PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jai Setright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Setright's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Dagger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Setright
vs
Aoki

176 cm
33
185 lbs
26 - 9 - 0

178 cm
42
181 lbs
43 - 28 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jai Setright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tatsuya Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Setright buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Setright tries a head kick but it misses.
Aoki with the counter takedown but Setright avoids it easily.
Setright throws a leg kick
and Aoki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jai Setright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoki fails to land the takedown.
Setright lands with a good body shot.
Setright tries to land a leg kick but Aoki saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Setright moves into range and clinches up with Aoki.
Aoki managing to block the knees to the body from Setright.
Setright with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Setright is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aoki is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aoki manages to break the clinch.
Setright is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Setright uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Aoki.
A little feinted left hand from Setright on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Setright rushes Aoki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Aoki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Setright pulls his leg out and moves away.
Aoki loads up on a big right hand but Setright slips the punch.
Setright quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aoki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aoki circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Aoki counter with a right hand.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but Setright shows good takedown defense.
Jai Setright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tatsuya Aoki.
Aoki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Aoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Setright.
Aoki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Setright pivots, looking for a leg kick but Aoki is out of range and Setright settles back down.
Aoki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Setright.
Setright pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Setright.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Setright lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Tatsuya Aoki has been cut.
Aoki throws a lazy right hand but Setright sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Setright is looking to counter punch.
Crunch! Setright slams his shin into Aoki's torso.
Setright circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Aoki drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Setright follows Aoki to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jai Setright!
A very excited looking Jai Setright made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.