PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Ladin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ladin's choice of entrance music: Highway to hell. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Do
vs
Ladin

192 cm
37
255 lbs
26 - 29 - 0

215 cm
29
290 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Ladin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Ladin.
Do throws a leg kick but Ladin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ladin tries to clinch but Do is having none of it.
Do fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ladin manages to avoid it.
Ladin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
A leg kick checked by Ladin.
Ladin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Do looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ben Ladin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ladin throws a right hand that Do ducks under and follows up with a left that Do also avoids with ease.
Do avoids the body shot from Ladin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ladin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Do blocks a head kick by Ladin.
Do jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ladin.
Do uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice body kick there by Ladin.
Do has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A telegraphed right hand from Do misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ladin is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
Do thows a leg kick but Ladin checks it

and Ladin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ladin.
Do lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ladin.
Ladin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Do.
Nice body punch from Do.
Ladin landing knees to the head.

It looks like Jonny Do has been cut.
Ladin looking to throw knees to the head but Do is blocking nicely.
Ladin struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Ladin scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Do takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ladin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ladin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Do or not.
Do is breathing heavily.
Ladin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ladin lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Do escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ladin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Do misses.
Ladin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ladin tries to clinch but Do is having none of it.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ladin.
Ladin digs a good body shot into Do's ribs.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.
A left lands for Do.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ladin!
Ladin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ladin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ladin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Do throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ladin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a low kick as Ladin jumps back.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ladin was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Do stuns Ladin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ladin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Do is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ladin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Do throws a leg kick
and Ladin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Do misses with a looping left.
Ben Ladin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Do goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ladin ducks under a wild hook from Do.
Ladin is looking to clinch but Do is avoiding it.
Do misses the shot to the body.
Ladin wants to clinch up but Do keeps it at a distance.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Ladin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ladin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ladin doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Ladin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Do rather than just go for the knockout.
Do wants to slow Ladin down by chopping away at his legs.
Do throws a leg kick that misses.
Do tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ladin was well out of range. Poor timing from Do.
Ladin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ladin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Do.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Do avoids the head kick by Ladin.
Do uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ladin.
Ladin connects with a right hand. Do shakes it off.
A cross from Do lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Ladin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Do's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do is looking to score with low kicks.
Do blocks a head kick by Ladin.
Ladin doesn't manage to clinch there - Do circles away.
Do swings for the body but Ladin moves out of range.
Ladin wants to clinch
and Do counters with a big head kick but Ladin shrugs it off.
Ladin connects with a high kick.
Ben Ladin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ladin slips a straight right by Do.
Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
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!
Do tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ladin is able to avoid easily.
Ladin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Do fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ladin.
Ladin fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Do lands with a good body shot.
Ladin is looking to clinch.
Ladin throws a sloppy head kick and Do moves out of range easily.
Do tries to work over Ladin's front leg with a kick but Ladin checks it.
Ladin avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left lands for Do.
Ladin throws a sloppy head kick
and Do counters with a stiff right hand.
Ladin pushes Do away with a front kick.
Ladin tries a head kick but it misses.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Do.
Ladin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Do.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Do.

Jonny Do's cut is getting worse.
Do lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ladin just misses with a punch to the body.
Do throws a leg kick but Ladin checks it.
Ladin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Do moves away.
Ladin lands with a slapping head kick.
Do throws a leg kick
and Ladin counters with a head kick. That will keep Do thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ladin avoids the body shot from Do.
Ladin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ladin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Do.
Do throws the left hand but Ladin avoids the punch easily.
Do swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ladin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Do stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Do throws out a loose jab but Ladin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ladin misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Ladin.
Do looks to land a left hand but Ladin moved out of range nicely.
Ladin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Do misses its intended target.
Do circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ladin throws a head kick but Do moves out of range.
Do fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ladin checks it well.
Do keeps the fight on the outside.
Do swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Do fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ladin avoids the head kick by Do.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ladin clinches up with Do and pushes him back against the cage.
Do goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Do.
Do lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Ladin is rocked!
Do lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ladin is still on wobbly legs! Can Do finish him?
Ladin is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do lands an uppercut.
Do stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Do.
Do creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Ladin's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Ladin drops to his knees and Do pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Do!
After the fight, Jonny Do 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.