PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dokonjonosuke Ueda (ranked 4707 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Watanabe (ranked 25507 p4p, 0 weight class). Takeshi Watanabe is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ueda
vs
Watanabe

180 cm
25
158 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dokonjonosuke Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Watanabe throws a fast counter high kick but Ueda manages to duck under it in time.
Ueda throws a head kick that misses.
Ueda cracks the inside of Watanabe's front leg.
Watanabe has his takedown stuffed

and Ueda counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ueda has had enough of the clinch but Watanabe keeps him there for the moment.

Ueda lands a takedown into guard.
Ueda engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ueda is in close to Watanabe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watanabe is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Watanabe wants to sweep here but Ueda controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ueda is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ueda forces his way into half guard.

Watanabe is defending against the submission attempts here by Ueda.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ueda is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ueda is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ueda works his way into full mount!
Watanabe is bucking up trying to escape but Ueda cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ueda controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Watanabe's face.
Ueda cracks Watanabe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Ueda is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Watanabe has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Watanabe tries to improve his position but Ueda has taken his back! Ueda has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Watanabe tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Ueda pushes Watanabe away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dokonjonosuke Ueda!