PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juha Sax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis High (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sax might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Infected Mushroom - Heavyweight. Juha Sax has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sax
vs
High

209 cm
21
278 lbs
1 - 4 - 1

203 cm
26
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Juha Sax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis High!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
High displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sax.
Sax is trying hard to land a takedown here. High sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
High lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sax will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juha Sax. That's going to take a lot out of him.
High moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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!
Sax shoots in for a takedown but High shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sax tries to clinch but High moves out of range.
High circles away from the clinch attempt.

High drops Sax with a nice combination! High dives into Sax's guard, looking to finish!

It looks like Juha Sax has been cut.
Sax is breathing heavily.
High sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sax working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from High.
High is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
High trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
High sitting in guard, not really doing much.
High throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sax works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
High controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Travis High.

Sax shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sax tries to stand but his hand is stuck under High.
High wants to get back to his feet.

Sax stands up out of the half guard.
High lands a nice looking body shot.
Juha Sax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
High scores with a one two! Sax had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
High scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sax doesn't seem bothered though.
High lands with a hook. Sax tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
High lands with a nice combination. Sax backs away looking to recover.
Sax on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis High dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juha Sax's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

High with a jab.
Sax will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
High fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sax takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
High lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Sax falls backwards - clearly groggy! High dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis High!