PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Nero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woohun Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Nero is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Nero
vs
Do

168 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 2 - 1

178 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Steven Nero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Woohun Do!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do scores with a nice head shot.
Nero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nero is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
Nero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Do looks to land a combination. Nero sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nero tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Do counters with a straight right hand.
Do throws a hook but Nero avoids it easily.
Nero is looking to clinch.
Nero doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Do avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Nero moves into the clinch successfully.
Nero tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nero looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Nero.
Nero throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Nero tries a knee to the head but Do blocks it.
Nero throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Do breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Do throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nero tries to clinch but Do moves away
and Do counters with a nice uppercut.
Do digs a good body shot into Nero's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Do circles away from the clinch attempt.
Do tries to work over Nero's front leg with a kick but Nero checks it.
Do fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nero wants to clinch.
Nero tries to clinch there but Do circles away.
Nero throws a head kick that misses.
Do avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nero tries to clinch but Do moves away
and Do counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nero throws a sloppy head kick
and Do counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nero tries to clinch but Do moves away

and Do counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Do throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Do throwing shots but Nero is blocking nicely.
Nero keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Do looks to land a strike but Nero avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Do postures up in Nero's guard and throws a big left but Nero blocks it.
Nero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Do.
Do missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Do connects with a couple of short punches.
Nero utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nero is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Do is controlling him.
Do tries to free his leg and advance position but Nero is retaining full guard.
Do is looking to work some ground and pound but Nero has wrist control.
Do thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do stops Nero from standing up.
Do throws a strike but Nero rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nero wants to stand but Do has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nero is breathing heavily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Do is on top in guard.
Do in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nero knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Do on the ground.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
Do thows a big elbow that misses.
Do looking to sit in guard and control but Nero gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nero wants to get up but he can't break Do's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nero preventing the sweep.
Do looking to control.
Do is looking to sweep but instead, Nero has passed into half guard.
Nero tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Do.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do is pressing down on Nero's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Do looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nero is one step ahead there.
Nero has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nero wants to stand but Do is controlling his posture from full guard.
Do manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Do there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nero wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Do.
Nero is bucking up trying to escape but Do cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Do postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nero looks a forlorn figure.
Nero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do wants to control the pace but Nero is squirming around nicely.
Do with the ground and pound from mount.
Nero wants to try and get back to his feet.
Do looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Do has hold of Nero's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nero manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Nero takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Do fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Do connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Do raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
BOOM! Do connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Nero is rocked!
Do cracks Nero with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Woohun Do!