PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jiri Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokas comes to the ring accompanied by Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC. Watanabe has chosen Bombage by Tiësto as his entrance music. Kai Watanabe struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ahokas
vs
Watanabe

164 cm
27
157 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

183 cm
26
170 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Revolution Fatigues

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jiri Ahokas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahokas blocks a jab.
Watanabe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ahokas is able to avoid easily.
Ahokas scoring well with a low kick there.
Ahokas thows a body shot but no joy.
Watanabe takes one to the side of the head.
Watanabe misses with a low kick as Ahokas jumps back.
Ahokas throws a leg kick that misses.
Watanabe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ahokas misses with a hook to the body
and Watanabe counters with a leg kick.
Watanabe moves out of range of the body kick.
Ahokas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ahokas slips a straight right by Watanabe.
Ahokas cracks the inside of Watanabe's front leg.
A head kick misses from Ahokas.
Watanabe takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watanabe throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a kick to the body.
Ahokas slips under a jab.
Ahokas throws an overhand right that lands on Watanabe's shoulder, as Watanabe tries to avoid the shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ahokas.
Ahokas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ahokas duly obliges.
A combination from Watanabe does no damage.
Watanabe looks gassed!
A swing and a miss from Watanabe.
Ahokas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ahokas misses with a leg kick.
Watanabe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ahokas throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Ahokas.
Watanabe misses with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ahokas clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe is trying to force a seperation but Ahokas has the dominant position.
Ahokas looking to throw knees to the head but Watanabe is blocking nicely.
Watanabe wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ahokas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Watanabe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ahokas prevents Watanabe from breaking the clinch.
Watanabe dodges an elbow strike from Ahokas.
Ahokas displaying some good clinch control by pressing Watanabe up against the ropes.
Ahokas with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ahokas missing with knees to the body.
Ahokas pushes Watanabe back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ahokas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Watanabe's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Ahokas is trying to maintain a safe position but Watanabe gets an underhook and turns Ahokas into the ropes.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ahokas missing with knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Watanabe.
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watanabe tries to stall but Ahokas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ahokas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watanabe blocks it with crossed arms.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ahokas pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Watanabe avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas avoiding damage.
Ahokas lands a right hand.

Watanabe breaks from the clinch.
Ahokas is looking to slow Watanabe down with leg kicks.
Ahokas throws a front kick aimed at Watanabe's knee but Watanabe avoids it well.
Watanabe looks to land a right hand but Ahokas moved out of range.
A jab from Ahokas misses.
Ahokas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watanabe throws a shot from downtown. Ahokas moves away and avoids it.
Ahokas lands a head kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watanabe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ahokas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Watanabe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ahokas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Ahokas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Watanabe, pushing him back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Ahokas tries to land knees in the clinch but Watanabe avoids the damage to the body.
Ahokas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Watanabe holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Ahokas tries a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks it.
Ahokas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas misses with a knee strike.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but Watanabe blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Ahokas.
Watanabe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ahokas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watanabe.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Ahokas throws knees to the body.
Watanabe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Watanabe is trying to break the clinch but Ahokas is controlling him.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watanabe is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Ahokas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Watanabe gets through Ahokas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Watanabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ahokas connects with an inside leg kick.
Ahokas connects with a leg kick. Watanabe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Watanabe takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Watanabe is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ahokas.
Ahokas misses with a low kick as Watanabe jumps back.
Nice defenses there by Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a wild body kick that Watanabe sees coming a mile off.
Watanabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jiri Ahokas is winning the standup battle so far.
Ahokas scores with a jab to the head.
Ahokas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watanabe throws a combination. Ahokas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Watanabe misses with an uppercut. Ahokas saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Ahokas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Ahokas.
Ahokas connects with a jab.
Watanabe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watanabe throws a poor cross that misses
and Ahokas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ahokas plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ahokas tries a head kick but it misses.
Ahokas misses with a kick to the body.
Ahokas feints and then cracks Watanabe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Watanabe down.
Watanabe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahokas was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Watanabe takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ahokas can pounce on him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is looking to slow Watanabe down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a front kick that sends Watanabe stumbling back into the ropes.
Ahokas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watanabe was well out of range. Poor timing from Ahokas.
Ahokas listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ahokas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watanabe's calf.
Watanabe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Watanabe avoids the body shot from Ahokas.
Ahokas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watanabe's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ahokas lands a leg kick that knocks Watanabe off balance momentarily.
Ahokas misses with a body kick.
Ahokas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watanabe. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jiri Ahokas dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.

Ahokas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watanabe misses the shot to the body.
Ahokas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watanabe loads up on a big right hand but Ahokas slips the punch.
Ahokas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watanabe can do to turn this around?
Watanabe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ahokas can pounce on him.
Ahokas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ahokas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ahokas staying out of range there.
Ahokas thuds his right hand into Watanabe's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watanabe throws a shot from downtown. Ahokas moves away and avoids it.
Watanabe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ahokas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watanabe.
Ahokas lands with a kick to the temple. Watanabe shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Watanabe avoids the head kick by Ahokas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Ahokas.
Watanabe takes a jab right on the kisser.
Watanabe scores with a jab to the head.
Watanabe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watanabe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ahokas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ahokas lands a leg kick that knocks Watanabe off balance momentarily.
Watanabe misses with a looping left.

Ahokas rushes Watanabe and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Ahokas trying to land knees to the body.
Watanabe working hard to break the clinch.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Ahokas throws knees to the body.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.
Ahokas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Watanabe up against the ropes.
Kai Watanabe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watanabe is defending well for now.
Ahokas misses with a knee to the head.
Watanabe takes a shot to the head.
Ahokas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ahokas.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ahokas.
Watanabe wants to break free but Ahokas has control.
Ahokas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ahokas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahokas throws an elbow that misses.
Watanabe is looking to control Ahokas's arms but Ahokas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Watanabe has his back to the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe avoiding damage as Ahokas throws knees to the body.
Ahokas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watanabe looking to stall.
Ahokas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ahokas missing with knees to the body.
Watanabe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ahokas is keeping busy.

Watanabe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe lands a nice shot that snaps Ahokas's head back.
Nice body kick from Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Ahokas tenderised Watanabe's leg. Watanabe is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ahokas misses with a two punch combination.
Watanabe misses with a hook.
Watanabe throws a hook but Ahokas avoids it easily.
Ahokas lands a slapping body shot.
Watanabe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ahokas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahokas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jiri Ahokas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ahokas has Watanabe up against the ropes in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Ahokas on the inside.
Jiri Ahokas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ahokas scores with a knee to the head.
Ahokas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Watanabe.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jiri Ahokas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ahokas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jiri Ahokas!