PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jenji Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Molina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda's entrance music is Requiem for a Dream. A fine choice. Jenji Ueda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ueda
vs
Molina

172 cm
35
161 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

172 cm
31
163 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

Decent elbows
Insanely flexible

Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jenji Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Drew Molina!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Molina lands the left hand.

It looks like Jenji Ueda has been cut.
Molina scores with the left hand. Ueda knows he should have avoided that one.
Molina throws a series of punches but Ueda moves out of range.
Molina misses with a lunging right hand

and Ueda moves into the clinch.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Molina's efforts to push away.
Molina is trying to break free.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ueda pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Ueda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Molina's face.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Molina.
Molina wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Molina blocks with his arms.
Molina is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Molina wants to break free but Ueda has control.
Molina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Molina is trying to force a seperation but Ueda has the dominant position.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Molina's efforts to push away.
Ueda lands with a right to the head.
Ueda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Molina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Molina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ueda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Molina misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ueda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Ueda.
Ueda lands a damaging elbow.
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Molina in his tracks for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Ueda.
Molina looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Molina managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
Molina tries to break the clinch but Ueda is controlling the position.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ueda stalling against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molina wants to get back to striking at distance but Ueda won't allow it.
Ueda taking a breather.
Ueda has Molina pressed against the ropes.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Molina looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda prevents Molina from breaking the clinch.
Ueda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Molina's face.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Molina blocks with his arms.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Molina tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the ropes.
Molina wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Molina is blocking nicely.
Molina misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Molina avoids the damage to the body.
Molina tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the ropes.
Ueda is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ueda lands an elbow inside that Molina shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jenji Ueda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jenji Ueda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ueda drives through and clinches with Molina against the ropes.

It looks like Drew Molina has been cut.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Molina is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ueda is stalling here.

Molina breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Molina drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Molina lands a lovely overhand right.
Molina misses with an uppercut
and Ueda counters with a leg kick.
Ueda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Molina throws a series of punches but Ueda avoids them all with ease.

Ueda moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ueda prevents Molina from breaking the clinch.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ueda works on Molina's body with a couple of short punches.
Molina is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda crunches a lovely knee into Molina's ribcage.
Molina is breathing heavily.
Ueda just leaning against Molina, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Molina is trying to force a seperation but Ueda has the dominant position.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Molina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Molina takes a knee right on the jaw!

Molina is rocked!
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Molina is still on wobbly legs! Can Ueda finish him?
Ueda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ueda.
Ueda prevents Molina from breaking the clinch.
Molina takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ueda obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Molina seems to have recovered his senses.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ueda leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Ueda lands a damaging elbow.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ueda controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda lands a nice elbow.
Ueda stalling the fight.
Ueda lands a nice knee to the body.
Ueda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ueda crunches a lovely knee into Molina's ribcage.
Ueda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Molina's face.
Knees to the body from Ueda.
Molina takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ueda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Molina up against the ropes.
Ueda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Molina can do to turn this around?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda scores with a shot to the side of Molina's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jenji Ueda dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ueda defending well as Molina loads up on a big left hand.
Ueda moves away from the strike by Molina.
Ueda feints a jab promting Molina to slip. Ueda then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Molina slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jenji Ueda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by Ueda.

Ueda has closed the distance and engaged Molina in a clinch.
Molina takes an elbow to the temple.
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Molina in his tracks for a moment.
Molina takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda lands an elbow inside that Molina shrugs off.
Molina tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the ropes.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Ueda to work.
A frustrated look appears on Molina's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Molina is trying to break the clinch but Ueda is controlling him.
Jenji Ueda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ueda is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ueda crunches a lovely knee into Molina's ribcage.
Molina takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda slowing the pace effectively.
Ueda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ueda lands an elbow just above Molina 's eye.
Ueda is controlling Molina's neck. Ueda unleashes a big knee up the middle! And another! Molina goes down! Can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6... he's not going to make it! 9,10. It's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jenji Ueda!
Our winner, Jenji Ueda, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.