PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Death (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fluffy Unicorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Death
vs
Unicorn

185 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Simon Death!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fluffy Unicorn!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Death punishes Unicorn's body with a nice straight punch.
We've been told by Death's head coaches at Saboteur's Playground that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Unicorn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Death manages to avoid it.
Unicorn takes a swing at Death's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Unicorn.
Unicorn missing with a left hand there. Death was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Unicorn shoots for a takedown but Death saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Death throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Unicorn closes this distance looking for a takedown but Death circles away.
Unicorn looks to score with a jab to the body but Death is just out of range.
Death takes a swing at Unicorn's ribcage but misses.
Unicorn throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Death to counter with a crisp jab.
Unicorn misses with a wild body shot.
Death just misses with a punch to the body.
Unicorn swings widly with a right hand
and Death counters with a straight right hand.
Death throws the left hand but Unicorn avoids the punch easily.
Simon Death seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Unicorn misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Death misses its intended target.
Unicorn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Death has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Death thows a body shot but no joy.
Death scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Unicorn scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Death misses the shot to the body.
Unicorn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Death misses with a straight left.
Unicorn lands with an uppercut that bounces Death off the cage and back into range.
Unicorn throws a right hand that Death ducks under and follows up with a left that Death also avoids with ease.
Death showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Unicorn.
Death lands a jab to Unicorn's midsection.
Unicorn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Unicorn misses with a body shot.
Death jabs Unicorn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Death swats away the attempt to clinch by Unicorn.
Unicorn catches Death with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Death needs to keep his hands up - Unicorn had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Death lands a right hook to the body.
Unicorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Unicorn misses with a body shot
and Death counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Unicorn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Death is looking to wear down Unicorn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Unicorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Unicorn throws a series of punches but Death moves out of range.
Death bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Unicorn's head.
Death thuds his right hand into Unicorn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Death jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Death. Unicorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Unicorn misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Death counters with a nice body shot.
Unicorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Death circles away quickly and effectively.

Death drives through with a takedown into guard.
Unicorn is controlling Death's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Death trying to control but Unicorn is working from the bottom.
Death missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Death throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Unicorn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Death in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Unicorn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Unicorn throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Unicorn is on top in guard.
Death on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Death tries to get out of the position.

Unicorn is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Death avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unicorn postures up in Death's guard and throws a big left but Death blocks it.
Unicorn throws a big right hand that misses.
Death preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Unicorn passes Death's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Unicorn seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Death is refusing to be controlled, as Unicorn sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fluffy Unicorn dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Unicorn misses with an uppercut. Death saw that one coming.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Death avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Death thows a body shot but no joy.
Unicorn digs a good body shot into Death's ribs.
Death lands a nice shot to the body.
Unicorn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Death.
Unicorn moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Death keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Unicorn.
A cross from Death lands.
Unicorn takes a swing at Death's ribcage but misses.
Death avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Death misses with a wild body shot.
Death loads up on a big right hand but Unicorn slips the punch.
Unicorn takes a swing at Death's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Unicorn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Death counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Unicorn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Unicorn lands a jab.

Death shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Death wants to control but Unicorn is keeping him busy.
Unicorn has hold of Death's hands but Death slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Unicorn has his hands clasped together around Death's back. He's all about the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unicorn is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Death's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Death's back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Unicorn has the hooks in. Death is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Unicorn is looking to control Death but Death is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Death is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Unicorn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Unicorn is landing with strikes. Death can't take much more of this.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Death trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Unicorn trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Unicorn throwing sloppy strikes.
Unicorn keeps control of the position as Death tries to break free.
Unicorn throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

Death is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Death has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Unicorn.
Unicorn thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Death avoids the strikes from Unicorn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Unicorn misses with an elbow to the head.
Unicorn is working the ground and pound. Can Death escape?
Death covering up well under a barage of strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fluffy Unicorn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A punch combination from Unicorn misses.
Death drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Unicorn blocks a jab.
Death lands with a right hand.
Death thows a body shot but no joy.
Unicorn misses with a wild body shot.
Unicorn blocks a jab.
Unicorn throws a body punch but Death moves out of range.
Unicorn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Death moves forwards but Unicorn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Unicorn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Death was well out of range. Poor timing from Unicorn.
A big right from Unicorn misses.
Unicorn lands a nice shot that snaps Death's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Death misses with a hook
and Unicorn counters with a stiff right hand.
Death throws a body punch but Unicorn moves out of range.
Unicorn jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Death shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Unicorn as he avoids it easily.
Unicorn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Death.
Unicorn misses with an uppercut.
Death looks for a takedown but Unicorn sprawls well.
Unicorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Death lands.
Unicorn looks to score with a jab to the body but Death is just out of range.
Unicorn misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Unicorn. Death does a little dance to reset his feet.
Death scores with a hook.
Unicorn walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Unicorn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Unicorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Unicorn shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Death's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Unicorn scoring with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unicorn trying to control the position from guard on top but Death is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Unicorn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fluffy Unicorn has got the better of the ground game so far.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Fluffy Unicorn hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Death ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Unicorn moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Unicorn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Unicorn thows a body shot but no joy.
Death throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Death uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Unicorn.
Unicorn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Death.

Unicorn moves into the clinch successfully.
Unicorn blocks an uppercut.
Death misses with a body punch.
Unicorn is pressed up against the cage. Death has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Unicorn down to the mat. Unicorn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Death. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Unicorn throws a right hand that Death ducks under and follows up with a left that Death also avoids with ease.
Unicorn lands with a hook. Death tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Unicorn throws a hook but Death blocks it.
Death wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Unicorn misses the shot to the body.
Unicorn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Simon Death has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fluffy Unicorn is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Unicorn misses with a body shot.
Unicorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Death.
Death stuns Unicorn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Unicorn lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Unicorn.
Unicorn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Death misses with a hook.
A big right from Death misses.
Death throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Death swings for the body but Unicorn moves out of range.
Death connects with a body shot.

Unicorn clinches.
Death can't find room to land a body shot as Unicorn controls the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Unicorn blocking some punches.
Death misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Unicorn on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fluffy Unicorn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Unicorn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fluffy Unicorn!