PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Bauer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Pae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Bauer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bauer
vs
Pae

184 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
191 lbs
10 - 2 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Bauer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Pae!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pae ducks under a wild hook from Bauer.
Bauer throws a head kick but Pae moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Bauer.
Pae moves out of range of the strikes.
Bauer misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bauer.
Pae ducks under a wild hook from Bauer.
Jack Bauer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pae connects with an inside leg kick.
Bauer scores with a nice strike.
Pae misses with a series of wild punches.
Pae looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bauer scores with a shot to the body.
Pae displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bauer throws out the jab.
Bauer looks to land a left hand but Pae moved out of range nicely.
Bauer throws a hook but Pae avoids it easily.
Bauer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pae throws a head kick that Bauer semi-blocks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bauer lands with a hook. Pae tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A punch combination from Pae misses.
Pae pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bauer is out of range and Pae settles back down.
Good shot there by Bauer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bauer throws a low kick but Pae moves out of range easily.
Bauer looks to land a body kick but Pae moved away.
Bauer looks to land a right hand but Pae moved out of range.
Bauer tries to work over Pae's front leg with a kick but Pae checks it.
Pae uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bauer.
Bauer cracks Pae with an open hand slap.
A telegraphed right hand from Bauer misses the target.
Pae staying out of range there.
Pae digs a good hook to Bauer's body.
Bauer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pae connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick misses from Pae.
Bauer misses with a straight left.
Bauer looks to land a left hand but Pae moved out of range nicely.
Bauer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pae ducks under a wild hook from Bauer.
Pae throws a right and a left that Bauer avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bauer looks for the body kick but Pae saw that one coming.

Pae takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bauer misses with a punch on the inside.
Pae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bauer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pae blocking some punches.
Bauer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bauer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pae.
Bauer is breathing heavily.
Bauer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A hook to the body from Pae.
Pae lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jack Bauer has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pae obliges.
Pae lands a good knee to the midsection. Bauer won't want to take too many of those.
Pae unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bauer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pae avoiding damage as Bauer throws knees to the body.
Pae works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pae lands a good knee to the midsection. Bauer won't want to take too many of those.
A right hook to the body lands for Pae.
Pae utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bauer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pae crunches a lovely knee into Bauer's ribcage.
Pae lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bauer.
Pae scores with a shot to the side of Bauer's head.
Pae connects with a knee to the head.
Bauer takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pae.
Pae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bauer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pae connects with a knee to the head.

Bauer is rocked!
Pae working the clinch nicely. Bauer is working for position but Pae cracks him with a big knee to the head! Bauer crumples up against the cage and Pae lands two more shots before the ref can save Bauer! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Joe Pae!
Joe Pae thanked the fans post fight for their support.