PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greco Roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack The Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jack The Ripper was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Roman
vs
The Ripper

176 cm
21
182 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Greco Roman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack The Ripper!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Roman. The Ripper does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Ripper looks to throw the jab but Roman is out of range.
Roman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Ripper manages to avoid it.
The Ripper jabs Roman right on the nose. Roman blinks but takes it well.
The Ripper tries for a takedown but Roman circles away easily
and Roman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The Ripper misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roman.
The Ripper shoots and misses
and Roman counters with a stiff right hand.
Roman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Ripper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Roman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Ripper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roman throws out a powerful jab.
Roman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Ripper on the side of the head.
Roman moves out of range as The Ripper strikes.
Roman throws out a loose jab but The Ripper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roman throws a right and a left that The Ripper avoids nicely.
Roman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Ripper manages to avoid it.
Roman misses the shot to the body.
The Ripper shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Greco Roman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack The Ripper.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roman jabs The Ripper to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roman scores with a jab to the body.
Roman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Ripper takes a jab right on the kisser.
Roman lands an overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Ripper with a lazy takedown attempt
and Roman counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Ripper shoots in but no luck this time.
The Ripper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Ripper throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Ripper avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Ripper fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The Ripper misses with a series of wild punches.
The Ripper misses with a takedown attempt
and Roman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Ripper thinking.
Roman is looking to wear down The Ripper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roman throws a series of punches but The Ripper moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Roman.
The Ripper changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roman tries to avoid it but The Ripper manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roman to the ground. Roman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roman takes a swing at The Ripper's ribcage but misses.
Roman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Ripper moves away.
The Ripper takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Roman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Roman working The Ripper over with strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Roman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Ripper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Ripper wants to get back to full guard.

The Ripper looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roman works his foot free and advances to mount.
Roman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Ripper is working to get back to half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

The Ripper is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Ripper is still in real trouble! Can Roman finish him?
Roman postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt The Ripper bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Roman and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greco Roman!
Greco Roman decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.