PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vin Sear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Makunouchi
vs
Sear

170 cm
27
160 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

178 cm
24
180 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ippo Makunouchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vin Sear!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sear throws a hook but Makunouchi avoids it easily.
Sear displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Makunouchi.
Vin Sear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sear drives through and clinches with Makunouchi against the cage.
Makunouchi is looking to break free of the clinch but Sear has double underhooks.
Sear throws an elbow that misses.
Makunouchi is trying to break free.
Makunouchi slowing the pace effectively.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Makunouchi is trying to break the clinch but Sear has him pressed against the cage.
Makunouchi managing to block the knees to the body from Sear.
Makunouchi avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sear just misses with a elbow thrown towards Makunouchi's brow.
Makunouchi avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
Sear crunches a lovely knee into Makunouchi's ribcage.
Sear putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Makunouchi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Sear.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the temple.
Sear landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi blocks the elbow strike.
Sear lands a damaging elbow.
Makunouchi avoiding damage as Sear throws knees to the body.
Sear lands a shot to the body.
Makunouchi is breathing heavily.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the temple.
Sear is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Makunouchi wants to get back to striking at distance but Sear won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sear.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sear lands a nice elbow.
Makunouchi avoids a wild elbow strike from Sear.
Sear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Makunouchi dodges an elbow strike from Sear.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sear pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sear prevents Makunouchi from breaking the clinch.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Makunouchi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makunouchi has had enough of the clinch but Sear keeps him there for the moment.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Makunouchi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Makunouchi shrugs off.
Makunouchi dodges an elbow strike from Sear.
A frustrated look appears on Makunouchi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Makunouchi blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.

Makunouchi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Makunouchi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sear circles away.
Sear tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sear wants to clinch.
Makunouchi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ippo Makunouchi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sear instigates a clinch.
Makunouchi is trying to push Sear away but Sear has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nice elbow from Sear.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Makunouchi blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the temple.
Makunouchi working hard to break the clinch.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.
Sear blocks an uppercut.
Sear has Makunouchi pressed against the cage, preventing Makunouchi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sear pushes off an throws an elbow but Makunouchi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sear throws an elbow but it misses.
Sear missing with knees to the body.
Makunouchi letting Sear take a breather here.
Sear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Makunouchi backwards.
Makunouchi is trying to force a seperation but Sear has the dominant position.
Makunouchi blocks the elbow strike.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Makunouchi avoids the elbow strike from Sear, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sear looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Makunouchi tries to break the clinch but Sear is controlling the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Makunouchi tries to break the clinch but Sear is controlling the position.
Sear keeps control of Makunouchi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makunouchi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the temple.
Makunouchi takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vin Sear dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Sear scores with a crisp jab that stopped Makunouchi in his tracks.
Makunouchi has a takedown stuffed.
Sear scores with a shot to the body.
Makunouchi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sear scores with a nice head shot.
Sear tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sear with a nice cross.

Sear has Makunouchi up against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sear.
Makunouchi is looking to break free of the clinch but Sear has double underhooks.
Sear tries to land knees in the clinch but Makunouchi avoids the damage to the body.
Makunouchi blocks an elbow strike from Sear.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the temple.
Sear tries to land knees in the clinch but Makunouchi avoids the damage to the body.
Makunouchi dodges an elbow strike from Sear.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.
Makunouchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sear tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Makunouchi avoids it.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Makunouchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Makunouchi blocks the elbow strike.
Sear throws an elbow but it misses.
Sear throws an elbow but it misses.

Makunouchi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Makunouchi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Makunouchi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sear uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makunouchi.

Sear forces Makunouchi back against the cage and clinches.
Makunouchi blocks an elbow strike from Sear.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sear looking to throw knees to the head but Makunouchi is blocking nicely.
Makunouchi is looking to break free of the clinch but Sear has double underhooks.
Makunouchi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sear with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sear using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Makunouchi avoiding damage as Sear throws knees to the body.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.
Sear connects with a knee to the head.
Makunouchi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sear has him pressed against the cage.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Makunouchi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Sear has him pressed against the cage.
Makunouchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sear lands an elbow inside that Makunouchi shrugs off.

Makunouchi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sear stuffs the takedown attempt from Makunouchi. Makunouchi gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sear cracks a nice hook into Makunouchi's ribs.

Sear clinches up with Makunouchi and pushes him back against the cage.
Makunouchi can't break the clinch.
Sear has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Sear.
Sear lands an elbow just above Makunouchi 's eye.
Sear with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sear obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sear landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear lands a nice elbow.
Makunouchi takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sear looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sear tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makunouchi avoiding damage as Sear throws knees to the body.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sear obliges.
Sear lands an elbow that stopped Makunouchi in his tracks for a moment.
Sear misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sear.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sear throws an elbow but misses.
Sear landing knees to the body.
Sear lands an elbow just above Makunouchi 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vin Sear showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sear lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sear lands with an overhand left.
Some wild striking there from Makunouchi.
Sear tries to clinch up but Makunouchi circles away and keeps his distance.
Sear scores with a head kick. Makunouchi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Sear throws a good cross that connects.
Makunouchi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Makunouchi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sear.
Sear wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sear has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Makunouchi throws a jab when Sear was well out of range.
Makunouchi has his takedown stuffed
and Sear counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sear has managed to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sear missing with knees to the body.
Sear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sear controlling the action here for a moment.
Makunouchi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Makunouchi blocks the elbow strike.
Sear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Makunouchi manages to break the clinch.
Sear lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Makunouchi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sear throws a solid leg kick but Makunouchi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sear.
Vin Sear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sear's waist but Sear gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Makunouchi off to one side.

Sear rushes Makunouchi and presses him up against the cage.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Makunouchi can't break the clinch.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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!
Sear lands a nice knee to the body.
Sear keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Makunouchi's efforts to push away.
Sear has Makunouchi pressed against the cage, preventing Makunouchi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Sear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sear comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Makunouchi fails to land.
Makunouchi is trying to break the clinch but Sear has him pressed against the cage.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.
Sear throws an elbow but it misses.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sear lands a damaging elbow.
Vin Sear seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sear tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear misses with an elbow strike.
Sear lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sear creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Makunouchi's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sear.

Makunouchi is rocked!

It looks like Ippo Makunouchi has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sear.
Oh Makunouchi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear lands an elbow inside.
Sear lands an elbow that stopped Makunouchi in his tracks for a moment.
Sear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sear.
Sear gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sear creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Makunouchi! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Sear.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vin Sear!
An intense looking Vin Sear took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Like to thank Milwaukkees Best energy supplements. My manager all my training partners at the Sweat Lodge best gym in New york'.