PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muddy In The Mirrors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baar Nimbou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muddy In The Mirrors looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

In The Mirrors
vs
Nimbou

194 cm
26
241 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

210 cm
25
270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muddy In The Mirrors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baar Nimbou!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
In The Mirrors shoots in looking for a takedown but Nimbou manages to keep the fight standing, pushing In The Mirrors's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
In The Mirrors scores with a one two! Nimbou had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nimbou shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says In The Mirrors as he avoids it easily.
Nimbou throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around In The Mirrors's waist but In The Mirrors gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nimbou off to one side.
In The Mirrors tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nimbou swivels and escapes.
In The Mirrors is breathing heavily.
Nimbou keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muddy In The Mirrors. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nimbou closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nimbou lands in his opponent's guard.
Nimbou landing some decent shots from guard.
Nimbou postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nimbou works over In The Mirrors with some ground and pound from guard.
Nimbou landing with the ground and pound.
In The Mirrors trying to strike off his back.
Nimbou working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of In The Mirrors's head.
Nimbou slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nimbou must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Nimbou is in close to In The Mirrors's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nimbou is in close to In The Mirrors's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Nimbou stands and steps away. In The Mirrors gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

In The Mirrors throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nimbou tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. In The Mirrors is in Nimbou's guard.
In The Mirrors won't allow Nimbou to sweep him here.
In The Mirrors throws a strike but Nimbou rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Nimbou stands up and waves to In The Mirrors to follow him.
Nice takedown defense from Nimbou. No joy for In The Mirrors on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from In The Mirrors as Nimbou shoots in.
Nimbou misses with a few strikes there.
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!

Nimbou closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming In The Mirrors to the mat! In The Mirrors manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nimbou scoring with punches to the head and body.
In The Mirrors is looking to sweep but instead, Nimbou has passed into half guard.
Nimbou looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nimbou working the head and body with strikes.
In The Mirrors 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.
In The Mirrors is trying to get back to full guard.
In The Mirrors taking some punishment here, with Nimbou in his half guard.
Nimbou scoring with strikes to the body and head.
In The Mirrors is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nimbou scores with a couple of nice shots.
In The Mirrors wants to improve his position but Nimbou is controlling well.
Nimbou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks In The Mirrors with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
In The Mirrors tries to get to full guard but Nimbou has control of the leg.
Nimbou passes the guard and advances to mount!
In The Mirrors is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimbou postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. In The Mirrors looks a forlorn figure.
Nimbou raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nimbou cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

In The Mirrors is rocked!
Nimbou prevents In The Mirrors from getting the reversal.
Oh In The Mirrors is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nimbou postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt In The Mirrors bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nimbou and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baar Nimbou!