PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Out (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Out
vs
Flores

173 cm
26
150 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

169 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Out!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Flores!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flores lands an overhand right.
Out jabs at Flores's body.
Flores takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A left lands for Out.
Flores misses with an uppercut
and Out counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flores takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Flores moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Out is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Flores.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Out lands an impressive looking overhand right. Flores doesn't seem phased though.
Out moves out of range as Flores strikes.
Pablo Out seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Out throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Out definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Flores scores with a head kick. Out tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Out uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Flores.
Flores uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Out.
Out dips to his left and cracks Flores with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores looks to land a right hand but Out moved out of range.
Flores scores with a hook to the body. Out takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Flores tries to close the distance and clinch but Out swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flores uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Out.
Out ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Flores moves away.
Out scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Out cracks Flores with an open hand slap.
Flores throws a shot from downtown. Out moves away and avoids it.
Out just misses with a punch to the body.
Out misses with a right hand
and Out takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Flores throws a head kick that half lands.
Edward Flores is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flores is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Flores clobbers Out with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores throws a shot from downtown. Out moves away and avoids it.
Out throws a big shot that misses.
We've been informed that Flores has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Flores takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Out throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Flores has taken the fight to the clinch.
Flores pushes Out back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Out fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Flores.
Flores scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Out misses with a body punch.
Flores scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Flores lands an uppercut.
Flores lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Flores scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flores scores with a shoulder strike.
Flores pushes Out back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Out takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Flores.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Out's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Out misses with a punch to the body.
Flores lands an uppercut.
Out throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Flores.
Flores lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Out backwards.

Out is rocked!
Out is trying to break the clinch but Flores has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Out's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Flores lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Out is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Flores on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Flores scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Flores.
Flores lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Out to his knees! Flores keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Flores!
After the fight, Edward Flores was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Pablo Out had this to say: 'sorry guys for this loss but you know what I think a rubber match is necessary? What do you guys think?!'.