PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hironobu Uematsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uematsu comes to the cage accompanied by Primus - Laquer Head. Vagner Love has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hironobu Uematsu's chin.

Uematsu
vs
Love

188 cm
30
203 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

188 cm
28
206 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Mohito Fightwear
BlackStar Athletics

Bullet Proof System
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hironobu Uematsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Love blocks a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Uematsu.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uematsu. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uematsu lands a body shot.
Uematsu throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a nice leg kick.
Hironobu Uematsu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Uematsu throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Uematsu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Love misses with an attempted mid kick.
Uematsu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Uematsu throws out a powerful jab.

Uematsu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love working aggressively here.
Love wants to break free but Uematsu has control.
Love stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uematsu misses with some punches.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Uematsu working aggressively here.
Love stalling in the clinch but Uematsu improves position.
Uematsu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Love breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Uematsu throws a leg kick
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Uematsu scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Uematsu delivers a nice body kick.
Uematsu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Uematsu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Love now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Love throws a half hearted mid kick.
Love throws a sloppy head kick and Uematsu moves out of range easily.
Uematsu lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love slips under a jab.
Love only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Love has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Uematsu scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uematsu thuds his right hand into Love's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Love pushes Uematsu away with a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Uematsu.
Uematsu lands with a nice body punch.
Uematsu throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A countering left hand to the body from Love misses.
Uematsu lands a front kick.

Uematsu drops Love with a beautiful combination! Love stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Uematsu is looking for the KO!

Love is rocked!
Uematsu throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Love flicks out a counter leg kick but Uematsu steps away.
Love throws a leg kick
enabling Uematsu to counter with a crisp jab.
Love is still on wobbly legs! Can Uematsu finish him?
Love scores with a spinning back kick!
Love seems to have recovered his senses.
Uematsu needs to keep his hands up - Love had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uematsu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Uematsu.
Uematsu misses the jab.
Love lands a really nice looking cross but Uematsu seems unphased.
Uematsu with a nice cross.
Uematsu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Love can pounce on him.
Uematsu dips to his left and cracks Love with an uppercut!
Love throws a body kick that misses.
Uematsu swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Uematsu.
Uematsu lands a really nice looking cross but Love seems unphased.
Uematsu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Love backs away, Uematsu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Love throws a leg kick but Uematsu sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love lands a slapping body shot.
A big left from Love misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crunch! Uematsu slams his shin into Love's torso.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Uematsu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Love with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Uematsu is looking to clinch.
Crunch! Uematsu slams his shin into Love's torso.
Uematsu delivers a nice body kick.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Uematsu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Uematsu, as that shot connected.
Uematsu tries to clinch there but Love circles away.
Uematsu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hironobu Uematsu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Uematsu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uematsu lands a jab.
Uematsu throws out a loose jab but Love uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab from Uematsu.
Love has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Uematsu.
A shot to the body from Uematsu misses
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Uematsu swings widly with a right hand
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Hironobu Uematsu has been cut.
Uematsu misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uematsu ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Uematsu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Uematsu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Uematsu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
A punch lands to the side of Uematsu 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uematsu throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
It seemed like Love was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Uematsu misses the target.
Uematsu tries to land a body kick
and Love counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Uematsu looks to land a left hand but Love moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Uematsu.
A combination from Love does no damage.
Uematsu is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.
Love appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Love.
Uematsu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Uematsu scores with a nice body kick.
Love walks into a stiff left hand from Uematsu.
Jab from Love.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uematsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Uematsu is able to avoid easily.
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!
Uematsu misses with a jab to the body
and Love counters with a nice body shot.
Uematsu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Love cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Uematsu is rocked!
Uematsu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Love counters with a big left hand that crumples Uematsu! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vagner Love!
Vagner Love decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.