PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuji Matsubara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Charles
vs
Matsubara

190 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryuji Matsubara!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsubara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Charles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsubara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like John Charles has been cut.
Matsubara looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles throws an off balance right hand
and Charles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsubara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsubara throws a lazy uppercut
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matsubara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsubara misses with a lunging right hand
and Charles counters with a right hand to the body.
Matsubara misses with a lunging right hand

and Charles counters with a crisp one two that drops Matsubara! Charles thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Matsubara to his feet! Matsubara is in big trouble!

Matsubara is rocked!
Charles misses with a hook
letting Matsubara counter with a right hand.
Matsubara is still on wobbly legs! Can Charles finish him?
Charles throws a right hand that misses
and Matsubara counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsubara seems to have recovered his senses.
Charles throws an overhand right that lands on Matsubara's shoulder, as Matsubara tries to avoid the shot.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsubara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Charles misses with a left hand
and Matsubara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Charles scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Charles duly obliges.

It looks like Ryuji Matsubara has been cut.
Charles throws a jab when Matsubara was well out of range.
Matsubara misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Charles to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsubara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsubara misses with an uppercut
and Charles counters with a nice uppercut.
Matsubara misses the shot to the body.
Charles misses with a jab to the body
and Matsubara makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Charles misses with a right hand
and Matsubara counters with a nice uppercut.
Matsubara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Charles.
Charles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsubara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Charles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsubara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsubara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Charles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Charles throws a right hand that misses
and Matsubara counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Good shot there by Matsubara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsubara is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matsubara throws an off balance right hand
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.
Charles misses with an uppercut. Matsubara saw that one coming.
Charles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Charles swings widly with a right hand
and Matsubara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matsubara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Charles misses with a hook
and Matsubara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matsubara's corner calls for a 1-2. Matsubara obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Charles.
Charles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matsubara moves away.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
Charles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsubara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Charles is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Matsubara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Charles is breathing heavily.
Charles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsubara counters with a straight right hand.
Charles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsubara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Charles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsubara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matsubara throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.
Charles misses with a double jab
and Matsubara counters with a nice uppercut.
Matsubara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Matsubara swings widly with a right hand
and Charles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Charles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Matsubara throws a lazy uppercut
and Charles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Charles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsubara counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles misses with a lunging right hand
letting Matsubara counter with a right hand.
Charles throws a right hand that misses
and Matsubara counters with a left and a right that stings Charles.
Matsubara throws a right hand that misses
and Charles counters with a left to the body.
Matsubara throws an off balance right hand
and Charles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Charles throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsubara counters with a left to the body.
Matsubara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A big left from Matsubara misses.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Matsubara to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsubara throws a poor cross that misses
letting Charles counter with a right hand.
Matsubara misses with an uppercut
and Charles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matsubara cracks a nice hook into Charles's ribs.
Charles slips a straight right by Matsubara.
Matsubara lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ryuji Matsubara will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice defenses there by Charles.
Charles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Matsubara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.
Charles throws a poor cross that misses
and Matsubara counters with a straight right hand.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsubara counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Charles throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsubara counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Matsubara.
Charles misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Matsubara to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsubara throws a hook but Charles avoids it easily.
Matsubara moves forwards but Charles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Charles rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matsubara counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Charles is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsubara closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Charles! Matsubara dives in looking to finish! Charles is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryuji Matsubara!