PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Hetfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hetfield comes to the ring accompanied by Harvester of Sorrow. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hetfield
vs
Do

197 cm
23
282 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

192 cm
24
255 lbs
7 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Core Tokyo
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Hetfield!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Do!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do shoots in and drives through. Hetfield sprawls well.
Do throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Hetfield counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hetfield thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hetfield thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hetfield tries to stand but can't do so whilst Do controls his leg.
Do keeping control of the position.
Do avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hetfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do taking some punishment here, with Hetfield in his half guard.
It looks like Hetfield is going to stand back up.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hetfield is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Do manages to get to full guard.

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.

Hetfield decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Do drives through and clinches with Hetfield against the ropes.
Hetfield throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hetfield missing with knees to the body.
Hetfield prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hetfield lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Jonny Do has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield landing knees to the body.
Do looks gassed!
Hetfield lands an elbow just above Do 's eye.
Hetfield lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hetfield with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Jonny Do's cut even more.
Hetfield creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Do's defenses.
Do dodges an elbow strike from Hetfield.
Hetfield lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Do takes a knee right on the jaw!

The cut above Jonny Do's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
Hetfield tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Do wants a takedown but no success here.
James Hetfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Do.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hetfield.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hetfield with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hetfield lands an elbow that stopped Do in his tracks for a moment.
Hetfield misses with a knee strike.
Hetfield landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hetfield connects with a knee to the head.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Hetfield connects with a knee to the head.
Do is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Hetfield gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do takes an elbow to the temple.

Jonny Do's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hetfield trying to land knees to the body.

Do turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Do manages to end up in side control.
Hetfield 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Do misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Do throws an elbow but Hetfield slips to the side and avoids it well.

Do goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Hetfield has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Do but great work by Hetfield.
Hetfield is putting a hurting on Do here, landing some big shots from side control.
Do tries to bench press Hetfield off him but Hetfield keeps the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Hetfield stands up.
Do misses with a takedown attempt

and Hetfield counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.

Hetfield gets to his feet - Do follows without any prompting.
Do has his takedown stuffed

and Hetfield counters with a shoot takedown. Do fights it but they end up in guard.
Hetfield wants to get up but he can't break Do's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hetfield wants to get up but he can't break Do's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Hetfield gets to his feet - Do follows without any prompting.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a takedown attempt

and Hetfield counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hetfield tries to stand and escape but Do is controlling the position.
Do looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hetfield seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to sweep but Hetfield has passed to side control!

Hetfield stands up and beckons Do to his feet.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a hook

and Hetfield counters with a nice double leg into side control. Do won't be happy with that.

Hetfield stands up and beckons Do to his feet.
Do wants to clinch

and Hetfield counters with a takedown into side control.

Hetfield stands up and beckons Do to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Do gets tackled into the ropes by Hetfield. Hetfield maintains the clinch.
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!
Do drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hetfield gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hetfield misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Hetfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Do's cut.
That's time! Hetfield's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hetfield, right into the meat.
Do's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hetfield connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Do scrambles back to his feet.
Do shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hetfield pinned against the cage. Hetfield gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
James Hetfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Do swings widly with a right hand

and Hetfield counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hetfield.
Hetfield looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
Hetfield looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hetfield gets underhooks to prevent Do's takedown attempt.
Hetfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Hetfield scores with a knee to the head.
Do takes an elbow to the temple.
Hetfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Hetfield is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Do can do to turn this around?
With the fighters up against the ropes, Hetfield throws an elbow but misses.
Hetfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Do's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hetfield looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hetfield gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Do.
James Hetfield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Do.
Do avoids a wild elbow strike from Hetfield.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hetfield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Do is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hetfield is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hetfield misses with a knee to the head.
Hetfield stops a takedown attempt from Do.
Hetfield stops a takedown attempt from Do.
Hetfield lands a damaging elbow.

Do gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hetfield regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Do.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Do thows a big elbow that misses.
Do looking to sit in guard and control but Hetfield gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Do controlling Hetfield's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do is trying to control the position but Hetfield postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hetfield is looking to stand up but Do won't let him.
Hetfield prevents Do from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hetfield wanted to stand there but Do had control of the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jonny Do was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Horrible takedown by Do or perhaps it was just good defense by Hetfield which made him look bad.
Hetfield stuffs the takedown.

Hetfield rushes Do and presses him up against the ropes.
Do avoids the elbow strike from Hetfield, against the ropes.
Do is trying to break the clinch but Hetfield has him pressed against the ropes.
Hetfield lands an elbow just above Do 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonny Do's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Hetfield!
James Hetfield retains his heavyweight title!