PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jones Mfer (ranked 294 p4p, 41 weight class) and Ono Daebak (ranked 817 p4p, 112 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mfer
vs
Daebak

188 cm
26
185 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

186 cm
26
181 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jones Mfer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ono Daebak!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mfer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Daebak takes the fight into the clinch.
Mfer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daebak's elbow.
Mfer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Daebak.
A right hand to the body from Daebak.
Mfer misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daebak.
Mfer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mfer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Daebaks head.
Daebak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mfer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Daebak misses with a punch on the inside.
Daebak lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
Daebak blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Mfer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mfer presses Daebak against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Daebak lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Mfer on the inside.
Daebak digs a right hand into Mfer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mfer's gas tank.
Mfer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Daebak tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
Daebak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daebak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Mfer.
Mfer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mfer tries a body shot but Daebak blocks it.
Mfer lands a nice shot to the body.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Mfer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mfer throws a punch but it's blocked by Daebak.
Daebak struggles to land a body shot inside as Mfer controls his hands.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Daebak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Daebak.
A short right from Daebak on the inside.
Daebak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daebak misses with a punch on the inside.
Daebak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Daebak lands a nice uppercut.
Mfer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mfer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mfer can't find room to land a body shot as Daebak controls the action.
Mfer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mfer's elbow.
Mfer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daebak managing to block the knees to the body from Mfer.
Daebak avoiding damage as Mfer throws knees to the body.
Daebak blocks an uppercut.
Daebak throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mfers head.
Mfer gets through Daebak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mfer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Daebak backwards.
Daebak working aggressively here.
Mfer tries a knee to the head but Daebak blocks it.
Mfer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mfer tries to work over Daebak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer works on Daebak's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Mfer.
Daebak scores with a shoulder strike.
Mfer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daebak misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mfer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Daebak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mfer struggles to land a body shot inside as Daebak controls his hands.
Daebak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daebak misses with the head strike.
Daebak blocks an uppercut.
Daebak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daebak lands a body punch in the clinch.
Daebak lands an uppercut.
Daebak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mfer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mfer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mfer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mfer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mfer blocks a body shot from Daebak.
Mfer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mfer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daebak misses with a punch to the body.
Mfer misses with a body punch.
Mfer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Daebak on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Mfer.
Mfer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mfer tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Mfer back against the cage.
Mfer tries a body shot but Daebak blocks it.
Mfer blocks a body shot from Daebak.
A head punch on the inside from Daebak fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mfer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mfer tries to work over Daebak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from Mfer.
Daebak swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daebak misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jones Mfer dominated that round.
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.

Daebak lands a jab to the nose.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mfer. That's going to slow Daebak down.
Mfer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Daebak moves into the clinch.
Mfer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mfer swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mfer swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mfer pushes Daebak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mfer.
Daebak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mfer's elbow.
Mfer swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Daebak.
Mfer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mfer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mfer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mfer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebak tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Daebak cracks Mfer with a nice body shot.
Daebak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mfer lands a shoulder strike.
Daebak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mfer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Daebak tries to work over Mfer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Daebak misses with a punch on the inside.
Daebak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mfer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daebak's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Mfer fails to land.
Daebak tries a body shot but Mfer blocks it.
Daebak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mfer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daebak's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daebak.
Daebak can't find room to land a body shot as Mfer controls the action.
Daebak prevents a body shot from Mfer.
Daebak lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
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!
Daebak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Daebak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mfer backwards.
Daebak lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mfer backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Daebak.
Daebak blocking some punches.
Mfer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mfer throws a punch but it's blocked by Daebak.
Mfer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mfer prevents a body shot from Daebak.
A short uppercut from Mfer.
A short right from Mfer.
Daebak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones Mfer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Daebak.
Daebak has a couple of punches blocked by Mfer.
Mfer scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
Mfer misses with some punches.
Daebak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mfer has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daebak blocks an uppercut.
Daebak blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Daebak fails to land.
Mfer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mfer.
Mfer presses Daebak against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mfer scores with a shoulder strike.
Mfer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Daebak's elbow.
Mfer tries to throw a body punch but Daebak avoids it by throwing Mfer back against the cage.
Mfer swings wildly with an uppercut but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daebak misses with a punch to the body.
Daebak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mfer.
Mfer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Daebak lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mfer or not.
Daebak misses with a body punch.
Mfer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mfer can't find room to land a body shot as Daebak controls the action.
Mfer misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daebak swings wildly with an uppercut but Mfer uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Daebak.
Daebak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Daebak misses with a body punch.
Daebak takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Daebak blocks an uppercut.
Mfer tries a body shot but Daebak blocks it.
Daebak working aggressively here.
Daebak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mfer misses with a punch on the inside.
Mfer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daebak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mfer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mfer misses with some punches.
Daebak prevents a body shot from Mfer.
Daebak lands a left hand.
Daebak lands a hook that snaps the head of Mfer backwards.
A shot in the inside from Daebak.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mfer.
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 Jones Mfer 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!

Daebak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mfer checks a leg kick.
Daebak takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Daebak looks for the body kick but Mfer saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Mfer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mfer throws a counter high kick but Daebak was just alert enough to avoid it.
Daebak misses with a looping right.
Mfer scores with a nice strike.
Daebak will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Daebak throws a body shot but no joy.
Daebak looks to land a body kick but Mfer moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daebak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Daebak takes a swing at Mfer's ribcage but misses.
Daebak takes a swing at Mfer's ribcage but misses.
Daebak shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mfer with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daebak throws a low kick but Mfer avoids it.
Daebak tried to score with a low kick but Mfer checks it.
Mfer catches Daebak with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Daebak throws a body kick that misses.
Daebak connects with a high kick.
Mfer punishes Daebak's body with a nice straight punch.
Daebak takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mfer throws out a loose jab but Daebak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Daebak avoids the head kick by Mfer.
Daebak tries to land a leg kick but Mfer saw it coming and moves away.
Mfer throws a shot from downtown. Daebak moves away and avoids it.
Daebak is looking to score with low kicks.
Daebak just misses with a punch to the body.
Daebak goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ono Daebak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daebak tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mfer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Daebak throws a lazy uppercut
and Mfer counters with a nice uppercut.
Daebak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Daebak tries to get set, Mfer tries to push him back and clinch up but Daebak manages to avoid the attempt.
Daebak looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daebak lands a jab to Mfer's midsection.
Daebak throws a jab but it's blocked by Mfer.
A big left from Mfer misses.
Good leg kick by Daebak there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mfer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daebak.
Jones Mfer is winning the standup battle so far.
Mfer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Daebak misses with a leg kick
and Mfer counters with a low kick, right behind Daebak 's knee.
Mfer checks a low kick from Daebak.
It looked like Mfer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mfer lands with a cross.
Daebak motions for Mfer to come forward. Daebak throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mfer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daebak.
Mfer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Daebak.
Daebak swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mfer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mfer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Daebak lands a head kick!
Mfer lands a nice shot to the body.
Mfer throws a low kick, looking for Daebak's leg but Daebak calmly moves out of range.
Daebak takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Daebak.
As Daebak backs away, Mfer returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Daebak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mfer finds it's way round the side to connect with Daebak's head.
Mfer throws a front kick that sends Daebak stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mfer scoring well with a low kick there.
Mfer scores with a nice head shot.
Mfer looks to land a left hand but Daebak moved out of range nicely.
Daebak misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Daebak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mfer avoids the body shot from Daebak.
Daebak tries to land a leg kick but Mfer saw it coming and moves away.
Daebak just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Mfer misses its intended target.
Daebak lands with a nice body punch.
Daebak avoids the body shot from Mfer.
Daebak lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Daebak bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice body kick there by Daebak.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jones Mfer.
Well Mfer 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jones Mfer!