PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Garrett Reddish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michinori Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reddish comes to the ring accompanied by Biting Elbows - Bad Motherfucker. Garrett Reddish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reddish
vs
Aoki

198 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
27
270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Garrett Reddish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michinori Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reddish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Reddish shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Aoki tries to counter by closing the distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Reddish.

Aoki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish digs a right hand underneath Aoki's ribcage. Aoki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish lands with a short shot to the head.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Reddish avoids it.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
Reddish slows down the pace here.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reddish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki crunches a lovely knee into Reddish's ribcage.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Garrett Reddish has been cut.
Reddish digs a right hand into Aoki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aoki's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish misses with some punches.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish throws a head punch that misses.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish stalling in the clinch but Aoki improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Reddish.
I was talking to Reddish's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right handed body shot lands from Reddish.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aoki connects with a knee to the head.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Reddish lands an uppercut.
Reddish scores with a shot to the side of Aoki's head.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Reddish lands a left hand.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
Reddish lands a shoulder strike.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Reddish creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Reddish is pushing Aoki up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Reddish swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Reddish.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reddish managing to block the knees to the body from Aoki.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aoki lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Reddish has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Reddish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michinori Aoki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Garrett Reddish's cut.
That's time! Reddish's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Aoki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Aoki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reddish lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aoki takes a step back to recover.
Reddish lands with a cross.
Reddish tries a head kick but it misses.
Reddish shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reddish with a jab.
Reddish fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aoki on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Aoki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reddish connects with the punch.

Aoki clinches up with Reddish and pushes him back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Michinori Aoki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reddish.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Reddish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reddish.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Reddish.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish misses with the head strike.
Reddish lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aoki or not.
Reddish avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reddish swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reddish digs a right hand underneath Aoki's ribcage. Aoki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Reddish here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Aoki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but Reddish blocks it.
Reddish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aoki as Reddish tries to tie him up.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reddish controlling the action here for a moment.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish lands a left hand.
Reddish misses with a punch on the inside.
Reddish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aoki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Reddish's face.
Reddish working aggressively here.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki looking to throw knees to the head but Reddish is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reddish lands with a right to the head.
Reddish tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Reddish lands a shoulder strike.
Reddish struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Reddish takes a knee right on the jaw!
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!
Aoki blocking some punches.
Reddish misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reddish stalls.
Reddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Aoki as Reddish tries to tie him up.
Reddish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reddish lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Garrett Reddish dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Garrett Reddish's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Reddish scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Aoki moves out of range as Reddish throws a body kick.
Aoki steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Reddish.
Reddish cracks Aoki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reddish misses with a looping left.
Reddish tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aoki wants to counter the offense by Reddish and move into the clinch position.
Reddish lands with a cross.
Reddish scoring well with a low kick there.
Reddish looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.
Garrett Reddish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reddish works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reddish throws a leg kick

and Aoki counters by clinching up.
Aoki landing knees to the head.
Reddish working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Aoki utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reddish goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Reddish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the ropes.
Reddish misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aoki taking a breather.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.
Reddish takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reddish tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Reddish back against the ropes.
Aoki scores with a knee to the head.
Reddish throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reddish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Reddish.
Reddish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reddish tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aoki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reddish tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish lands a body punch.
Aoki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aoki misses with a knee to the head.
Reddish trying to stall but Aoki improves his position.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but Reddish blocks with his arms.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Aoki misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reddish digs a right hand into Aoki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aoki's gas tank.
Aoki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reddish throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Reddish lands a body punch.
Reddish scores with a shot to the side of Aoki's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Reddish.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Reddish misses with a punch to the body.
Reddish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Reddish.
A short left from Reddish.
Reddish lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reddish presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reddish lands a shot to the body.
Reddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reddish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Reddish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Reddish has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the ropes.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Reddish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Reddish.
Reddish misses with a body punch.
Reddish misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Reddish pushes Aoki back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Reddish lands an uppercut.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reddish doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stalling in the clinch from Reddish.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reddish.
Reddish lands a body shot in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Garrett Reddish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reddish has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Garrett Reddish!
After winning the bout, Garrett Reddish thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.