PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oj Mayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Watanabe is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mayo
vs
Watanabe

199 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Core Tokyo
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oj Mayo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe with a nice cross.
Mayo with a poor takedown

and Watanabe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Watanabe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watanabe.
Still in the clinch, Watanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mayo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A left hand lands to the body for Watanabe.
Watanabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Watanabe lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Oj Mayo has been cut.
Watanabe gets through Mayo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Watanabe lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Mayo is rocked!
Mayo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Oh Mayo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watanabe lands a big right hand that drops Mayo! The killer instinct kicks in and Watanabe finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Watanabe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Watanabe!