PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hikaru Monotoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Steadhem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monotoshi comes to the cage accompanied by Stooges - Search and Destroy. Hikaru Monotoshi had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Monotoshi
vs
Steadhem

176 cm
22
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

181 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hikaru Monotoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Blake Steadhem!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Steadhem there.
A shot to the liver by Steadhem. Beautiful body shot.
No joy there for Monotoshi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steadhem darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Monotoshi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steadhem.
Monotoshi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Steadhem checks it well.
Steadhem lands a jab-cross combination.
Steadhem uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Monotoshi.
Monotoshi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Steadhem counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Steadhem wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hikaru Monotoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steadhem wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Monotoshi is breathing heavily.
Monotoshi misses with a body shot.
Monotoshi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steadhem ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steadhem is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Monotoshi rather than just go for the knockout.
Steadhem lands an overhand right.
Monotoshi misses with a double jab
and Steadhem counters with a nice uppercut.
Steadhem scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Steadhem.
A cross from Steadhem lands.
Steadhem lands with a shot to the body.
Steadhem cracks Monotoshi with a good jab.
Steadhem scores with a hook to the body. Monotoshi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Steadhem digs a good hook to Monotoshi's body.
Monotoshi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steadhem punishes Monotoshi's body with a nice straight punch.
Monotoshi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Steadhem lands a nice hook to Monotoshi's body. Monotoshi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Monotoshi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice uppercut there from Steadhem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Monotoshi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Monotoshi is rocked!
Steadhem digs a good hook to Monotoshi's body.
Oh Monotoshi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steadhem drops Monotoshi with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Monotoshi! Steadhem dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Blake Steadhem!