PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Masa Mune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grammur Natzee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natzee comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Marillion - Garden Party kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Mune
vs
Natzee

160 cm
25
158 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

162 cm
40
148 lbs
40 - 17 - 4

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Masa Mune!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 17 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Grammur Natzee!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natzee lands a jab to Mune's midsection.
Mune throws a big shot that misses.

Mune shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Natzee napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mune tries to score with some ground and pound. Natzee controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Natzee is trying to improve his position.
Mune working the ground and pound.
Mune wants to lay and pray for a moment but Natzee keeps working.
Mune working away.
Sloppy strikes there by Mune.
The strikes coming from Mune are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Natzee tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mune passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Natzee!
Mune lands a nice shot to the head.
Mune raining down shots from the mount!
Mune tries to control but Natzee wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mune with the ground and pound from mount.
Natzee sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Natzee is staying active underneath Mune, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ground and pound from Mune.
Natzee flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Natzee won't allow Mune to pass to mount.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Natzee looks like he's trying to stand up.
Natzee tries to roll over but Mune keeps him under control.
Natzee is trying to control but can't.
Mune throwing shots but Natzee is blocking nicely.
Mune thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've been hearing that Mune has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mune trying to control from half guard but Natzee is working away.
Mune prevents Natzee from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mune looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Natzee is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mune scores with a couple of nice shots.
Natzee is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mune jumps into side control!
Natzee is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mune connects with a decent elbow.
Mune trying to control the action but Natzee is working from the bottom.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet but Mune drags him back down.
Mune landing strikes.
Natzee pushes Mune away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mune gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Natzee is not content to let Mune control the position.
Mune has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Natzee takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natzee is trying to improve his position.
Mune is working Natzee over with some ground and pound from side control.
Mune throws an elbow but Natzee slips to the side and avoids it well.

Mune tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
You can see the frustration on Natzee's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Natzee regains half guard.
Mune working Natzee over with strikes.
Mune working Natzee over with strikes.
Natzee wants to improve his position but Mune is controlling well.
Natzee has hold of Mune's hands but Mune slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Mune is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Natzee slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Mune working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mune lands a couple of digs.
Mune distracts Natzee with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Mune in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mune works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Natzee looks like he's trying to stand up.
Natzee trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Natzee is looking for a sweep. Mune is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mune lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Mune dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Natzee dives in and grabs Mune's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mune pushes down on Natzee's head and hops out.
Mune appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Mune cracks a nice hook into Natzee's ribs.
Mune misses with a body shot.
Natzee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Natzee looks to score with a jab to the body but Mune is just out of range.
Mune drops down looking for a counter takedown but Natzee sprawls and moves away.
Natzee throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mune's waist but Mune gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Natzee off to one side.
Mune is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Natzee can do to turn this around?
Natzee connects with a looping right hand.
Mune blocks a jab.
Natzee dodges the punch combination from Mune.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natzee lands a two punch combo.
Natzee throws a hook but Mune avoids it easily.
Natzee misses with a double jab

and Mune counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Natzee!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee is trying to get back to half guard.
Mune cracks Natzee with a big right hand but Natzee just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Natzee tries to buck Mune off but Mune is having none of it.
Mune trying to control the action but Natzee is working from the bottom.
Masa Mune overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mune is putting a hurting on Natzee here, landing some big shots from side control.
Natzee is not content to let Mune control the position.
Natzee struggling a bit here.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet but Mune is dominant here and he's now got Natzee's back!
Mune lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Natzee.
Natzee takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mune lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Mune scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Natzee wants to escape the position.
Mune lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Mune slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
Mune keeps control of the position easily here as Natzee tries to buck him off.
Mune loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Natzee hold on?
Mune tries to get the hooks in deep but Natzee pushed the leg off.
Natzee tries to escape the position.
Natzee grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mune is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Natzee is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Mune off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Mune trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Natzee can't escape the position.

Natzee is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Mune gets his way!
Mune trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Mune throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Natzee!
Mune avoiding Natzee 's attempts to control his hands.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Mune.
Mune controlling well, preventing Natzee from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mune lands with a hammerfist to the side of Natzee's head.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
Natzee is really stuck here.
Natzee looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Natzee is in bad spot here.
Natzee covers up after that shot from Mune.
Mune lands shots from the back.
Mune lands with a hammerfist to the side of Natzee's head.
Mune controlling well, preventing Natzee from escaping the position.
Mune punches Natzee on the ear.
Natzee is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Mune dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Natzee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mune scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mune slips under a jab from Natzee.
Mune attempts a counter takedown but Natzee avoids it well and moves away.
Natzee with a jab.
Natzee fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Natzee looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mune is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natzee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Natzee is in close to Mune's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Mune wants to sweep but no luck.
Mune is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natzee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Natzee tries to kick Mune off but Mune keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Natzee is not content to let Mune control the position.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard but Mune has passed into side control.
Mune tries to move to mount but Natzee blocks the move with his legs.
Mune working the head and body with strikes.
Natzee wants to control but Mune postures up.
Mune working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Mune wants to control but Natzee is keeping him busy.
Natzee is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mune creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Grammur Natzee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mune wants to lay and pray for a moment but Natzee keeps working.
Mune scoring with punches and elbows.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
Mune tries to advance to mount but can't.
Natzee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mune works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Natzee is looking to reverse the position.
Mune trying to control the position but Natzee is working away.
Natzee is trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mune is putting a hurting on Natzee here, landing some big shots from side control.
Natzee is trying to improve his position.
Check out the look on Mune's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Natzee taking punishment in the form of punches.

Natzee is rocked!
Mune lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Natzee down.
Natzee is still in real trouble! Can Mune finish him?

Mune is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Natzee knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Natzee manages to get back to half guard.
Mune working over Natzee with some ground and pound. Natzee looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mune takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mune sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Natzee! Oh, Natzee is in big trouble! Mune lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Masa Mune!
Grammur Natzee spoke after the fight, saying 'no, what are you doing? gimme that belt. :c'.