PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Bent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Michihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michihiro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bad Company kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bent
vs
Michihiro

187 cm
27
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Physical Entertainment Development Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jason Bent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, DJ Michihiro!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michihiro looks to clinch
and Bent cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michihiro tries to clinch but Bent is having none of it.
Michihiro slips under a jab.
Michihiro jabs at Bent's body.

Michihiro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Michihiro wants to pass to mount but Bent is defending the position.
Michihiro is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bent manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michihiro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Michihiro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. DJ Michihiro was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Michihiro avoids the body shot from Bent.
Bent misses with a double jab
and Michihiro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Bent lands a big right hand that sends Michihiro crashing to the mat! Bent stays standing though and waves Michihiro back to his feet!

It looks like DJ Michihiro has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bent misses with a wild body shot.

Bent decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bent missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michihiro tries to roll over but Bent keeps him under control.
Michihiro is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bent keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jason Bent wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Michihiro circles away from the clinch attempt

and Michihiro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bent wants to improve his position but Michihiro is controlling well.
Bent holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Bent has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Michihiro is working away from the top position though.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Michihiro wants to free his trapped foot but Bent is holding on for dear life with his legs.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jason Bent.
Bent lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michihiro shoots in and gets a takedown into Bent's guard.
Michihiro trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bent manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Michihiro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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!
Bent controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Bent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DJ Michihiro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bent scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bent fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Michihiro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bent swings for the body but Michihiro moves out of range.
Bent misses with a few strikes there.

Michihiro drives through with a takedown into Bent's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bent looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Michihiro stays in close to Bent's body and controls the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Michihiro tries to stand but Bent is controlling from the bottom.
Michihirois looking to pass into half guard but Bent pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bent is in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bent showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by DJ Michihiro.
Bent wobbles Michihiro with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Bent dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Michihiro to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jason Bent!
Our winner, Jason Bent, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.