PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shigenori Iwasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Iwasaki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roll & Tumble. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Iwasaki
vs
Daniels

182 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shigenori Iwasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Daniels gets the takedown into side control.
Iwasaki is being controlled here.
Daniels really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Iwasaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Iwasaki manages to work his way to half guard, despite Daniels's best efforts.
Well, if Daniels is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Iwasaki trying to control but Daniels postures up.
Iwasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Iwasaki is working hard here to advance position.
Daniels controlling the action here.
Iwasaki missing with punches from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Iwasaki trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Iwasaki tries to lock up and control but Daniels gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Iwasaki is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Daniels landing punches.
Daniels prevents Iwasaki from getting the reversal.
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Iwasaki hang on?
Iwasaki wants to control but Daniels is having none of it.
Iwasaki working to try and regain half guard.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Iwasaki looks a forlorn figure.
Daniels trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Daniels working Iwasaki over with strikes here.
Daniels tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Iwasaki is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels controlling the pace for now.
Daniels trying to control but Iwasaki is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iwasaki working to try and regain half guard.
Daniels lands with some strikes.
Iwasaki is working to get back to half guard.
Daniels controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Daniels can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Iwasaki is looking to escape.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jack Daniels just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Daniels drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Daniels dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Daniels trying to control but Iwasaki is working from the bottom.

Iwasaki working for a triangle but Daniels defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Daniels stands and steps away. Iwasaki gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Daniels throws a leg kick but Iwasaki moved away.

Daniels shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Daniels showed some decent athleticism there.
Iwasaki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Daniels is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels prevents Iwasaki from improving his position.
Daniels thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Iwasaki's head.
Daniels working over Iwasaki with some ground and pound. Iwasaki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Daniels is thwarting Iwasaki's attempts to control the position.
Daniels trying to control from half guard but Iwasaki is working away.
Iwasaki is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daniels tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Daniels decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Iwasaki trying to control from the bottom.
Iwasaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Daniels.
Daniels content to control rather than advance.
Iwasaki tries to roll over but Daniels keeps him under control.
Iwasaki is refusing to be controlled, as Daniels sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iwasaki trying to hold on to Daniels's head to control him but Daniels postures up.
Iwasaki wants to get back to full guard but Daniels has passed into side control.
Daniels scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Daniels controlling from mount.
Iwasaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Daniels lands a big elbow.
Iwasaki is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Iwasaki tries to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Daniels scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Iwasaki?
Iwasaki is looking to get to half guard.
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Iwasaki hang on?
Daniels content just to control the position here.
Iwasaki is squirming around, avoiding Daniels's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Daniels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Daniels throws a sloppy head kick and Iwasaki moves out of range easily.
Iwasaki dodges the punch combination from Daniels.
Horrible takedown by Daniels or perhaps it was just good defense by Iwasaki which made him look bad.
Iwasaki tries to clinch but Daniels is having none of it.
Iwasaki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Daniels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Daniels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daniels is looking to take a break and control but Iwasaki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Iwasaki looking for a sweep but Daniels has passed into full mount! Oh no!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels lands a heavy elbow.
Daniels controlling from the full mount.
Daniels looking to ground and pound but Iwasaki is blocking nicely.
Iwasaki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Daniels scoring with strikes but Iwasaki is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Iwasaki tries to hold on but Daniels pushes him away.
Iwasaki is looking to get to half guard.
Iwasaki sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Iwasaki wants to get back to full guard.
Daniels trying to control the pace.
Daniels wants to control but Iwasaki is keeping him busy.

Daniels gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Shigenori Iwasaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Iwasaki gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels wants to control from the top but Iwasaki keeps moving.
Daniels postures up.

Iwasaki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Daniels can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Iwasaki looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Daniels puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jack Daniels has got the better of the ground game so far.
Daniels trying to control the pace.
Iwasaki is looking to improve his position.
Shigenori Iwasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Daniels winds up and cracks Iwasaki with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Daniels moves into full mount! Iwasaki won't be happy about that!
Iwasaki is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Daniels cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Daniels lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Iwasaki hang on?
Iwasaki can't escape the position.
Jack Daniels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Daniels sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Daniels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Daniels 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Daniels!