PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Milani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Mauricio Milani has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Mauricio Milani seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Milani
vs
Watanabe

185 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Core Tokyo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauricio Milani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milani tries to clinch up.
Milani misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Milani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Milani tries to clinch but Watanabe is having none of it.

Watanabe gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Watanabe.

It looks like Mauricio Milani has been cut.
Milani misses with a knee strike.
Watanabe lands a body shot in the clinch.
Milani tries to land a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks with his arms.
A short right from Watanabe.
Watanabe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Milani missing with knees to the body.
Watanabe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watanabe lands an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Watanabe.
Milani misses with a knee to the head.
Milani lands a nice knee to the body.
Watanabe is struggling to control the position.
Watanabe lands a nice uppercut.
Watanabe lands a body shot.
Milani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Watanabe taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Milani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Milani scores a nice knee to the body.
Milani is breathing heavily.
Milani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Watanabe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Milani.
Watanabe presses Milani against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Watanabe.
Watanabe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Milani.
Watanabe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Milani or not.
Nice body punch from Watanabe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe scores with a hook to the body.
Watanabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Milani with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Watanabe works on Milani's body with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Watanabe stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Watanabe stalling the fight.
A short right from Watanabe on the inside.
Watanabe stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Milani trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Watanabe.
Watanabe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Watanabe lands a shoulder strike.
Watanabe has Milani pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Watanabe.
Watanabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Watanabe misses with an elbow strike.
Watanabe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Milani backwards.
Milani misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Watanabe.
Watanabe lands with a right to the head.
Watanabe is stalling here.
Watanabe managing to block the knees to the body from Milani.
Watanabe taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ken Watanabe.
Milani ducks right into an uppercut from Watanabe.

Mauricio Milani's cut is getting worse.

Watanabe rushes Milani and presses him up against the cage.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watanabe lands a body punch.
Watanabe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Milani backwards.
Watanabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe works on Milani's body with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe scores with a shot to the side of Milani's head.
Stalling in the clinch from Watanabe.
Watanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Watanabe.
Watanabe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watanabe lands with a left to the head.
Watanabe lands with a light punch inside.

Mauricio Milani's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Watanabe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Watanabe has Milani pressed against the cage.
Watanabe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watanabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watanabe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Watanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Watanabe.
Milani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Watanabe scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Watanabe.
Come on Watanabe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Watanabe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Watanabe.
A short right from Watanabe.

Milani is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Watanabe.
Oh Milani is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Mauricio Milani's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Watanabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Watanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Watanabe lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Milani to his knees! Watanabe keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Watanabe!