PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Payne Inflikta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cinderella Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Inflikta
vs
Man

185 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
270 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Asphyxiation Ltd. 14.99-24.99 (CBK)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the 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, Payne Inflikta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cinderella Man!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man scores with a leg kick.

Man closes the distance and pushes Inflikta back into the cage.
Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Inflikta won't allow it.
Inflikta drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Man gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Inflikta wants a takedown but no success here.

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Payne Inflikta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Inflikta.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Payne Inflikta. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Inflikta tries to keep at a distance but Man has taken the fight into the clinch.
Inflikta is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Man breaks the clinch.

Man closes the distance and pushes Inflikta back into the cage.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Inflikta shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Man connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Inflikta's hands.
Inflikta fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Man avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Man as Inflikta shoots in.
Inflikta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Man is fending him off so far but Inflikta persists. Nope, Man circles away and we're back to standing.
Inflikta is breathing heavily.
Inflikta tries to clinch but Man moves away
and Man counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inflikta walks into a straight right hand from Man.

Man clinches up with Inflikta and pushes him back against the cage.

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man throws a nice head kick!
Man throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Man's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Man duly obliges.

Man has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Man breaks from the clinch.
Man throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Man's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Man duly obliges.
Man scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Inflikta. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Man lands a nice looking kick to the body. Inflikta takes a step back to recover.

Man instigates a clinch.

Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Inflikta drops his hands momentarily and Man takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Man instigates a clinch.

Man manages to break the clinch.
Cinderella Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Inflikta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Inflikta misses with a body shot

and Man holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Man breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Man throws a one two combo.
Man closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Inflikta takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Man works over Inflikta's head and body with a nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Man!

Man rushes Inflikta and presses him up against the cage.

Man manages to break the clinch.
Man throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Man looks to land a combination. Inflikta sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Man lands with a kick to the temple. Inflikta shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Man scores with a three punch combo!

Inflikta is rocked!

It looks like Payne Inflikta has been cut.
Man rushes Inflikta with punches - Inflikta moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Inflikta goes down! Man follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cinderella Man!