PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kid Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Emperor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe comes into the arena with (Ugly kid joe) Everything about you blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Joe
vs
Emperor

180 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Joe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Emperor!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emperor tries for a takedown but Joe circles away easily
and Joe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joe misses with a left hand

and Emperor moves into the clinch.
Joe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Joe misses with some punches.
Emperor stalling in the clinch but Joe improves position.

Emperor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Emperor connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Emperor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Joe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Joe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Emperor is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Joe misses the body punch
and Emperor counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Joe misses with a lunging right hand

so Emperor counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emperor wants to control from the top but Joe keeps moving.
Emperor being controlled here momentarily.
Joe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Emperor.
Emperor loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Emperor postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kid Joe just wasn't active enough.
Joe throws an off balance right hand
and Emperor counters with a straight right hand.
Emperor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Joe scores with a jab.
Kid Joe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Joe throws a poor cross that misses

and Emperor counters with a shoot takedown. Joe fights it but they end up in guard.
Joe on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Joe tries to get out of the position.
Joe is adopting a defensive guard.
Emperor tries to free his leg and advance position but Joe is retaining full guard.
Joe has control of Emperor's left arm, preventing Emperor from doing any damage.
Joe controls Emperor momentarily but Emperor frees himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kid Joe just wasn't active enough.
Joe throws a big shot that misses.
Joe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emperor.
Nice body punch from Joe.
Joe connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emperor wants to clinch up but Joe keeps it at a distance.
Emperor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kid Joe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Emperor.
Emperor fails with the takedown
and Joe counters with a nice uppercut.
Joe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Emperor.
Emperor looks gassed!
Emperor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kid Joe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emperor misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Joe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Joe duly obliges.
Joe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Emperor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Joe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joe ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe lands a nice hook to Emperor's body. Emperor takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Joe.
Joe jabs at Emperor's body.
Joe works Emperor's body with a nice hook.
Emperor tries to move into range but Joe moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Joe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Emperor closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Emperor doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe works Emperor's body with a nice hook.
Emperor takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Joe cracks Emperor with an open hand slap.
Donk. Joe catches Emperor right on the button with a cross.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Emperor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Joe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Joe dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe lands with an overhand left.
Joe closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Emperor is rocked!
Joe cracks Emperor on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Emperor falls backwards against the cage. Joe follows up with more strikes that drop Emperor to his knees. Joe keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Emperor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kid Joe!