PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noobie Nooberson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Makunouchi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hajime no Ippo - Champion Road Intro. Noobie Nooberson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Nooberson
vs
Makunouchi

190 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noobie Nooberson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ippo Makunouchi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makunouchi stuns Nooberson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Makunouchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nooberson was well out of range. Poor timing from Makunouchi.
Nooberson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makunouchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Nooberson.
Nooberson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Makunouchi throws a shot to the body.
Nooberson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nooberson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A slow jab from Nooberson misses its intended target.
Nooberson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Makunouchi throws a big shot that misses.
Nooberson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nooberson scores with a body shot.
Nooberson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Makunouchi's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makunouchi blocks a jab.
Nooberson misses with a wild body shot.
Nooberson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makunouchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nooberson doesn't seem bothered though.
Nooberson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Makunouchi scores with a jab. Nooberson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nooberson thows a body shot but no joy.
Makunouchi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nooberson lands a lovely overhand right.
Makunouchi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nooberson loads up on a big right hand but Makunouchi slips the punch.
Good work by Makunouchi as he checks the leg kick.
Ippo Makunouchi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makunouchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Makunouchi looks to land a left hand but Nooberson moved out of range nicely.
Nooberson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi lands with a nice body punch.
Makunouchi cracks Nooberson with a good jab.
Nooberson misses with a straight left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makunouchi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Makunouchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nooberson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nooberson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nooberson swings for the body but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Makunouchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Makunouchi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nooberson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Makunouchi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Makunouchi throws out a powerful jab.
Makunouchi misses with a body shot.
Nooberson avoids the body shot from Makunouchi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi slips under a jab from Nooberson.
Nooberson misses with a looping left.
Makunouchi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nooberson misses with a wild body shot.
Makunouchi scores with a jab to the body.
Nooberson throws a right hand that misses
letting Makunouchi counter with a right hand.
Nooberson throws a jab but it's blocked by Makunouchi.
Makunouchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Nooberson is just out of range.
Nooberson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nooberson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Makunouchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Nooberson is just out of range.
Nooberson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Makunouchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Nooberson there.
Nooberson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Makunouchi misses.
Nooberson avoids the body shot from Makunouchi.
Makunouchi throws a body punch but Nooberson moves out of range.
Makunouchi dips to his left and cracks Nooberson with an uppercut!
Nooberson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Makunouchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nooberson was well out of range. Poor timing from Makunouchi.
Nooberson misses with a jab to the body
and Makunouchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makunouchi works Nooberson's body with a nice hook.
Nooberson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nooberson throws a hook to the side of Makunouchi's head but Makunouchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nooberson takes one on the button.
Nooberson misses with an uppercut
and Makunouchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Nooberson misses with an uppercut.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nooberson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Makunouchi.
Makunouchi works Nooberson's body with a nice hook.
Makunouchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nooberson.
Makunouchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Nooberson.
Nooberson walks into a left hand.
Makunouchi misses with an uppercut.
Makunouchi throws a body punch but Nooberson moves out of range.
Nooberson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Makunouchi.
A cross from Makunouchi lands.
Nooberson lands with a cross.
Makunouchi throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Nooberson misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makunouchi. Nooberson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nooberson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Makunouchi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Makunouchi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nooberson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Makunouchi misses with a hook
and Nooberson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Makunouchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nooberson.
Makunouchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nooberson moves away.
A punch lands to the side of Nooberson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nooberson misses with a looping left.
Nooberson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Makunouchi.
Makunouchi lands a nice looking body shot.
Makunouchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Nooberson is just out of range.
Makunouchi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nooberson.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the side of Nooberson's head but Nooberson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Makunouchi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nooberson throws the left hand but Makunouchi avoids the punch easily.
Makunouchi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nooberson blocks a jab.
Makunouchi loads up on a big right hand but Nooberson slips the punch.
Makunouchi misses with a straight left.
Nooberson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Makunouchi lands a jab.
Makunouchi tests Nooberson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Makunouchi lands with an uppercut that bounces Nooberson off the cage and back into range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nooberson looks to land a left hand but Makunouchi moved out of range nicely.
Makunouchi throws a body punch but Nooberson moves out of range.
Makunouchi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nooberson has time to react.
Makunouchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Nooberson coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makunouchi throws a sloppy body shot
and Nooberson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nooberson. Makunouchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nooberson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nooberson misses with an uppercut
and Makunouchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makunouchi blocks a jab.
Nooberson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nooberson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nooberson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nooberson throws an overhand right that lands on Makunouchi's shoulder, as Makunouchi tries to avoid the shot.
Nooberson throws a jab but it's blocked by Makunouchi.
Makunouchi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Makunouchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Makunouchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nooberson manages to avoid it.
Nooberson misses with an uppercut
and Makunouchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Nooberson thows a body shot but no joy.
Makunouchi misses the shot to the body.
Makunouchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nooberson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Makunouchi 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.
Makunouchi looks to land a left hand but Nooberson moved out of range nicely.
Makunouchi misses with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ippo Makunouchi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Makunouchi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Ippo Makunouchi!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Ippo Makunouchi!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Ippo Makunouchi!

Ippo Makunouchi wins by unanimous decision!
Ippo Makunouchi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.