PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Isamu Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Kobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minowa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, One Minute in Heaven. Isamu Minowa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Minowa
vs
Kobra

177 cm
23
196 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

195 cm
22
190 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Isamu Minowa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, King Kobra!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minowa has a takedown stuffed.
Minowa fails with a takedown attempt.
Kobra looks to land a left hand but Minowa moved out of range nicely.
Minowa avoids the body shot from Kobra.
A head kick misses from Minowa.
Minowa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kobra sprawls well. Kobra wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Minowa gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Isamu Minowa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kobra misses with a body shot.

Minowa moves into range and clinches up with Kobra.
Minowa fails to pull guard.
Minowa managing to block the knees to the body from Kobra.
Minowa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kobra tries to land a knee to the head but Minowa blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kobra throws an elbow but misses.

Minowa is trying to trip Kobra. He has hold of a leg but Kobra is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Minowa persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Kobra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Minowa.
Kobra keeping moving, preventing Minowa from controlling successfully.
Minowa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minowa postures up in Kobra's guard and throws a big left but Kobra blocks it.
Kobra keeping moving, preventing Minowa from controlling successfully.
Minowa 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.
Minowa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Minowa passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Minowa misses with the ground and pound.
Kobra is not content to let Minowa control the position.
Kobra sneaks back into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Kobra looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Minowa is trying to control. Kobra wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Minowa passes to side control.
Kobra is trying to control Minowa's posture but Minowa avoids it.
Minowa throws a strike aimed at the side of Kobra's head but Kobra avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kobra sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Kobra parries the strikes from Minowa easily there. Minowa is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kobra to escape.
Minowa throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

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

Minowa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Minowa throws an elbow but Kobra slips to the side and avoids it well.
Minowa tries to advance to mount but Kobra denies him.
Minowa lands a nice forearm strike.
Kobra can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobra keeping his opponent close.
You can see the frustration on Kobra's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Minowa tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minowa grinds an elbow into Kobra's temple.
Minowa misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isamu Minowa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Minowa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Minowa prevents Kobra from improving his position.
Minowa throwing shots but Kobra is blocking nicely.
Kobra is trying to control but can't.
Kobra has his hands clasped together around Minowa's back. He's all about the action.
Kobra trying to control but Minowa postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kobra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Minowa.
Minowa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Minowa trying to control the action but Kobra is working from the bottom.
Minowa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Minowa breaks from Kobra's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minowa with good strikes from the mount here!
Minowa throwing strikes here but Kobra is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kobra is squirming around, avoiding Minowa's attempts to control the action.
Poor strikes thrown by Minowa there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kobra wants to hold on but Minowa pushes him away.
Kobra is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Minowa is staying active.

Minowa goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Kobra is on top in guard.
Minowa tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa trying to control the position here.
Kobra wants to control from the top but Minowa keeps moving.
Kobra content to stall in guard here.
Minowa is pulling down on Kobra's head. It's preventing any offense from Kobra, at least for the moment.
Minowa keeping moving, preventing Kobra from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by King Kobra.

Minowa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Minowa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kobra keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Minowa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Minowa wants to free his trapped foot but Kobra is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Minowa wants to take a breather but Kobra is having none of it.
Kobra is looking to control Minowa's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kobra avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Isamu Minowa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Minowa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kobra.
Kobra avoids a kick to the body.
King Kobra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Minowa gets the takedown into side control.
Kobra is not content to let Minowa control the position.
Kobra dodges the ground and pound from Minowa.
Minowa trying to control the action but Kobra is working from the bottom.
Minowa working away.
Isamu Minowa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Minowa swings around for an armbar but Kobra sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Minowa's guard.
Kobra trying to control the position from guard on top but Minowa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kobra loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kobra looking to sit in guard and control but Minowa gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kobra working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Minowa.
Minowa trying to control but Kobra is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Minowa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Minowa sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Minowa is pushing down on Kobra's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kobra is fighting to maintain full guard but Minowa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Minowa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kobra keeps working.
Kobra keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Minowa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Minowa is thwarting Kobra's attempts to control the position.
Minowa trying to control the action but Kobra is working from the bottom.
Minowa is pressing down on Kobra's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kobra is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Minowa shoots in looking for a takedown. Kobra tries to sprawl out of it but Minowa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kobra manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kobra lands with a nice body punch.
King Kobra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kobra misses with a low kick.

Minowa shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kobra manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Minowa trying to control but Kobra is working from the bottom.
Minowa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kobra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kobra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Minowa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Minowa wants to pass the guard but Kobra is keeping the position.
Minowa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Minowa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Minowa pushes down on Kobra's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Minowa trying to control the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Isamu Minowa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Minowa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Isamu Minowa!