PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jahan Drey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Paniki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Drey
vs
Paniki

189 cm
26
287 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jahan Drey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elias Paniki!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paniki throws a leg kick
and Drey counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drey thumps Paniki with a low kick.
Paniki looks to land a right hand but Drey moved out of range.
Donk. Paniki catches Drey right on the button with a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Paniki blocks the leg kick.
Drey shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A clash of legs there as Paniki blocks the low kick.
Drey throws a sloppy head kick and Paniki moves out of range easily.
Drey misses with a straight right.
Drey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paniki misses with a head kick.
Paniki lands with a kick to the temple. Drey shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drey blocks a head kick by Paniki.
Paniki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Drey is able to avoid easily.
Paniki throws a low kick but Drey moves out of range easily.
Paniki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Drey throws a lazy head kick
and Paniki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Paniki moves out of range of the leg kick from Drey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paniki cracks Drey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Drey tries to work over Paniki's front leg with a kick but Paniki checks it.
Drey throws a sloppy head kick and Paniki moves out of range easily.
Paniki throws a leg kick but Drey checks it.
Paniki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Drey.
A good leg kick by Paniki.
Paniki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Drey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paniki pushes Drey away with a front kick.
Drey is breathing heavily.
Paniki works the jab nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paniki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paniki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Paniki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drey's head.
Jab by Paniki.
Drey tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Drey crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Paniki - the referee stops the clock and Drey gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Paniki. Drey manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Paniki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Drey takes one to the chin there.
A leg kick checked by Paniki.
Paniki tries a head kick but it misses.
Paniki lets loose with a powerful body kick. Drey will feel that in the morning.
Drey takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Drey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Paniki lands a nice looking body kick.
Paniki thuds his shin into the meat of Drey's side.
Paniki lands a nice looking kick to the body. Drey takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paniki.
Paniki scores with a head kick.
Paniki misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias Paniki dominated that round.
That's time! Drey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Paniki cracks Drey with an open hand slap.
Drey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paniki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drey gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Paniki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Drey's knee momentarily.
Drey misses with a head kick.
Paniki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paniki avoids the head kick by Drey.
Drey is looking to slow Paniki down with leg kicks.
Drey throws a shot to the body.
Paniki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Drey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paniki lunges at Drey with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Drey's hand.
Paniki connects with a high kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick from Paniki lands but Drey takes it in his stride.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paniki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Paniki.
Drey blocks a head kick by Paniki.
Drey walks into a stiff left hand from Paniki.
Paniki cracks Drey with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Paniki lands a head kick. Drey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Drey pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
An inside leg kick lands from Paniki.
Drey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paniki moves away.
Paniki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Drey counters with a leg kick.
Drey throws a leg kick
and Paniki counters with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Paniki.
Paniki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paniki throws the kick towards the body but Drey avoids it.
Drey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paniki. That did some damage!
Paniki avoids the body shot from Drey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drey misses with a body kick.
Paniki lands a head kick. Drey smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drey throws a body kick that misses.
Drey throws a good cross that connects.
Drey connects with a body shot.
Drey takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Paniki throws a leg kick that misses.
Paniki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paniki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Paniki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drey throws a push kick but Paniki slaps the foot to one side.
Paniki blocks the body kick.
Paniki scores with a jab to the head.
Jahan Drey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Drey misses with a body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Paniki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Paniki 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Elias Paniki!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Elias Paniki!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Elias Paniki!

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