PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greco Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mek Ju is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Roman
vs
Ju

176 cm
20
182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

183 cm
27
190 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Greco Roman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roman slips a straight right by Ju.
Roman misses with a hook
and Ju counters with a stiff right hand.
Ju throws a nice head kick!
Ju throws a series of punches but Roman avoids them all with ease.
Ju's jab looks to have found its range, popping Roman under the eye.
Ju looks to land a combination. Roman sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Horrible takedown by Roman or perhaps it was just good defense by Ju which made him look bad.
Ju connects with a high kick.
Mek Ju seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Ju.
Roman lands a right hook to the body.
Roman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ju tries to avoid it but Roman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ju to the ground. Ju escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ju, as that shot connected.
Ju throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ju counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greco Roman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ju throws out the jab.
Ju has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ju looks to land a right hand but Roman moved out of range.
Roman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ju tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roman was well out of range. Poor timing from Ju.
Roman throws a body punch but Ju moves out of range.
Ju lands a glancing blow to the side of Roman's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ju tries to avoid it but Roman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ju to the ground. Ju escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ju digs a good body shot into Roman's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ju.
Mek Ju is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ju throws an off balance right hand

and Roman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ju won't be happy with that.
Ju dodges the ground and pound from Roman.
Roman is looking to take a break and control but Ju is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Roman cracks Ju with a big elbow.
Ju is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Roman off and has taken his back!
Roman tries to roll but Ju sticks to his back.
Ju lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Roman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roman is in bad spot here.
Roman just trying to survive but Ju is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Roman needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
Roman is in bad spot here.
Roman is working hard here to advance position.
Ju not allowing Roman to control his hands.
Roman rolls, trying to escape but Ju keeps control of the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Ju's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Roman turns into Ju and is now in his guard.
Roman throws an elbow that misses. Ju uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roman's guard. Nice move by Ju!
Ju chips away with some ground and pound.
Roman trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Roman trying to keep a closed guard but Ju is proving a slippery customer.

Roman is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ju is aware though and is defending well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roman being controlled here, momentarily.
Ju postures up.
Roman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roman is trying to keep Ju in close.
Roman pulls Ju in close to prevent any damage.
Roman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Greco Roman wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Roman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ju missing with a left hand there. Roman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ju.
Roman fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ju looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roman misses with a combination
and Ju counters with a series of strikes. Roman will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ju lands a jab.
Roman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ju tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ju fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A head kick misses from Ju.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ju throws a good cross that connects.
Roman tries to clinch up.
Roman shoots in for a takedown but Ju shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ju tests Roman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ju fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A good leg kick by Ju.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mek Ju dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roman is defended easily by Ju.
Ju connects with a high kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ju, as that shot connected.
Ju misses the shot to the body.
Ju throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ju misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ju moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice body kick from Ju.
Roman has his takedown stuffed
and Ju counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mek Ju is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Ju.
Ju throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roman with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Ju to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greco Roman. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ju tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ju looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ju moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ju feints and then cracks Roman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roman down.
Ju uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roman has time to react.
Roman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ju as he avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ju tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ju tries to avoid it but Roman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ju to the ground. Ju escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ju uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roman.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ju.
Roman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Roman keeps the fight on the outside.
Ju lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Roman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roman misses with a takedown
and Ju connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ju lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ju.

Roman is rocked!
Ju comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ju lands a head shot.
Oh Roman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body punch from Ju.

Ju gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees to the body from Ju.
Ju working the clinch nicely. Roman is working for position but Ju cracks him with a big knee to the head! Roman crumples up against the cage and Ju lands two more shots before the ref can save Roman! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Mek Ju!
Mek Ju is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Mek Ju rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.