PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Polk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michihiro Bukake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bukake is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Primo Victoria. The key to victory for Joe Polk has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Polk
vs
Bukake

187 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Polk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michihiro Bukake !
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polk tries a head kick but it misses.
Polk misses with a head kick.

Bukake shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Polk's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bukake tries to free his leg and advance position but Polk is retaining full guard.
Bukake looking to sit in guard and control but Polk gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Bukake escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Polk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Polk has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bukake looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake working a defensive guard here.
Bukake is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bukake keeping moving, preventing Polk from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Joe Polk has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Polk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bukake .
Polk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Polk tries to clinch but Bukake moves out of range.
Polk throws a sloppy head kick and Bukake moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bukake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Polk throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bukake 's head.

It looks like Michihiro Bukake has been cut.

Polk forces Bukake back against the cage and clinches.
Bukake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bukake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Bukake avoids the damage to the body.
Bukake misses with an elbow over the top.
Bukake looking to throw knees to the head but Polk is blocking nicely.
Bukake landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Bukake avoids the damage to the body.
Bukake tries to pull guard but Polk forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
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!
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Bukake avoids the damage to the body.
Bukake managing to block the knees to the body from Polk.
Bukake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polk avoids it.
Polk avoiding damage as Bukake throws knees to the body.
Bukake managing to block the knees to the body from Polk.
Polk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bukake avoids it.
Bukake throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bukake fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Joe Polk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michihiro Bukake .
Bukake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polk tries to land knees in the clinch but Bukake avoids the damage to the body.
Polk misses with a knee strike.
Bukake tries to score a body lock takedown but Polk shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Polk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Joe Polk will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michihiro Bukake 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bukake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Polk circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bukake shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bukake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bukake misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Polk wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Bukake .
Bukake looking to control but Polk is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake scoring with strikes but Polk is staying in there.
Polk is squirming around, avoiding Bukake 's attempts to control the action.
Bukake in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bukake wants to take Polk's back but he can't do it this time.
Polk avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bukake .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bukake looking to ground and pound but Polk is blocking nicely.
Polk is looking to improve his position but Bukake isn't that keen on the idea.
Bukake punching from mount but Polk doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Polk knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bukake on the ground.

Bukake jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Polk manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Bukake postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Bukake is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Polk is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bukake controls the position.
Bukake misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bukake is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Polk will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Michihiro Bukake has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bukake cracks Polk with a big elbow.
Bukake trying to control the action but Polk is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bukake scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Polk to see if he's OK.

Bukake tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bukake has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bukake trying to control the action but Polk is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polk avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bukake .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michihiro Bukake showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Michihiro Bukake 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Polk stuffs the takedown attempt from Bukake . Bukake gets slowly back to his feet.
Bukake will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bukake tries for a takedown but Polk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joe Polk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michihiro Bukake .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Polk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bukake dives in and grabs Polk's left leg, looking for a takedown. Polk pushes down on Bukake 's head and hops out.
A bone on bone clash there as Polk blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bukake takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Joe Polk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bukake blocks a head kick by Polk.
Polk tries a head kick but it misses.
Polk tries a head kick but it misses.
Bukake tries for a takedown but Polk sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bukake .
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bukake is defended easily by Polk.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Bukake or perhaps it was just good defense by Polk which made him look bad.
Bukake tries to clinch

and Polk counters with a head kick that drops Bukake to the mat! Bukake scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle, before Polk throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Bukake 's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Polk lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Joe Polk!