PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ikkaku Madarame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madarame comes to the cage accompanied by Bleed It Out. The Sublime Paralytic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Chop Suey. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Madarame
vs
The Sublime Paralytic

175 cm
29
175 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

190 cm
29
183 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikkaku Madarame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madarame fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a hook but Madarame avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by The Sublime Paralytic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame throws a right and a left that both miss.
Madarame throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Madarame. Those never looked like landing.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a shot from downtown. Madarame moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from The Sublime Paralytic misses its intended target.
The Sublime Paralytic thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madarame tries to bum rush The Sublime Paralytic with a series of wild strikes but The Sublime Paralytic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from The Sublime Paralytic misses its intended target.
The Sublime Paralytic looks to land a right hand but Madarame moved out of range.
Madarame seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Madarame scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madarame swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Sublime Paralytic looks to land a right hand but Madarame moved out of range.
A big left from The Sublime Paralytic misses.
Madarame looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a hook but Madarame blocks it.
Madarame appears to be looking for a big counter.
Madarame walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Madarame throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Madarame misses with a straight left.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with an uppercut
and Madarame counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A right-left combo lands from Madarame.
Madarame misses with a jab, cross combination.
Madarame misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a wild body shot.
Madarame defending well as The Sublime Paralytic loads up on a big left hand.
Madarame throws a series of punches but The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a looping left.
Madarame appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madarame looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Sublime Paralytic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Madarame throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Madarame slips a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame appears to be looking for a big counter.
The Sublime Paralytic loads up on a big right hand but Madarame slips the punch.
Madarame throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Sublime Paralytic slips a jab and a cross from Madarame.
The Sublime Paralytic is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Madarame with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madarame lands a glancing blow to the side of The Sublime Paralytic's head.
Madarame misses with a body shot.
The Sublime Paralytic throws out a counter right but Madarame avoids it with no problem.
Madarame misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Sublime Paralytic.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Sublime Paralytic! But no joy.
The Sublime Paralytic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Madarame counters with a one-two to the body.
Madarame misses with a combination
enabling The Sublime Paralytic to counter with a crisp jab.
The Sublime Paralytic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Madarame's head.
Madarame ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Sublime Paralytic moves away.
Madarame falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Sublime Paralytic counters with a nice uppercut.
The Sublime Paralytic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Madarame uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Sublime Paralytic.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic tests Madarame's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
The Sublime Paralytic looks to score with a jab to the body but Madarame is just out of range.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a jab to the head.
The Sublime Paralytic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Madarame slips under a jab from The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Sublime Paralytic is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Madarame had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The Sublime Paralytic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Sublime Paralytic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Madarame throws a nice looking combination but The Sublime Paralytic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ikkaku Madarame will probably get the nod.
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.

A big left from The Sublime Paralytic misses.
Madarame went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The Sublime Paralytic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ikkaku Madarame is winning the standup battle so far.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a hook. Madarame ducked under it nicely.
A big right from The Sublime Paralytic misses.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a hook to the side of Madarame's head but Madarame sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ikkaku Madarame is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Sublime Paralytic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Madarame.
Madarame misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from The Sublime Paralytic does it's job there.
A jab from The Sublime Paralytic misses.
The Sublime Paralytic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Madarame makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic dodges the punch combination from Madarame.
Madarame lands a slapping body shot.
Madarame falls off balance throwing a combination
letting The Sublime Paralytic counter with a right hand.
Madarame uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Sublime Paralytic.
It looked like Madarame wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The Sublime Paralytic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Madarame moves out of range of the strikes.
Madarame slips a straight right by The Sublime Paralytic.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a looping overhand right but Madarame ducks down to avoid it.
The Sublime Paralytic thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madarame misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Sublime Paralytic! But no joy.
Madarame moves out of range as The Sublime Paralytic strikes.
Madarame seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Madarame throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut there from The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Sublime Paralytic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Madarame fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Madarame ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Madarame swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and The Sublime Paralytic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Sublime Paralytic with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madarame. The Sublime Paralytic does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madarame throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Madarame defending well as The Sublime Paralytic loads up on a big left hand.
Madarame fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with an uppercut. Madarame saw that one coming.
Madarame misses with a two punch combination.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Madarame, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Sublime Paralytic is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Madarame steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Sublime Paralytic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The Sublime Paralytic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Madarame sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madarame looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Madarame.
Madarame looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from The Sublime Paralytic misses the target.
Madarame is looking to wear down The Sublime Paralytic with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Madarame throws a series of punches but The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Madarame misses with a double jab.
The Sublime Paralytic looks to score with a jab to the body but Madarame is just out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Madarame on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Madarame fails to land with a series of punches.
The Sublime Paralytic darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Madarame jabs The Sublime Paralytic right on the nose. The Sublime Paralytic blinks but takes it well.
Madarame throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The Sublime Paralytic throws a big shot that misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Madarame misses its target.
Madarame will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a right hand
and Madarame counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Sublime Paralytic thinking.
The Sublime Paralytic looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Madarame bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madarame staying out of range there.
Madarame looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The Sublime Paralytic scores with a nice strike.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a looping overhand right but Madarame ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Sublime Paralytic's corner calls for a 1-2. The Sublime Paralytic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a poor cross that misses
and Madarame counters with a series of strikes. The Sublime Paralytic will be more careful next time no doubt.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a poor cross that misses
and Madarame connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Madarame rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It seemed like The Sublime Paralytic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a jab but it's blocked by Madarame.
The Sublime Paralytic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Madarame scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Sublime Paralytic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Madarame.
The Sublime Paralytic throws the left hand but Madarame avoids the punch easily.
Madarame throws a right and a left that The Sublime Paralytic avoids nicely.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a right hand
and Madarame counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madarame throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame throws a looping overhand right but The Sublime Paralytic ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from The Sublime Paralytic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Madarame throws a body punch but The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range.
Madarame misses with a series of wild punches.
Madarame misses with a double jab
and The Sublime Paralytic counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Madarame tries to bum rush The Sublime Paralytic with a series of wild strikes but The Sublime Paralytic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Madarame misses with a double jab.
Good shot there by The Sublime Paralytic.
Madarame takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madarame will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a poor cross that misses
and Madarame counters with a right hand to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Madarame. Those never looked like landing.
Madarame looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Madarame will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a looping overhand right but Madarame ducks down to avoid it.
The Sublime Paralytic might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with an uppercut. Madarame saw that one coming.
Madarame seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A slow jab from The Sublime Paralytic misses its intended target.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a right hand
and Madarame counters with a two punch combo.
Madarame bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Madarame misses the shot to the body.
The Sublime Paralytic misses with a straight right.
A combination from Madarame does no damage.
Madarame looks to land a combination but The Sublime Paralytic avoids it well.
The Sublime Paralytic throws a jab but it's blocked by Madarame.
Madarame uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Sublime Paralytic.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madarame swings widly with a right hand
and The Sublime Paralytic counters with a stiff right hand.
Madarame throws a body punch but The Sublime Paralytic moves out of range.
Madarame throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Sublime Paralytic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ikkaku Madarame showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Madarame 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ikkaku Madarame!
After winning the bout, Ikkaku Madarame thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Apolinario The Sublime Paralytic had this to say: 'i won! i won! i won! fck dat shit!'.