PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walker Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinse Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinse Watanabe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Frank
vs
Watanabe

158 cm
24
279 lbs
1 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Can Moonwalk

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 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Walker Frank!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinse Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Frank closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Watanabe is holding on to half guard well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanabe moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Watanabe controlling the position.
Frank scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Watanabe wants to sweep but no luck.
Watanabe looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Shinse Watanabe hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Watanabe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Frank lands a body punch.

Watanabe works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Frank keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe is in close to Frank's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Frank is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Watanabe is controlling him.
Watanabe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Frank's head.
Frank might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Watanabe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watanabe landing some decent shots from guard.
Watanabe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Frank looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watanabe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Watanabe stands and throws Frank's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Frank is trying to get back to his feet.
Watanabe working the ground and pound from side control.
Frank tries to escape but Watanabe is in control.
Frank really is a fat lump.
Frank knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Watanabe on the ground.
Watanabe connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Frank some visible discomfort.

Watanabe tries for a kimura but Frank is defending well.
Watanabe trying to control the action but Frank is working from the bottom.
Frank is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Frank is breathing heavily.
Watanabe is looking to take a break and control but Frank is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frank wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Watanabe is looking to take a break and control but Frank is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watanabe scoring with punches from side control.
Watanabe in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Frank looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Watanabe turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinse Watanabe!