PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sugawara Ichirou (ranked 1621 p4p, 1563 weight class) and Apollo Rocky (ranked 236 p4p, 227 weight class). Ichirou comes into the arena with The Milky Way blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ichirou
vs
Rocky

189 cm
22
185
8 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
199
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Champion Apparel
Un-Kaged Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sugawara Ichirou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Apollo Rocky!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocky misses with a few strikes there.

Ichirou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ichirou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ichirou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ichirou swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocky lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rocky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ichirou blocks it with crossed arms.
Rocky blocking some punches.
Ichirou misses with the head strike.
Rocky scores with a knee to the head.
Rocky lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ichirou backwards.
Rocky works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rocky.
Ichirou lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rocky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rocky blocking some punches.
Ichirou has a couple of punches blocked by Rocky.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rocky.
Rocky blocks an uppercut.
Ichirou swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocky uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ichirou fails to land.
Ichirou misses with a punch to the body.
Ichirou on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ichirou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ichirou throws a punch but it's blocked by Rocky.
Ichirou prevents a body shot from Rocky.
Rocky throws a punch but it's blocked by Ichirou.
A nice left hand lands by Rocky.
Ichirou misses with some punches.
Ichirou tries to work over Rocky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ichirou pushes Rocky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rocky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ichirou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ichirou working aggressively here.
Ichirou misses with a punch on the inside.
Ichirou will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rocky up against the cage.
Ichirou misses with some punches.
Rocky misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ichirou.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rocky.
Ichirou throws a head punch that misses.
Ichirou misses with the head strike.
Ichirou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rocky's elbow.
Ichirou lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ichirou misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ichirou has a couple of punches blocked by Rocky.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ichirou.
A head punch on the inside from Ichirou fails to land.
Ichirou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rocky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rocky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rocky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ichirou is breathing heavily.
Rocky scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rocky scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Sugawara Ichirou has been cut.
A right hand to the body from Rocky.
Rocky throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ichirou's elbow.
Ichirou misses with a punch on the inside.
Rocky misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ichirou working aggressively here.
Ichirou is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rocky is keeping busy.
Rocky utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rocky lands an uppercut.
Rocky putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ichirou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ichirou.
Ichirou throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Rocky.
Rocky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rocky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rocky creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rocky working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Ichirou is rocked!
A short uppercut from Rocky.
Oh Ichirou is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ichirou working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ichirou fails to land.
Rocky holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rocky prevents a body shot from Ichirou.
Rocky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rocky misses with a knee to the head.
Ichirou seems to have got his legs back now.
Ichirou misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rocky blocks an uppercut.
Rocky lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rocky pushes Ichirou back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ichirou working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ichirou tries a body shot but Rocky blocks it.
Rocky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ichirou backwards.
Ichirou lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocky backwards.
Ichirou has a couple of punches blocked by Rocky.
Ichirou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rocky missing with knees to the body.
Rocky lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ichirou blocking some punches.
Ichirou pushes Rocky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ichirou has Rocky pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Apollo Rocky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sugawara Ichirou's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rocky ducks under a wild hook from Ichirou.

Ichirou takes the fight into the clinch.
Ichirou content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rocky lands a nice shot to the body.
Rocky blocking some punches.
Ichirou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockys head.
Rocky lands with a short shot to the head.
Rocky lands with a light punch inside.
Ichirou lands a shoulder strike.
Rocky landing knees to the head.
Rocky dips a shoulder and cracks Ichirou with a mighty uppercut! Ichirou falls back against the cage and Rocky unloads with a barrage of strikes! Ichirou is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rocky screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Apollo Rocky!
Apollo Rocky very nearly forgot to thank Champion Apparel amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.