PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnathan Porradero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jin fooshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnathan Porradero could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to jin fooshi's chin.

Porradero
vs
fooshi

175 cm
22
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

150 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnathan Porradero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, jin fooshi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Porradero tries to clinch up.
fooshi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
fooshi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
fooshi fails to land the takedown.

fooshi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
fooshi throwing strikes but missing.
fooshi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Porradero wants to stand and escape but fooshi is having none of it.
fooshi is looking to work some ground and pound but Porradero has wrist control.
fooshi is looking to work some ground and pound but Porradero has wrist control.
fooshi distracts Porradero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Porradero is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst fooshi is controlling him.
fooshi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as fooshi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Porradero working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from fooshi.
fooshi is looking to work some ground and pound but Porradero has wrist control.
fooshi postures up in Porradero's guard and throws a big left but Porradero blocks it.
fooshi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
fooshi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Porradero works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
fooshi stands up over Porradero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Porradero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Porradero slips a jab and a cross from fooshi.
fooshi looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Porradero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Porradero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
fooshi throws a series of punches but Porradero moves out of range.
Porradero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Porradero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but fooshi paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Porradero tries to clinch up but fooshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Porradero tries to clinch but fooshi moves out of range.
fooshi keeps the fight on the outside.
fooshi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Nice takedown defense from Porradero. No joy for fooshi on that attempt.
fooshi misses with a few strikes there.

Porradero clinches up against the cage.
Porradero lands a knee to the head.
Porradero lands a knee to the body.
Porradero lands a nice knee to the body.
Porradero lands a damaging elbow.
Porradero gets underhooks to prevent fooshi's takedown attempt.
Johnathan Porradero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jin fooshi.
Porradero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Porradero blocking some punches.
fooshi is working for takedown but Porradero is calmly controlling the position for now.
Porradero lands a nice knee to the body.
fooshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
fooshi misses with a hook from the clinch.
fooshi tries to score a body lock takedown but Porradero shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Porradero misses with a knee strike.

fooshi wants the takedown. Porradero is fighting it off but fooshi persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Porradero's guard against the cage.
Porradero preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as fooshi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fooshi tries to free his leg and advance position but Porradero is retaining full guard.
fooshi scoring with punches to the head and body.
fooshi throws and elbow that misses. Porradero uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in fooshi's guard. Nice move by Porradero!
fooshi tries to strike from the bottom.
fooshi will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
fooshi trying to strike off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
fooshi swinging wilding here.
Johnathan Porradero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Porradero tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Porradero closes the distance and clinches.
Porradero prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Porradero's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
fooshi tries for a takedown. No joy.
fooshi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Porradero trying to land knees to the body.
fooshi throws a head punch that misses.
fooshi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Still in the clinch, fooshi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Porradero crunches a lovely knee into fooshi's ribcage.
fooshi throws a head punch that misses.
fooshi scores with a shot to the side of Porradero's head.
Porradero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
fooshi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
fooshi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Porradero gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Porradero tries to land knees in the clinch but fooshi avoids the damage to the body.
Porradero scores a nice knee to the body.
Porradero throws an elbow but it misses.
Porradero throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but fooshi blocks it with crossed arms.
fooshi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
fooshi managing to block the knees to the body from Porradero.
fooshi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Porradero prevents fooshi from breaking the clinch.
Porradero prevents fooshi from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but jin fooshi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Porradero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
fooshi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
fooshi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
fooshi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
fooshi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Porradero rushes fooshi and presses him up against the cage.
Porradero unloads a knee to the mid-section. fooshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Porradero unloads a knee to the mid-section. fooshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Porradero scores with a knee to the head.
Porradero tries to land knees in the clinch but fooshi avoids the damage to the body.
fooshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Porradero misses with an elbow strike.
fooshi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Porradero gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Porradero landing some nice looking knees to the body.
fooshi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Porradero has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A shot in the inside from fooshi.
Porradero lands a nice knee to the body.
fooshi scores with a shoulder strike.
Porradero prevents the takedown attempt.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Porradero.
fooshi takes a knee right on the jaw!
fooshi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porradero gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
fooshi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Porradero prevents fooshi from breaking the clinch.
fooshi lands with a right to the head.
fooshi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Porradero backwards.
Porradero landing knees to the body.
Porradero with a knee to the head.
fooshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
fooshi has had enough of the clinch but Porradero keeps him there for the moment.
Porradero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through fooshi's defenses.
A shot in the inside from fooshi.
Porradero lands a knee to the body.
Porradero lands an elbow inside.
Porradero stops a takedown attempt from fooshi.
Johnathan Porradero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jin fooshi.
Porradero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Porradero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Porradero lands a knee to the head.
Porradero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from fooshi.
fooshi blocks an elbow strike.
Porradero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
fooshi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
fooshi looking for a takedown.
fooshi pushes Porradero back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Porradero lands a nice elbow.
fooshi avoiding damage as Porradero throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Porradero.

That's two 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.
fooshi scores with a shot to the side of Porradero's head.
Porradero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from fooshi.
Porradero trying to land knees to the body.
Porradero prevents fooshi from breaking the clinch.
Porradero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
fooshi can't break the clinch.
fooshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, fooshi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Porradero gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from fooshi.
Porradero scores a nice knee to the body.
Porradero unloads a knee to the mid-section. fooshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right from fooshi on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by fooshi.
fooshi is trying to break the clinch but Porradero has him pressed against the cage.
Porradero connects with a nasty looking knee right to fooshi's face.
fooshi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Porraderos head.
Porradero missing with knees to the body.
Porradero landing knees to the body.

fooshi has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Porradero clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
fooshi scores with punches from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
fooshi misses with an elbow to the head.
fooshi throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
fooshi misses with a punch to the head.
Porradero covers up after that shot from fooshi.
fooshi is throwing strikes by Porradero counters by rolling into a better position. After a scramble, Porradero regains half guard.
fooshi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Porradero's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
fooshi wants to free his trapped foot but Porradero is holding on for dear life with his legs.
fooshi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
fooshi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
fooshi misses with a two punch combination.
fooshi tries to close the distance and clinch but Porradero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Porradero avoids a punch combination nicely.
Johnathan Porradero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

fooshi moves into the clinch successfully.
Porradero using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Porradero misses with a knee strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Porradero's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Porradero tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from fooshi.
fooshi takes an elbow to the temple.
Porradero throws an elbow but it misses.
fooshi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johnathan Porradero will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

fooshi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Porradero is on the wrong end of a nice combination from fooshi.
Porradero tries to clinch but fooshi moves out of range.
fooshi misses with a few strikes there.
Porradero wants to clinch.

Porradero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
fooshi is trying to drag Porradero to the mat but Porradero just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Porradero connects with a knee to the head.
Porradero lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
fooshi lands a nice uppercut.
Porradero throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Porradero connects with a nasty looking knee right to fooshi's face.
fooshi lands a nice uppercut.
fooshi lands with a light punch inside.

fooshi is trying to trip Porradero. He has hold of a leg but Porradero is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. fooshi persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Porradero will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
fooshi throws a strike but Porradero rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
fooshi trying to strike off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porradero stops fooshi from standing up.
fooshi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Porradero won't allow fooshi to get back to his feet.

fooshi has his feet on Porradero's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Porradero doesn't manage to clinch there - fooshi circles away.
fooshi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Porradero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Porradero fails in his attempt to clinch.

fooshi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
fooshi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
fooshi stops Porradero from getting back to his feet.
fooshi lands strikes from half guard.

fooshi gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Porradero avoids a punch combination nicely.
fooshi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Porradero tries to clinch up.
fooshi throws a series of punches but Porradero avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Porradero looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Porradero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Porradero tries to close the distance and clinch but fooshi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
fooshi swinging wilding here.
fooshi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Porradero gets a clinch.
fooshi takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porradero prevents fooshi from breaking the clinch.
Porradero landing knees to the body.
fooshi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Porradero landing knees to the body.
Porradero trying to land knees to the body.
fooshi takes an elbow to the temple.
fooshi is looking to break free of the clinch but Porradero has double underhooks.
fooshi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Porradero missing with knees to the body.
fooshi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Porradero landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
fooshi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Porradero pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Porradero connects with a nasty looking knee right to fooshi's face.
fooshi throws a head punch that misses.
Porradero blocks an uppercut.
Porradero with a knee to the head.
fooshi is looking to break free of the clinch but Porradero has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Porradero.
fooshi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Porradero lands an elbow inside that fooshi shrugs off.
fooshi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Porradero gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Johnathan Porradero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of jin fooshi.
Porradero connects with a knee to the head.
fooshi avoiding damage as Porradero throws knees to the body.
fooshi tries to break the clinch but Porradero is controlling the position.
Porradero lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Porradero lands a knee to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by fooshi.
fooshi takes an elbow to the temple.
Porradero lands an elbow inside that fooshi shrugs off.
fooshi lands a nice uppercut.
Porradero lands a knee to the body.
Porradero connects with a knee to the head.
Porradero lands a nice elbow.
fooshi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
fooshi is trying to break the clinch but Porradero has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Porradero.
fooshi wants a takedown.
Porradero unloads a knee to the mid-section. fooshi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Porradero lands an elbow just above fooshi 's eye.
Porradero lands a knee to the body.
Porradero with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Porradero connects with a nasty looking knee right to fooshi's face.
fooshi avoiding damage as Porradero throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Porradero.
Porradero misses with a knee strike.
Porradero with an attempt at a knee that misses.
fooshi avoiding damage as Porradero throws knees to the body.
A short left from fooshi.
A short left from fooshi.
fooshi is trying to break free.
Porradero tries to land a knee to the head but fooshi blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
jin fooshi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think fooshi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jin fooshi!