PBP Commentary

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

Strong
vs
Hiro

210 cm
24
284 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

195 cm
24
265 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Retard Strong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kouta Hiro!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong has a takedown stuffed.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Strong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hiro manages to avoid it.
Kouta Hiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong tries to bum rush Hiro with a series of wild strikes but Hiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hiro throws a head kick that misses.

Hiro moves into the clinch.
Hiro misses with a knee strike.
Hiro trying to land knees to the body.
Hiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Strong changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hiro fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Strong scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Strong throws a body kick that misses.
Hiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hiro slips a jab and a cross from Strong.
Hiro is looking to clinch.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro throws a half hearted mid kick.
Strong throws a head kick that misses
and Hiro counters with a head kick. That will keep Strong thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Strong throws a lazy head kick

and Hiro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Strong wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Retard Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hiro misses with a knee strike.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Hiro misses with a knee to the head.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Strong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Hiro.

Strong has Hiro pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Strong pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hiro tumbling to the mat - Strong dives into Hiro's guard.
Strong lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Hiro, not yet.
Strong postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Strong working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Strong gets to his feet. Hiro looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Strong is breathing heavily.
Hiro throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hiro is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Strong.
Strong circles away from the clinch attempt.

Hiro clinches with his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Hiro crunches a lovely knee into Strong's ribcage.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hiro lands a knee to the body.
Hiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Hiro.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but Strong blocks with his arms.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Strong tries to score a body lock takedown but Hiro shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hiro lands a knee to the head.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but Strong blocks with his arms.

Strong breaks the clinch.
Strong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Strong scores with a jab to the body.
Hiro throws a head kick but Strong moves out of range.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
Hiro tries a head kick but it misses.
Hiro misses with a head kick.
Kouta Hiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Strong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro is looking to clinch.
Hiro lands a high kick!
Strong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hiro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hiro tries a head kick but it misses.
Hiro feints and then cracks Strong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Strong down.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hiro is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
Strong looks to score with a jab to the body but Hiro is just out of range.
A head kick by Strong misses
and Hiro counters with a body kick that stops Strong in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hiro connects with a high kick.
Hiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Hiro. No joy for Strong on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kouta Hiro dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hiro throws a head kick that misses.
Hiro pushes Strong away with a front kick.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Strong.
Hiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hiro throws a sloppy head kick and Strong moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Strong fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hiro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hiro is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.

Hiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Hiro.
Hiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strong blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Hiro.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro misses with a knee strike.
Hiro with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Retard Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hiro wants to stall.
Hiro landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hiro.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but Strong blocks with his arms.
Hiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Hiro - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hiro misses with a knee strike.

Strong has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Hiro is trying to keep an underhook but Strong manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hiro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Strong is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Strong lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro moves into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hiro is on top in guard.
Hiro wants to get up but he can't break Strong's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Strong is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Strong throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Hiro decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Strong, up you get!
Hiro throws a head kick that half lands.
Strong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hiro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro blocks a jab.
Hiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kouta Hiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Hiro gets a clinch.
Hiro landing knees to the head.
Hiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strong blocks it with crossed arms.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Hiro trying to land knees to the body.
Hiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hiro prevents the takedown attempt.
Hiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hiro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hiro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Strong blocks it with crossed arms.
Strong is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hiro pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kouta Hiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Strong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hiro is looking to clinch.
A lazy left from Strong finds it's target.
Hiro tries to clinch up.
Strong blocks a head kick by Hiro.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
Strong throws a series of punches but Hiro moves out of range.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Hiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice takedown defense from Hiro. No joy for Strong on that attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
Hiro misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Strong circles away.
Hiro throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong throws a series of punches but Hiro avoids them all with ease.
Hiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Hiro moves into the clinch.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro crunches a lovely knee into Strong's ribcage.
Hiro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hiro lands a knee to the head.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hiro looking to throw knees to the head but Strong is blocking nicely.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Strong wants a takedown.
Hiro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Strong is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Retard Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hiro.
Knees to the body from Hiro.
Hiro looking to throw knees to the head but Strong is blocking nicely.
Strong looking for a takedown.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Strong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hiro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hiro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hiro lands a knee to the body.
Strong has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hiro avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hiro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hiro misses with a knee strike.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Strong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Strong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hiro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hiro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hiro looking to throw knees to the head but Strong is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro taking a breather.
Hiro looking to throw knees to the head but Strong is blocking nicely.
Strong is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hiro pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Strong is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hiro pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hiro gets underhooks to prevent Strong's takedown attempt.
Hiro scores a nice knee to the body.
Hiro tries a knee to the head but Strong blocks it.
Hiro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Strong goes for a takedown attempt but Hiro pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Retard Strong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
Strong is looking to wear down Hiro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hiro fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Strong comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Strong throws a nice looking combination but Hiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hiro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hiro throws a head kick that misses.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hiro wants to clinch.
Hiro wants to clinch.
Hiro wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kouta Hiro really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Strong throws a right hand that Hiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Hiro also avoids with ease.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Strong swinging wilding here.
Hiro tries to clinch there but Strong circles away.
Hiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong scores with a nice head shot.
Strong scores with a jab to the body.
Strong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Strong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
Strong moves out of range of the body kick from Hiro.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
Hiro moves out of range as Strong strikes.
Hiro stuffs the takedown.
Strong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Hiro is looking to clinch but Strong is avoiding it.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong moves out of range.
Hiro moves in looking to clinch but Strong pushes him off.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Hiro throws a head kick that Strong semi-blocks.
Strong thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Hiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.

Strong shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hiro's guard.
Hiro manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hiro tries to control but Strong wriggling away.

Hiro wants to finish this one by submission but Strong is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Hiro.
Strong sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hiro is pressing down on Strong's thigh, looking to free his foot. Strong is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Strong 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.
Hiro has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Hiro get's back to his feet.
Hiro avoids the body shot from Strong.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hiro tries to clinch up.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hiro moves in looking to clinch but Strong pushes him off.
Strong misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Strong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Hiro tries to clinch there but Strong circles away.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Strong throws a head kick that misses
and Hiro counters with a head kick.
Hiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Strong circles away.
Hiro tries to clinch there but Strong circles away.
Hiro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Strong avoids the head kick by Hiro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Kouta Hiro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Strong misses with the combination.
Hiro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hiro wants to clinch.
Hiro avoids the body shot from Strong.
Strong shoots for a takedown but Hiro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Strong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong misses the shot to the body.
Hiro wants to clinch.
Hiro wants to clinch up but Strong keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Hiro moves away and avoids it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong is having none of it.
Hiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong moves out of range.
Hiro throws a lazy head kick
enabling Strong to counter with a crisp jab.
Hiro stuffs the takedown attempt from Strong. Strong gets slowly back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Hiro.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Strong changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hiro tries to avoid it but Strong manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hiro to the ground. Hiro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Retard Strong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Strong misses the jab.
Hiro is looking to clinch.
Strong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hiro.
Hiro tries to clinch but Strong moves away
and Strong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hiro thinking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hiro moves out of range as Strong throws a body kick.
Hiro throws a head kick but Strong moves out of range.
Strong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hiro.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hiro tries to clinch up.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Strong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hiro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hiro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Strong circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strong keeps the fight on the outside.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.
Strong shoots for a takedown but Hiro saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Strong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hiro prevents the takedown attempt.
Hiro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hiro lands a knee to the body.
Hiro scores a nice knee to the body.
Hiro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Strong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hiro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hiro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Strong's face.
Hiro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hiro lands a knee to the head.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Strong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Retard Strong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiro gets underhooks to prevent Strong's takedown attempt.
Hiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hiro is pressed up against the cage. Strong has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hiro down to the mat. Hiro avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hiro tries to clinch up but Strong circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hiro explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strong swats away the attempt to clinch by Hiro.
Hiro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Strong throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Strong takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Strong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strong has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hiro.
Hiro fails in his attempt to clinch.

Hiro rushes Strong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Strong working aggressively here.
Strong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kouta Hiro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hiro lands a knee to the head.
Hiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kouta Hiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hiro winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 46:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kouta Hiro! Kouta Hiro retains his heavyweight title!