PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mori Ren (ranked 6432 p4p, 3699 weight class) and Aiko San (ranked 539 p4p, 431 weight class). Aiko San has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ren
vs
San

175 cm
25
160
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
158
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mori Ren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aiko San!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ren avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A swing and a miss from San.
Aiko San seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

San lands a left and a right that send Ren crashing to the mat, dazed. San thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Ren is rocked!
Ren avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oh Ren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ren thows a left - swing and a miss!
San is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ren seems to have got his legs back now.
Ren cracks San with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
San throws a right and a left that Ren avoids nicely.
Ren changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ren misses with a head kick.
San throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

San lands a left and a right that send Ren crashing to the mat, dazed. San thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
A cross from Ren lands.
San misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ren fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but San is out of range.
San throws out a loose jab but Ren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ren avoids a kick to the body.
Ren lands with a nice body punch.

San cracks Ren with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ren looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can San finish him?
Ren throws a series of punches but San avoids them all with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from San lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ren has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ren and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ren fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
San lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ren circles away quickly and effectively.
San uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ren.
San misses with a double jab.
San misses with a body kick.
San scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ren in his tracks.
San lands a big right hook! Ren looks hurt but is still standing! San lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Ren falls down and San dives in with a huge hammer fist! Ren's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and San runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Aiko San!