PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between BJJAndWrestling Trainer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenjiro Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenjiro Maeda will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Trainer
vs
Maeda

185 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BJJAndWrestling Trainer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenjiro Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trainer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Trainer misses with a takedown attempt - Maeda sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Trainer gets the takedown into side control.
Trainer landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Maeda gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Trainer with the ground and pound from mount.
Trainer landing punches.
Trainer lands a big shot there that rocks Maeda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Maeda really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Trainer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Trainer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Trainer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Maeda has eaten all the pies!
Maeda trying desperately to get to his feet.
Trainer landing shots from mount.
Trainer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Maeda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Maeda squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maeda looks gassed!
Trainer looking to finish Maeda with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maeda!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maeda?
Trainer lands with some strikes.
Trainer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Trainer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Trainer with good strikes from the mount here!
Trainer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Trainer scoring with strikes but Maeda is staying in there.
Maeda is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Trainer lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Trainer cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Trainer unloading with bombs!
Trainer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Trainer scoring with strikes but Maeda is staying in there.
Trainer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Maeda is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Maeda can't escape the position.
Trainer won't let Maeda get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Maeda working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trainer landing punches.

Trainer goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Maeda is on top in guard.
Maeda tries to free his leg and advance position but Trainer is retaining full guard.
Maeda stopping the sweep attempt from Trainer.

Trainer looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Trainer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Maeda is one step ahead there.

Trainer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maeda can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trainer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainer wants to pass the guard but Maeda is defending well.
Trainer takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Trainer working over Maeda with some ground and pound. Maeda looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Maeda has hold of Trainer's hands but Trainer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Trainer works his way into side control.
Maeda is working to avoid the ground and pound but Trainer connects with a decent elbow.
Trainer lands some shots froms side control.
Trainer working the body and head with strikes.
Trainer lands a decent elbow from side control.
Trainer scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sloppy strikes there by Trainer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Trainer.
Trainer is chipping away with strikes.
Maeda is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Maeda is trying to control Trainer's posture but Trainer avoids it.
Trainer scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Maeda to see if he's OK.
Trainer tries to advance to mount but Maeda denies him.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trainer shoots in and drives through. Maeda sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJJAndWrestling Trainer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left and a right from Maeda both land. Nice combination.

It looks like BJJAndWrestling Trainer has been cut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maeda Rushes Trainer and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Trainer is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Maeda Piles on the pressure and Trainer crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenjiro Maeda!