PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Belingon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Woko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Belingon
vs
Woko

178 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
165 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Alpha Male

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Belingon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Woko !
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belingon throws a sloppy head kick and Woko moves out of range easily.
Woko has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Belingon lands a jab.

It looks like Kenji Woko has been cut.
Woko lands a body shot.
Belingon looks to land a right hand but Woko moved out of range.
Belingon is looking to clinch.
Belingon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Woko dives in and scores a takedown into Belingon's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Woko trying to control but Belingon is working from the bottom.
Woko controls from within his opponent's guard.
Woko with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woko postures up in Belingon's guard and throws a big left but Belingon blocks it.
Woko chips away with some ground and pound.
Belingon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Belingon being controlled here, momentarily.
Belingon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Woko on the ground.
Belingon has a closed guard, preventing Woko from standing up.
Woko works over Belingon with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belingon wants to stand up but Woko is controlling him.
Woko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Woko wants to control from the top but Belingon keeps moving.
Woko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Woko throws a big right hand that misses.
Belingon being controlled here, momentarily.
Woko chips away with some ground and pound.
Woko chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woko with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Woko accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Woko gets to his feet - Belingon follows without any prompting.
Woko lands with an overhand left.
Belingon throws a jab when Woko was well out of range.
Belingon looks to throw the jab but Woko is out of range.
Jimmy Belingon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woko scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice cross by Belingon.
Woko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Belingon drives through and clinches with Woko against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Woko .
Woko misses with a punch to the body.
Belingon lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belingon lands with a right to the head.
Belingon scores with a knee to the head.
Woko is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Belingon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Belingon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Woko takes an elbow to the temple.

Woko gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Belingon regains guard.
Belingon wants to get back to his feet but Woko is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Woko throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Belingon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Belingon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Woko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenji Woko 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Belingon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Woko lands a jab to the nose.
Woko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Belingon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Woko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Belingon is looking to land body kicks.
Woko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Belingon thumps Woko with a low kick.
Belingon slips a jab from Woko .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woko looks to land a left hand but Belingon moved out of range nicely.
Belingon looks to land a left hand but Woko moved out of range nicely.
Belingon darts in trying to clinch
and Woko counters with a stiff right hand.
Belingon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body punch from Woko .
Belingon tries to score with a low kick but Woko moves his leg out of the way.
Woko slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Belingon throws a lazy uppercut
and Woko counters with a left and a right that stings Belingon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jimmy Belingon is winning the standup battle so far.
Woko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Woko misses with a jab, cross combination.
No joy there for Woko , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Belingon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Belingon misses with a hook
and Woko counters with a right hand to the body.
Kenji Woko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Woko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Belingon counters with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woko throws a series of punches but Belingon moves out of range.
Woko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Belingon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belingon throws the left hand but Woko avoids the punch easily.
Woko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Belingon fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Belingon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Belingon takes a swing at Woko 's ribcage but misses.
Woko walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Belingon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Woko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Woko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Woko throws an overhand right that lands on Belingon's shoulder, as Belingon tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Woko fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Woko .
Some wild striking there from Woko .
An inside leg kick lands from Belingon.
Woko connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Woko scores with a three punch combo!
Jimmy Belingon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Woko scores with a jab.
Belingon throws a leg kick but Woko sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Belingon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kenji Woko 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Woko just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from Woko misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Belingon misses the target.
Woko looks to land a combination but Belingon avoids it well.
Woko misses with a wild body shot.
Belingon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Belingon moves in looking to clinch but Woko pushes him off.
Donk. Belingon catches Woko right on the button with a cross.
Woko misses with a jab, cross combination.

Belingon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Woko , pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Belingon.
A short right from Belingon on the inside.
Belingon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Woko is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Belingon landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Woko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Belingon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Woko backwards.
Woko tries to stall but Belingon uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Woko works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Woko stops Belingon from standing up.
Woko working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woko sitting in guard here, content to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Belingon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Belingon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Woko throws a big right hand that misses.
Woko sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Belingon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Woko gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Woko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Belingon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Woko blocks a head kick by Belingon.
Woko throws a lazy right hand but Belingon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Belingon is looking to clinch.

Belingon has Woko up against the cage in a clinch.
Belingon with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Woko lands with a short shot to the head.
Belingon misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belingon is pressed up against the cage. Woko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Belingon down to the mat. Belingon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Woko misses with a combination
and Belingon counters with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Belingon.
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!
Belingon throws a quick inside leg kick.
Belingon misses with a hook. Woko ducked under it nicely.
Belingon lands an overhand right.
Belingon misses with a hook. Woko ducked under it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Woko checks a leg kick nicely.
Woko shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Belingon eats them both and turns towards Woko to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Belingon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Belingon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Belingon!
Jimmy Belingon bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.