PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mc Batas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Germinator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batas comes into the arena with Enter Sandman blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Batas
vs
Germinator

182 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mc Batas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, The Germinator!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a nice uppercut.
Batas misses with a left hand
and Germinator counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Batas throws a poor cross that misses
and Germinator counters with an outside leg kick.
Mc Batas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Germinator tries to clinch up
and Batas counters with a stiff right hand.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Batas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Germinator takes one to the chin there.
Batas misses with a right hand
and Germinator counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Batas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Germinator takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Germinator blocks a head kick by Batas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batas throws a leg kick
and Germinator counters with a low kick, right behind Batas 's knee.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves away
and Batas counters with a series of strikes. Germinator will be more careful next time no doubt.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Germinator darts in trying to clinch
and Batas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Germinator darts in trying to clinch
and Batas counters with a three punch combo that has Germinator backing up. Germinator nods at Batas to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germinator lands a leg kick that knocks Batas off balance momentarily.
Batas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Germinator closes the distance but Batas moves to the side
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Batas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Batas throws a lazy uppercut
and Germinator counters with a nice body shot.
Germinator fails with an attempt to clinch.
Batas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Batas throws a head kick that misses
and Germinator counters with a nice leg kick.
Batas is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Germinator is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Germinator closes the distance but Batas moves to the side
and Batas counters with a nice uppercut.
Batas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Germinator counters with a series of strikes. Batas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Germinator throws a series of punches but Batas moves out of range.
Batas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Batas misses with a hook
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Batas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator counters with a good low kick that Batas was not able to check.
Batas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Germinator counters with a head kick. That will keep Batas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Batas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Germinator jabs Batas to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Germinator.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Germinator fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator counters with a nice low kick that buckles Batas's knee momentarily.
Batas throws a combination that misses
and Germinator counters with a head kick. That will keep Batas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Batas fails to land with a series of punches.
Germinator just misses with a punch to the body.
Germinator keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batas fails to land with a series of punches.
Germinator thows a body shot but no joy.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch but Batas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Batas tries to bum rush Germinator with a series of wild strikes but Germinator uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Batas falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Germinator to counter with a crisp jab.
Germinator moves in looking to clinch but Batas pushes him off.
Germinator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Batas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batas keeps the fight on the outside.
Batas stuns Germinator with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Batas throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Batas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Germinator counter with a right hand.
Germinator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Germinator tries to clinch there but Batas circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Batas.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Germinator jabs at Batas's body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Germinator tries to clinch there but Batas circles away.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Germinator tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batas was well out of range. Poor timing from Germinator.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas is having none of it.
Germinator tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Batas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Batas misses with a body shot
and Germinator counters with a left and a right that stings Batas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves away
and Batas counters with a nice uppercut.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Germinator is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Batas throws an off balance right hand

and Germinator counters by moving into the clinch.
Germinator looking to throw knees to the head but Batas is blocking nicely.
Germinator with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Germinator looking to stall.
Germinator looking to throw knees to the head but Batas is blocking nicely.
Batas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Batas breaks from the clinch.
Batas looks to land a combination but Germinator avoids it well.
Batas looks to score with a jab to the body but Germinator is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Germinator tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Batas lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Germinator dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Germinator on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Germinator throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Germinator tries to clinch up
and Batas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Germinator seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator counters with a body kick that stops Batas in his tracks momentarily.
Batas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a straight right hand.
Germinator tries to clinch up
and Batas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Batas.
Batas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Germinator counters with a two punch combo.
Germinator throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Germinator throws a poor cross that misses
and Batas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Germinator is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Germinator tries to clinch
and Batas counters with a three punch combo that has Germinator backing up. Germinator nods at Batas to acknowledge the strikes.
Batas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Germinator.
Mc Batas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a series of wild punches.
Germinator closes the distance looking to clinch
and Batas counters with a right hand to the body.
Batas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Germinator wants to clinch
and Batas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Batas misses with a double jab
and Germinator counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Germinator.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Germinator closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Batas counter with a right hand.
Batas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Germinator ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Batas moves away.
Germinator throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Batas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Germinator swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germinator fails with an attempt to clinch.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Germinator thinking.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Batas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Batas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Batas. Those never looked like landing.
Germinator wants to clinch but Batas slips to the side
and Batas counters with a two punch combo.
Batas swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Germinator drops his hands momentarily and Batas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Batas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Batas misses with a few strikes there.
Germinator is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Batas rather than just go for the knockout.
Germinator wants to clinch
enabling Batas to counter with a crisp jab.
Batas throws a lazy body kick
and Germinator counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Batas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germinator counters with a thumping low kick.
Batas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Germinator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Germinator moves in looking to clinch but Batas pushes him off.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Batas throws a lazy head kick
and Germinator counters with a thumping low kick.
Germinator is looking to clinch.
Germinator has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Batas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Batas swats away the attempt to clinch by Germinator.
Germinator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch but Batas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Batas throws an off balance right hand
and Germinator counters with a nice leg kick.
Germinator tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Batas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Batas throws a combination that misses
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Germinator tries to clinch up.
Batas throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Germinator closes the distance but Batas moves to the side
and Batas counters with a right hand to the body.
Germinator's corner calls for a 1-2. Germinator obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Batas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Batas swats away the attempt to clinch by Germinator.
Germinator wants to clinch
and Batas counters with a one-two to the body.
Batas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice straight punches there by Germinator. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Germinator.
Batas misses with a wild body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Germinator tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Batas counters with a left to the body.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a left and a right that stings Germinator.
Germinator fails in his attempt to clinch.
Germinator is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Germinator avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Batas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Germinator tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Batas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mc Batas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Batas takes a swing at Germinator's ribcage but misses.
Batas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Germinator counters with a nice body shot.
Germinator closes the distance looking to clinch
and Batas counters with a series of strikes. Germinator will be more careful next time no doubt.
Germinator closes the distance but Batas moves to the side
and Batas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Batas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Batas misses with a double jab.
Batas throws an off balance right hand
and Germinator counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batas swings widly with a right hand
and Germinator counters with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Batas. Those never looked like landing.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves out of range.
Germinator tries to clinch there but Batas circles away.
Batas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Germinator moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Germinator connects with an inside leg kick.
Batas throws a lazy right hand but Germinator sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Germinator wants to clinch up but Batas keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Batas misses with a body shot
and Germinator counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Batas thinking.
Germinator wants to clinch.
Batas misses with a hook
and Germinator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Batas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves out of range.
Germinator tries to clinch up
and Batas counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a double jab
enabling Germinator to counter with a crisp jab.
Batas keeps the fight on the outside.
Batas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Germinator counters with a stiff right hand.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a one-two to the body.
Batas is working the combinations to good effect here.
Germinator just misses with a punch to the body.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germinator throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Germinator is looking to clinch.
Germinator fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Germinator lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Germinator moves in looking to clinch but Batas pushes him off.
Batas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Germinator counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Germinator wants to clinch up but Batas keeps it at a distance.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Batas throws a sloppy head kick
and Germinator counters with a leg kick.
Germinator tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch but Batas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Germinator looks to clinch
enabling Batas to counter with a crisp jab.
Batas throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Batas misses with a jab to the body
and Germinator counters with a nice leg kick.
Germinator waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Batas.
Germinator connects with an inside leg kick.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas is having none of it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Germinator fails to land with a series of punches.
Batas throws a leg kick
and Germinator counters with a three punch combo that has Batas backing up. Batas nods at Germinator to acknowledge the strikes.
Germinator fails in his attempt to clinch.
Germinator tries to clinch up.
Germinator throws a sloppy head kick and Batas moves out of range easily.
Germinator misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Batas counters with a nice uppercut.
Batas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Germinator darts in trying to clinch
and Batas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas is having none of it.
Germinator tries to clinch up but Batas circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Batas.
Germinator avoids a punch combination nicely.
Batas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Germinator counters with a nice body shot.
Batas misses with a few strikes there.
Batas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Batas swings widly with a right hand
and Germinator counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Germinator is looking to clinch.
Batas misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Germinator counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Germinator tries to clinch up.
Germinator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Batas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Germinator counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Germinator moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Germinator lands a leg kick that knocks Batas off balance momentarily.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Germinator scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Germinator throws a nice looking combination but Batas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Germinator fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the liver by Germinator. Beautiful body shot.
Germinator cracks Batas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Germinator wants to clinch up but Batas keeps it at a distance.
Germinator lands a head shot.
A head kick from Germinator lands but Batas takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Germinator really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch but Batas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Germinator misses with a shot to the body
and Batas counters with a series of strikes. Germinator will be more careful next time no doubt.
Batas lands a two punch combo.
Batas misses with a hook
and Germinator counters with an inside leg kick.
Germinator misses the shot to the body.
Germinator comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Batas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Germinator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Batas swats away the attempt to clinch by Germinator.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Batas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Batas.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Germinator looks to score with a jab to the body but Batas is just out of range.
Batas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germinator counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch but Batas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

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.
Germinator lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Germinator lands with a good body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Germinator looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Germinator tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Batas was well out of range. Poor timing from Germinator.
Batas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Germinator counters with a slapping leg kick.
Germinator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Germinator fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batas takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Batas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A low kick from Batas misses
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A jab from Germinator misses.
Germinator wants to clinch
and Batas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Batas keeps the fight on the outside.
Batas throws a poor cross that misses
and Germinator counters with a thumping low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germinator thows a body kick. Batas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Germinator tries to clinch there but Batas circles away.
Germinator digs a good body shot into Batas's ribs.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Germinator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Germinator lands with a nice body punch.
Batas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germinator counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Germinator wants to clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Germinator fails in his attempt to clinch.
Batas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Batas connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Germinator moves to clinch but Batas breaks away
and Batas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Batas throws a sloppy head kick
and Germinator counters with a low kick, right behind Batas 's knee.
Germinator wants to clinch.
Germinator has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Batas to counter with a crisp jab.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Germinator misses with a two punch combination.
Germinator fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Batas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Batas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Batas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Germinator counters with a head kick.
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Batas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Germinator checks it well.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Batas misses with a double jab
and Germinator counters with a thumping low kick.
Germinator moves to clinch but Batas breaks away
and Batas counters with a nice body shot.
Germinator takes a swing at Batas's ribcage but misses.
Batas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germinator counters with a slapping leg kick.
Batas swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Germinator looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Germinator wants to clinch.
Germinator slips a straight right by Batas.
Germinator wants to clinch
and Germinator takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Germinator dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Batas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Batas throws a hook but Germinator avoids it easily.
Batas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Batas works Germinator's body with a nice hook.
Germinator works Batas's body with a nice hook.
Batas feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Germinators jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Germinator tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Batas counters with a series of strikes. Germinator will be more careful next time no doubt.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Germinator jabs at Batas's body.
Batas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Germinator looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Batas throws a combination that misses
and Germinator connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Germinator looks to clinch
and Batas counters with a straight right hand.
Batas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Batas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Batas.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Germinator.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas is having none of it.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Batas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Batas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Batas misses with a hook
and Germinator counters with a nice low kick that buckles Batas's knee momentarily.
Germinator is looking to clinch but Batas is avoiding it.
Batas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Germinator.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Germinator tries to clinch up
and Batas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batas misses with a double jab.
Batas slips a straight right by Germinator.
Germinator darts in trying to clinch
and Batas counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Batas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good shot there by Batas.
Batas lands with a right hand.
Batas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Batas duly obliges.
Germinator wants to clinch but Batas slips to the side
and Batas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Batas misses with a right hand
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Germinator wants to clinch
and Batas counters with a stiff right hand.
Batas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Batas misses with a combination
and Germinator makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Batas misses with a double jab
and Germinator counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Batas thinking.
Germinator tries to clinch up but Batas circles away and keeps his distance.
Batas swings away with a body shot that misses
and Germinator counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Batas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Batas keeps the fight on the outside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Germinator wants to clinch.
Batas swats away the attempt to clinch by Germinator.
A decent looking cross lands there for Batas.
A punch combination from Batas misses.
Germinator cracks Batas with an open hand slap.
Batas tries to bum rush Germinator with a series of wild strikes but Germinator uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Germinator looks to score with a jab to the body but Batas is just out of range.
Germinator doesn't manage to clinch there - Batas circles away.
Germinator jabs at Batas's body.
Batas swings for the body but Germinator moves out of range.
Germinator tries to clinch but Batas moves away
and Batas counters with a straight right hand.
Germinator wants to clinch up but Batas keeps it at a distance.
Batas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Germinator closes the distance looking to clinch
and Batas counters with a nice body shot.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Germinator tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Batas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Batas swings widly with a right hand
and Germinator counters with a good low kick that Batas was not able to check.
Germinator tries to close the distance and clinch up but Batas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Germinator tries to clinch up.
Germinator is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Batas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germinator counters with a one-two to the body.
Batas misses with a left hand
and Germinator counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Germinator is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Germinator darts in trying to clinch
and Batas counters with a one-two to the body.
Batas lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Germinator staying out of range there.
Batas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mc Batas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Germinator tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to The Germinator.
Well Germinator has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for The Germinator!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for The Germinator!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for The Germinator!

The Germinator wins by unanimous decision!