PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tunying Jedi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jedi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Binilanggo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jedi
vs
Makunouchi

190 cm
25
265 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

205 cm
27
280 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tunying Jedi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ippo Makunouchi !
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makunouchi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jedi takes a swing at Makunouchi 's ribcage but misses.
Jedi swings for the body but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Makunouchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ippo Makunouchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jedi misses with an uppercut
and Makunouchi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Makunouchi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Makunouchi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makunouchi 's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Makunouchi duly obliges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jedi. Makunouchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makunouchi looks to land a combination but Jedi avoids it well.
Makunouchi tries to clinch there but Jedi circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Makunouchi .
Jedi misses with a wild body shot.
Makunouchi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Makunouchi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jedi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Makunouchi thinking.
Makunouchi misses with a hook to the body
and Jedi counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Ippo Makunouchi has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Jedi.
Makunouchi misses with a wild combination.
Makunouchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jedi.
Jedi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Makunouchi counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi lands a head shot.
Makunouchi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jedi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Makunouchi moves in looking to clinch but Jedi pushes him off.
Makunouchi is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Makunouchi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jedi takes a swing at Makunouchi 's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Makunouchi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jedi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Makunouchi misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi throws a combination. Jedi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Makunouchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jedi.
Makunouchi wants to clinch up but Jedi keeps it at a distance.
Jedi keeps the fight on the outside.
Makunouchi staying out of range there.
Makunouchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jedi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Makunouchi misses with a hook to the body
and Jedi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Makunouchi takes a swing at Jedi's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi tries to close the distance and clinch but Jedi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jedi swings for the body but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Makunouchi misses with a left hand
and Jedi counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice cross by Makunouchi .
Jedi throws a poor cross that misses
and Makunouchi counters with a one-two to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makunouchi misses with a series of wild punches.
Makunouchi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makunouchi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tunying Jedi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ippo Makunouchi 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jedi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makunouchi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Some wild striking there from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi misses with a series of wild punches.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Jedi avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makunouchi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jedi rattles Makunouchi with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Makunouchi tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Jedi dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Makunouchi stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tunying Jedi!