PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Masakatsu Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chicken Dinner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ueda
vs
Dinner

178 cm
19
160 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Masakatsu Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicken Dinner!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ueda darts in and clinches Dinner up against the cage.
Ueda drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dinner prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ueda is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Dinner pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masakatsu Ueda. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ueda has hold of one of Dinner's legs. Dinner is fighting the takedown attempt but Ueda gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dinner trying to keep a closed guard but Ueda is proving a slippery customer.
Dinner trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ueda stops Dinner from standing up.
Ueda thows a big elbow that misses.
Ueda is looking to work some ground and pound but Dinner has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ueda is in close to Dinner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ueda tries to free his leg and advance position but Dinner is retaining full guard.
Dinner seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ueda throws a strike but Dinner rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Ueda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ueda is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ueda working Dinner over with strikes.
Ueda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ueda seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ueda is trying to control. Dinner wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ueda lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dinner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dinner trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ueda seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ueda seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ueda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ueda stops Dinner from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ueda lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ueda connects with a nice short shot to Dinner's temple.
Ueda missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ueda slips a nice elbow through Dinner's hands, connecting with Dinner's forehead.
Ueda throwing shots but Dinner is blocking nicely.
Dinner avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ueda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinner is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ueda scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ueda looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dinner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ueda working over Dinner with some ground and pound. Dinner looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ueda with the ground and pound but Dinner uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ueda working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dinner lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ueda!
Ueda gets back to half guard.
Dinner lands strikes from half guard.
Ueda tries to get to full guard but Dinner has control of the leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ueda is staying active underneath Dinner, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda is looking for a sweep. Dinner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dinner is controlling the pace.
Ueda 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.
Dinner looks gassed!
Ueda is looking to improve his position.
Ueda on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ueda tries to get out of the position.
Ueda moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dinner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ueda wants to sweep but no luck.
Dinner postures up in Ueda's guard and throws a big left but Ueda blocks it.
Dinner stopping the sweep attempt from Ueda.
Dinner trying to control the position from guard on top but Ueda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masakatsu Ueda 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.

Ueda scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dinner is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ueda has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ueda working the head with strikes.
Ueda scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dinner to see if he's OK.
Dinner manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ueda's best efforts.
Ueda working Dinner over with strikes.
Ueda lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Dinner quite badly. Dinner pulls Ueda in close trying to recover. Ueda postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Dinner on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Dinner doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Masakatsu Ueda!