PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Akio Saito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Archebald Tiberious Velez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saito's entrance music is Paint It Black. A fine choice. The key to victory for Akio Saito has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Saito
vs
Tiberious Velez

179 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Saito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Archebald Tiberious Velez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tiberious Velez darts in and clinches Saito up against the cage.
Saito looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Saito is trying to force a seperation but Tiberious Velez has the dominant position.
Saito can't break the clinch.
Tiberious Velez controlling the action here for a moment.

Tiberious Velez jumps guard and drags Saito to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Tiberious Velez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Saito tries to stand but Tiberious Velez is controlling from the bottom.
Tiberious Velez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tiberious Velez tries to control but Saito wriggling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiberious Velez controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tiberious Velez misses with a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tiberious Velez throwing strikes here but Saito is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Saito blocking the ground and pound.

Tiberious Velez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Tiberious Velez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiberious Velez looking to control but Saito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tiberious Velez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

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.
Tiberious Velez unloads with some shots from mount but Saito bucks and avoids them well.
Saito tries to buck Tiberious Velez off but he can't manage it.
Tiberious Velez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Tiberious Velez swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Saito is now in Tiberious Velez's guard. A big mistake from Tiberious Velez there, giving up the dominant position!
Tiberious Velez looking for a sweep. Not yet Tiberious Velez, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saito tries to stand but Tiberious Velez is controlling from the bottom.

Tiberious Velez pushes Saito off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archebald Tiberious Velez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tiberious Velez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Saito but Saito pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tiberious Velez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Saito is looking to slow Tiberious Velez down with leg kicks.

Tiberious Velez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by Tiberious Velez.
Tiberious Velez controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tiberious Velez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Tiberious Velez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tiberious Velez unloads with some shots from mount but Saito bucks and avoids them well.
Saito wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiberious Velez controlling his opponent.
Tiberious Velez punching from mount but Saito doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Tiberious Velez is standing up, even though he is in mount.

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.
Tiberious Velez shoots in looking for a takedown. Saito tries to sprawl out of it but Tiberious Velez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Saito manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tiberious Velez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Saito sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Akio Saito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Archebald Tiberious Velez.
Tiberious Velez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Saito.
Saito scores with a head kick.
Tiberious Velez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Akio Saito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saito throws a head kick that Tiberious Velez semi-blocks.
Tiberious Velez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saito.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saito misses with a wild combination.

Tiberious Velez moves into range and clinches up with Saito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archebald Tiberious Velez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Saito keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Some wild striking there from Saito.
Tiberious Velez looks for a takedown but Saito sprawls well.
Saito feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tiberious Velez's calf.
Tiberious Velez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Saito.
Saito throws a head kick that Tiberious Velez semi-blocks.
Tiberious Velez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Akio Saito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Archebald Tiberious Velez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saito lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Saito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tiberious Velez. That did some damage!

Tiberious Velez moves into the clinch.

Tiberious Velez manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saito throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Tiberious Velez instigates a clinch.
Saito looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saito gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tiberious Velez.
Tiberious Velez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Saito smiles and moves away.
Saito is looking to slow Tiberious Velez down with leg kicks.
Saito thuds his shin into the meat of Tiberious Velez's side.
Saito sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Saito looks to land a combination but Tiberious Velez avoids it well.
Saito looks to land a combination but Tiberious Velez avoids it well.
Saito rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tiberious Velez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tiberious Velez shoots in for a takedown but Saito shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tiberious Velez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Saito avoids it really well and circles away.
Saito throws a front kick that sends Tiberious Velez stumbling back into the cage.
Akio Saito is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saito throws a lazy head kick

and Tiberious Velez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tiberious Velez.
Tiberious Velez trying to control but Saito is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akio Saito has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saito is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tiberious Velez is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Saito is wriggling around but Tiberious Velez manages to pass to half guard.

Tiberious Velez stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Saito to get to his feet.

Tiberious Velez clinches up against the cage.
Archebald Tiberious Velez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tiberious Velez wants a takedown but no success here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Archebald Tiberious Velez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tiberious Velez 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archebald Tiberious Velez!