands with a light punch inside.
Paulson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paulson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Plata goes for a takedown attempt but Paulson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Paulson looks to land a combination. Plata sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Plata throws a series of punches but Paulson avoids them all with ease.
Paulson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Plata's head.
Plata circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paulson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Plata is rocked!
The fighters circle, before Paulson throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Plata's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Paulson lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Paul Paulson!