PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chew Bacca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Mousaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bacca comes to the cage accompanied by 3rd world!. Mousaki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. souljacker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kenji Mousaki told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Bacca
vs
Mousaki

189 cm
27
176 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

182 cm
32
177 lbs
20 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chew Bacca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kenji Mousaki!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousaki has his takedown stuffed
and Bacca counters with a nice leg kick.

Mousaki manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Bacca on his heels. He'll look to pass Bacca's guard now, I'm sure.

Bacca wriggles free and stands up.
Bacca misses with a wild combination.
Mousaki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bacca with a hook.
Mousaki avoids a kick to the body.
Bacca scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mousaki walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bacca.
Bacca fails to land with a series of punches.
Bacca throws out a leg kick but Mousaki moves out of range and Bacca only half commits.

Mousaki shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bacca is trying to defend but Mousaki finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bacca is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mousaki scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacca is trying to get back to full guard.
Bacca is trying to control but can't.

Mousaki is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bacca is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mousaki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mousaki's back!

Mousaki showing good submission defense here.
Mousaki manages to reverse the position and now he's in Bacca's guard. Nice work there by Mousaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mousaki distracts Bacca with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mousaki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bacca tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bacca not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mousaki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mousaki stops Bacca from standing up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mousaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mousaki looking to pass the guard.
Mousaki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mousaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bacca wants to sweep but no luck.
Mousaki tries to free his leg and advance position but Bacca is retaining full guard.
Mousaki postures up and lands a big shot to Bacca's brow.
Mousaki landing with the ground and pound.
Bacca keeping full guard, as Mousaki tries to pass.
Bacca keeping moving, preventing Mousaki from controlling successfully.
Mousaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mousaki stands up over Bacca, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mousaki throws a strike but Bacca rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Baccais looking to pass into half guard but Mousaki pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Mousaki is in guard.

Mousaki is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bacca is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bacca has escaped and now he's on top!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mousaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Mousaki dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mousaki checks a leg kick nicely.
Mousaki slips a jab and a cross from Bacca.
Bacca slaps away a takedown attempt from Mousaki, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bacca is looking to land body kicks.
A punch combination from Bacca misses.

Mousaki gets the takedown into side control.
Mousaki wants to control but Bacca is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Mousaki are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bacca manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mousaki's best efforts.

Mousaki is working for a kimura but Bacca is defending it quite comfortably.
Mousaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bacca is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousaki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bacca avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mousaki.
Nice strikes from Mousaki there.
Mousaki trying to control from Bacca's half guard. Bacca has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Kenji Mousaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mousaki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bacca wants to stand up but Mousaki is controlling him.
Mousaki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mousaki chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacca utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mousaki cracks Bacca with a solid left hand.
Mousaki passes Bacca's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Mousaki is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bacca is trying to control but can't.
Mousaki working the head and body with strikes.

Mousaki is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Bacca has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bacca blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mousaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki is trying to control. Bacca wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mousaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bacca's head.
Mousaki throwing shots but Bacca is blocking nicely.

Mousaki is working for a kimura but Bacca is defending it quite comfortably.
Bacca is refusing to be controlled, as Mousaki sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bacca manages to get to full guard.
Mousaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bacca swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bacca working a defensive guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mousaki is in close to Bacca's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Mousaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bacca's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Bacca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bacca throws a right and a left that Mousaki avoids nicely.
Mousaki shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bacca as he jumps to the side.
Bacca throws a combination that misses

and Mousaki counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mousaki.
Mousaki works over Bacca with some ground and pound from guard.
Mousaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bacca works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mousaki advances to half guard.
Mousaki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mousaki controlling the action here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mousaki connects with a nice short shot to Bacca's temple.
Mousaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousaki thows a huge punch but Bacca dodges it nicely.

Bacca has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Mousaki escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Mousaki!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bacca prevents Mousaki from improving position.

Mousaki is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bacca knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Mousaki goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Bacca rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Mousaki's guard! Nice work there by Bacca!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bacca passes Mousaki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Mousaki is looking for a sweep. Bacca is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mousaki is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Bacca is working for a submission of some sort.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bacca connects with a nice short shot to Mousaki's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacca not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mousaki moves into full guard.
Mousaki wants to control the position but Bacca says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bacca with the ground and pound but Mousaki uses the opportunity to regain guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bacca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bacca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mousaki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bacca is looking to advance position but Mousaki has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Bacca is looking to improve his position but Mousaki isn't that keen on the idea.
Chew Bacca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mousaki landing strikes from the mount.
Mousaki dominating with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mousaki postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bacca looks a forlorn figure.
Mousaki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Mousaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mousaki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenji Mousaki!