PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Brothers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brothers comes to the cage accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Master has chosen Eye of the Tiger as his entrance music. Clay Master told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Brothers
vs
Master

222 cm
18
295 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mario Brothers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Clay Master!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Master lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brothers circles away quickly and effectively.
Master looks to land a combination but Brothers avoids it well.
Master throws a shot to the body.

Master drops Brothers with a beautiful combination! Brothers stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Master is looking for the KO!

Brothers is rocked!

It looks like Mario Brothers has been cut.
Brothers is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Master misses.
Oh Brothers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Master misses with the combination.
Brothers seems to have got his legs back now.
Master shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brothers pinned against the cage. Brothers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Master misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Master, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Master scores with a hook to the body. Brothers takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brothers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Master.
Master lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brothers circles away quickly and effectively.
Master shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brothers sprawls well. Brothers wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Master gets slowly back to his feet.
Master fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Master scores with a shot to the body.
Master scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brothers doesn't seem bothered though.
Master throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Master scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Master shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Master was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Master controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Master tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Master trying to control but Brothers is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Master avoids the attempt from Brothers to control.
Master is looking to stand but Master has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Brothers just holding on.
Master wants to control the pace but Brothers is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Master tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Brothers tries to hold on but Master pushes him away.
Master really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brothers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Master is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clay Master dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Brothers's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brothers tries for a takedown but Master circles away easily

and Master counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Master is just content to waste time from the top position. Brothers takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Brothers looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Master must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Brothers keeping moving, preventing Master from controlling successfully.
Master would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brothers pulls Master in close to prevent any damage.
Brothers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Master's guard.
Master keeping moving, preventing Brothers from controlling successfully.
Brothers prevents Master from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brothers trying to control but Master is working from the bottom.
Brothers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Master wants to get back to his feet but Brothers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brothers with a flurry of punches that miss.
Brothers connects with a couple of short punches.
Brothers tries to free his leg and advance position but Master is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Master fails with the takedown

and Brothers counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Brothers.
Brothers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brothers throwing strikes but missing.
Brothers forces his way into half guard.
Brothers thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Master's head.
Brothers thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Master to regain full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brothers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Master wants to get back to his feet but Brothers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brothers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brothers working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brothers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Brothers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mario Brothers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Master lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Master misses with a double jab

and Brothers counters with a shoot takedown. Master fights it but they end up in guard.
Brothers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Master is keeping the position for now.
Brothers stops Master from standing up.
Brothers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Master's head.
Mario Brothers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brothers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Master swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brothers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brothers thows a big elbow that misses.
Master wants to get back to his feet but Brothers is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brothers has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brothers is looking to work some ground and pound but Master has wrist control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Master scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brothers has a takedown stuffed.
A left and a right from Master both land. Nice combination.
Master misses with a takedown attempt

and Brothers counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Master blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brothers.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brothers prevents Master from standing back up.
Master keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Master blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brothers.
Brothers is trying to control the action in half guard but Master is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brothers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brothers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brothers with the ground and pound but Master uses the opportunity to regain guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Master has his takedown stuffed

and Brothers counters with a shoot takedown. Master fights it but they end up in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master keeping full guard, as Brothers tries to pass.
Master keeping moving, preventing Brothers from controlling successfully.
Brothers prevents Master from getting back to his feet.
Brothers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Master works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brothers stops Master from standing up.

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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brothers looks for a takedown but Master sprawls well.
Master lands with a nice body punch.
Mario Brothers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Master lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brothers circles away quickly and effectively.
Brothers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Master sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Brothers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Master feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brothers's calf.
Brothers slaps away a takedown attempt from Master, before circling back to the center of the mat.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Brothers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brothers 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 28:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!