PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Young Pup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tournament Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pup
vs
Winner

165 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

Namunamu Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Young Pup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tournament Winner!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pup throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pup tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Winner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Winner dodges the punch combination from Pup.
Pup throws a right and a left that Winner avoids nicely.

Winner clinches with his opponent.
Winner stalling against the cage.

Pup breaks the clinch.
Pup misses with a lunging right hand
and Winner counters with a nice body shot.
Pup closes the distance but Winner moves to the side
and Winner counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pup fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pup misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Winner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Winner lands with a right to the head.
Pup working aggressively here.
Winner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Winner.
Pup wants to break free but Winner has control.
Winner blocks a body shot from Pup.
Pup lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winner lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pup backwards.
A short left from Pup.
Winner misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pup blocks a body shot from Winner.
Pup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Winner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pup backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winner.
Pup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pup tries a knee to the head but Winner blocks it.
Winner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pup's elbow.
Pup taking a breather.
Winner slowing the pace effectively.
Winner blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winner keeps control of Pup as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Winner gets through Pup's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Winner has Pup pressed against the cage.
Winner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tournament Winner will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Pup tries to keep at a distance but Winner has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pup wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Winner has him pressed against the cage.
Winner has a couple of punches blocked by Pup.
Winner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pup or not.
Winner scores with a nice hook to the head.
Winner gets through Pup's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pup can't find room to land a body shot as Winner controls the action.
Winner pushes Pup back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pup fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pup misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pup is trying to maintain a safe position but Winner gets an underhook and turns Pup into the cage.
Tournament Winner seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Winner managing to block the knees to the body from Pup.
Winner keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pup's efforts to push away.
Pup letting Winner take a breather here.
Winner working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pup tries to break free but Winner pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Winner as the two fighters clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Winner as Pup tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Winner.
Winner gets through Pup's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Winner lands a left hand.
Winner is pushing Pup up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Winner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pup or not.
A head punch on the inside from Pup fails to land.
A short right from Winner on the inside.
Winner lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Winner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winner pushes Pup back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pup misses with a punch on the inside.
Pup misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pup misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pup tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Winner.
Pup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pup wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Winner blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winner.
Winner lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pup.
A shot in the inside from Winner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winner lands with a left to the head.
Pup looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Winner is working Pup over against the cage.
Pup fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winner blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tournament Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Winner takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Winner has taken the fight to the clinch.
Winner misses with the head strike.
Winner displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pup up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pup fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pup wants to break free but Winner has control.
Pup working aggressively here.
Pup lands a knee to the body.
Pup swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pup gets through Winner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pup misses with a punch on the inside.
Winner just leaning against Pup, taking a breather.
Winner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Winner misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Winner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pup backwards.
Winner lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pup blocks an uppercut.
Come on Winner - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pup scores with a shoulder strike.
Winner working aggressively here.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Winner in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pup misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winner is leaning against Pup and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Winner.
Pup trying to control the position but instead, Winner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pup into the cage.
Pup misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Winner.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pup's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Still in the clinch, Winner scores with a nice short uppercut.
Winner lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pup misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Winner.
Pup is looking to break free of the clinch but Winner has double underhooks.
Winner softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Winner lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pup tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Winner avoiding damage.
Pup swings wildly with an uppercut but Winner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winner lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Winner lands a nice shot to the body.
Pup looking to throw knees to the head but Winner is blocking nicely.
Winner blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tournament Winner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Winner 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Tournament Winner!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Tournament Winner!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Tournament Winner!

Tournament Winner wins by unanimous decision!
After the fight, Tournament Winner 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.