PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Tobin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watanabe has chosen Insomnia by Tiësto as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tobin
vs
Watanabe

188 cm
25
175 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
170 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Tobin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tobin.
Watanabe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tobin scores with the left hand. Watanabe knows he should have avoided that one.
Watanabe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tobin doesn't seem bothered though.
Tobin digs a good hook to Watanabe's body.
Tobin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Watanabe ducks under a wild hook from Tobin.
Tobin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watanabe.
Watanabe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tobin's hands.
Watanabe misses with an uppercut. Tobin saw that one coming.
Tobin misses with a straight right.
Tobin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watanabe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tobin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tobin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watanabe.
Tobin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watanabe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Watanabe lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Watanabe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watanabe ducks right into an uppercut from Tobin.
Watanabe slips a jab and a cross from Tobin.
Watanabe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tobin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watanabe was well out of range. Poor timing from Tobin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobin staying out of range there.
A shot to the body from Tobin misses
and Watanabe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watanabe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tobin.
Tobin throws a big shot that misses.
Tobin scores with a body shot.
Tobin loads up on a big right hand but Watanabe slips the punch.
Watanabe lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Watanabe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tobin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Watanabe lands with a hook. Tobin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Watanabe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tobin misses with a hook. Watanabe ducked under it nicely.
Watanabe scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe throws out a loose jab but Tobin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tobin throws a series of strikes that have Watanabe backpedaling.
Donk. Tobin catches Watanabe right on the button with a cross.
Danga de danga de dang - Watanabe scores with a four punch combination!
Tobin cracks Watanabe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tobin misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tobin connects with a looping right hand.
Tobin lands a nice shot to the body.
Tobin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tobin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watanabe.
Watanabe jabs Tobin right on the nose. Tobin blinks but takes it well.
Tobin slips under a jab from Watanabe.
Tobin misses with a looping left.
Tobin lands a glancing blow to the side of Watanabe's head.
Watanabe throws the left hand but Tobin avoids the punch easily.
Tobin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watanabe.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Tobin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Tobin misses the target.
Tobin misses with a head kick.
Tobin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tobin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watanabe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with the combination.
Tobin staying out of range there.
Tobin misses with a hook. Watanabe ducked under it nicely.
Tobin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Watanabe looks to land a combination but Tobin avoids it well.
Watanabe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watanabe scores with a decent looking hook.
Watanabe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Tobin misses the target.
Tobin connects with a jab.
Tobin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Watanabe misses with a looping right.
Tobin looks to throw the jab but Watanabe is out of range.
Tobin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watanabe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tobin moves away.
Tobin looks to score with a jab to the body but Watanabe is just out of range.
Tobin throws the left hand but Watanabe avoids the punch easily.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Tobin avoids nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watanabe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watanabe throws a jab but it's blocked by Tobin.
A big left from Tobin misses.
Tobin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tobin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watanabe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tobin in his tracks.
Tobin misses with an uppercut. Watanabe saw that one coming.
Watanabe misses the shot to the body.
Tobin thows a body shot but no joy.
Tobin misses with a series of wild punches.
Watanabe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tobin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tobin jabs Watanabe right on the nose. Watanabe blinks but takes it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watanabe falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tobin counters with a one-two to the body.
Watanabe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Watanabe goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Watanabe is working the combinations to good effect here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watanabe just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Watanabe dominated that round.
That's time! Tobin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Watanabe blocks a jab.
Watanabe misses with a shot to the body
and Tobin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tobin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watanabe.
Watanabe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watanabe with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Watanabe moves out of range of the strikes.
Watanabe scores with a jab to the head.
Tobin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like James Tobin has been cut.
Watanabe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tobin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watanabe.
Kai Watanabe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tobin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tobin throws a jab but it's blocked by Watanabe.
Tobin misses with a hook. Watanabe ducked under it nicely.
Tobin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tobin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tobin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watanabe connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobin throws a shot from downtown. Watanabe moves away and avoids it.
Watanabe defending well as Tobin loads up on a big left hand.
Watanabe misses with a hook to the body
and Tobin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Watanabe misses the target.
Watanabe needs to keep his hands up - Tobin had a free shot at his head there.
Watanabe misses with a double jab
and Watanabe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watanabe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tobin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watanabe throws a hook but Tobin avoids it easily.
Kai Watanabe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watanabe walks into a stiff left hand from Tobin.
Watanabe throws a right hand that Tobin ducks under and follows up with a left that Tobin also avoids with ease.
Watanabe tries to bum rush Tobin with a series of wild strikes but Tobin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watanabe throws a right and a left that Tobin avoids nicely.
Tobin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tobin lands a nice shot that snaps Watanabe's head back.
Watanabe lands a nice shot to the body.
Watanabe fails to land with a series of punches.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tobin was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Tobin lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses the jab.
Watanabe avoids the body shot from Tobin.
Watanabe avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watanabe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Tobin cracks Watanabe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Watanabe lands a slapping body shot.
Nice jab there from Tobin.
The fighters circling - Watanabe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Watanabe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Tobin avoids them all with ease.
A left and a right from Tobin both land. Nice combination.
Watanabe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tobin.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and Tobin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab from Tobin does it's job there.
Tobin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Watanabe is out of range and Tobin settles back down.
Watanabe needs to keep his hands up - Tobin had a free shot at his head there.
Tobin clobbers Watanabe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Watanabe misses with a shot to the body
and Tobin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Watanabe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tobin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tobin throws a jab but it's blocked by Watanabe.
Watanabe throws a combination that misses
and Tobin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tobin misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Watanabe.
Watanabe throws a sloppy body shot
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
enabling Tobin to counter with a crisp jab.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tobin was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Tobin throws a shot from downtown. Watanabe moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watanabe. Tobin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tobin connects with a jab.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Watanabe moves away from the strike by Tobin.
Watanabe tries to move into range but Tobin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Watanabe moves out of range of the strikes.
Tobin misses with a few strikes there.
Tobin throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobin scores with a nice head shot.
Watanabe throws a series of punches but Tobin avoids them all with ease.
Tobin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watanabe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tobin blocks a jab.
Nice jab there from Tobin.
Watanabe looks to throw the jab but Tobin is out of range.
Watanabe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tobin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tobin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Watanabe's head backwards.
Tobin blocks a jab.
Watanabe just misses with a punch to the body.
Watanabe slips under a jab.
Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watanabe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Watanabe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A combination from Watanabe does no damage.
Tobin works the jab nicely.
A swing and a miss from Watanabe.
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 James Tobin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Tobin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Tobin throws a jab but it's blocked by Watanabe.
Watanabe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tobin.
Watanabe thows a body shot but no joy.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Watanabe needs to keep his hands up - Tobin had a free shot at his head there.
Watanabe moves forwards but Tobin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tobin dodges the punch combination from Watanabe.
Watanabe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Tobin lands with a hook. Watanabe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tobin misses with a looping right.
Tobin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watanabe.
Tobin lands the left hand.
Watanabe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tobin lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Watanabe does no damage.
Tobin wants to slow Watanabe down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice shot lands for Tobin.
Tobin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tobin lands with a hook. Watanabe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tobin connects with a crisp jab.
Tobin looks to land a combination but Watanabe avoids it well.
Watanabe lands a nice hook to Tobin's body. Tobin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Watanabe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Tobin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big right from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe misses with a hook to the body
and Tobin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tobin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watanabe.
Watanabe misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Watanabe.
Tobin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Watanabe throws a sloppy body shot
and Tobin counters with a left and a right that stings Watanabe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tobin tries to work over Watanabe's front leg with a kick but Watanabe checks it.
Watanabe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Tobin connects with a nice looking jab.
Watanabe swinging wildly here.
Tobin cracks Watanabe with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tobin throws a good cross that connects.
Watanabe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tobin.
Watanabe looks to land a right hand but Tobin moved out of range.
Good shot there by Tobin.
Tobin misses with a body punch
and Watanabe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tobin thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tobin was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Tobin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tobin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watanabe.
Watanabe misses with a hook. Tobin ducked under it nicely.
Tobin cracks Watanabe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Watanabe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice uppercut lands for Tobin. That snapped Watanabe's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tobin ducks under a wild hook from Watanabe.
Watanabe cracks a nice hook into Tobin's ribs.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice uppercut there from Tobin.
Tobin slips under a jab from Watanabe.
Tobin misses with an uppercut. Watanabe saw that one coming.
Tobin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Watanabe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Watanabe misses with a body punch
and Tobin counters with a right hand to the body.
Tobin moves forwards but Watanabe connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tobin slips a straight right by Watanabe.
Tobin defending well as Watanabe loads up on a big left hand.
Watanabe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Tobin moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watanabe.
Tobin throws an overhand right that lands on Watanabe's shoulder, as Watanabe tries to avoid the shot.
Jab from Tobin.
Tobin connects with a looping right hand.
Watanabe takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch combination from Watanabe misses.
Watanabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watanabe misses with a body shot.
Watanabe thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed right hand from Watanabe misses the target.
Watanabe misses with a double jab
and Tobin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Watanabe thinking.
Watanabe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tobin manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tobin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Watanabe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tobin takes a swing at Watanabe's ribcage but misses.
Tobin throws a big shot that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Tobin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tobin 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... James Tobin!