PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Medium Guy (ranked 23618 p4p, 23377 weight class) and Medium Mann (ranked 580 p4p, 565 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Guy
vs
Mann

175 cm
33
170
11 - 57 - 3

175 cm
33
170
57 - 11 - 3

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 57 - 3, fighting out of London, Medium Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 57 - 11 - 3, fighting out of London, Medium Mann!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mann takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with an uppercut
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann slips under a jab.
Guy throws a looping overhand right but Mann ducks down to avoid it.
Mann lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mann slips under a jab from Guy.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Mann slips under a jab from Guy.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mann ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Mann lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mann slips a jab and a cross from Guy.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Mann on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a looping overhand right but Mann ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big left from Guy misses.
Medium Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mann slips a jab from Guy.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy misses with a body shot
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy missing with a left hand there. Mann was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A jab from Guy misses.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mann on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Mann.
Mann defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Mann now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Guy throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with an uppercut
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Mann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy throws a lazy uppercut
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy missing with a left hand there. Mann was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guy misses the body punch
and Mann counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mann.
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guy throws the left hand but Mann avoids the punch easily.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Mann misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a jab but it's blocked by Mann.
Guy throws the left hand but Mann avoids the punch easily.
Mann uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guy.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy sizes up Mann with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A right-left combo lands from Guy.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Guy misses with a two punch combination.
Mann uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guy.
Mann slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mann walks into a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Medium Mann will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Guy throws a body punch but Mann moves out of range.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mann sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy cracks Mann with a right hand to the side of the head.
Guy misses with a jab to the body
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with a right hand
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy misses with a body shot.
Mann doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Guy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Guy.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mann slips a straight right by Guy.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy cracks Mann with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Mann.
Mann let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Guy misses with a body punch
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Guy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guy throws a jab when Mann was well out of range.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mann moves away from the strike by Guy.
Guy throws a lazy right hand but Mann sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mann avoids the body shot from Guy.
Mann avoids the body shot from Guy.
Guy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guy misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy loads up on a big right hand but Mann slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Guy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mann swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Mann was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mann uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guy.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mann scrambles back to his feet.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mann slips under a jab from Guy.
Mann is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Mann moves away and avoids it.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Guy lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy misses with a hook. Mann ducked under it nicely.
Guy misses with an uppercut
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann staying out of range there.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Guy throws out a loose jab but Mann uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mann looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Mann on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Medium Mann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Medium Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Medium Mann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a nice body shot.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mann keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guy.
Guy misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
A shot to the body from Guy misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Mann defending well as Guy loads up on a big left hand.
Mann on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mann.
Guy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guy looks to throw the jab but Mann is out of range.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Some wild striking there from Guy.
Mann looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Guy loads up on a big right hand but Mann slips the punch.
Guy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mann appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a stiff right hand.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a straight right.
Mann throws a counter combo.
Guy throws a jab but it's blocked by Mann.
Mann throws out a counter right but Guy avoids it with no problem.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy misses with an uppercut
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a hook to the side of Mann's head but Mann sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Medium Mann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Guy misses with a hook to the body
letting Mann counter with a right hand.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Guy misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mann! But no joy.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Mann to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guy misses with a body shot.
Guy misses with a hook to the body
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Guy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy misses with a lunging right hand
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guy throws a combination that misses
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Guy misses with a hook
and Mann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Guy is rocked!
Guy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guy misses with a left hand
and Mann counters with a left to the body.
Guy seems to have got his legs back now.
Guy misses the body punch
and Mann counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a right hand that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy throws an off balance right hand
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab lands there for Guy.
Guy misses with a double jab
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy swings widly with a right hand
and Mann cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mann counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guy misses with a right hand
and Mann counters with a nice uppercut.
Guy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mann counters with a right hand to the body.
Guy throws a poor cross that misses
and Guy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Medium Mann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mann has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Medium Mann!