PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mek Ju (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kengo Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ju
vs
Watanabe

183 cm
36
190 lbs
24 - 14 - 0

182 cm
34
200 lbs
16 - 21 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mek Ju!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kengo Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ju avoids it really well and circles away.
Ju takes a jab right on the kisser.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ju.
Watanabe rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ju moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Watanabe has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ju.
A jab from Ju does it's job there.
Watanabe fails with the takedown.
Ju fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watanabe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watanabe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ju as he avoids it easily.
Mek Ju has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kengo Watanabe.
An inside leg kick lands from Ju.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ju fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watanabe misses with a looping right.

Ju gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ju.
Watanabe looks winded!
Ju using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ju with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ju.
Ju utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ju.
Ju crunches a lovely knee into Watanabe's ribcage.
Ju lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ju pushes Watanabe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ju lands a right hand.
Watanabe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ju landing knees to the body.
Ju gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watanabe is looking for a takedown.
Ju lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Kengo Watanabe has been cut.
Ju landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Ju.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ju obliges.
Ju connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Ju.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ju with a knee to the head.
Ju stops a takedown attempt from Watanabe.
Nice body punch from Ju - that landed with a thud.
Ju landing knees to the body.
Ju comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ju scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Ju.
Ju with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ju.
A knee to the head by Ju.
Ju landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ju working Watanabe over with knees to the body.
Ju lands a nice uppercut.
Ju connects with a nasty looking knee right to Watanabe's face.
Watanabe looking to slow down the pace here.
Watanabe has Ju pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ju manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ju unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ju lands an elbow that stopped Watanabe in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ju.
Ju crunches a lovely knee into Watanabe's ribcage.
Watanabe changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ju fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ju lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ju thumps Watanabe with a low kick.
Watanabe tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watanabe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ju.
Ju lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ju, right into the meat.
Watanabe darts in looking for a takedown but Ju gets double underhooks and turns Watanabe into the cage.
Ju with a knee to the head.
Watanabe looking for a takedown.
Ju lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ju with a knee to the head.
Ju landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ju lands a nice elbow.
Ju lands an elbow inside.
Ju scores with a knee to the head.

Watanabe is rocked!
Ju lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watanabe is still on wobbly legs! Can Ju finish him?
Ju unloads a knee to the mid-section. Watanabe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ju lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ju has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Watanabe - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Ju, and another! Watanabe is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mek Ju!
After the fight, Mek Ju 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.