PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinji Uto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Cid has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Uto
vs
Cid

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

WAR Combat Gear

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinji Uto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Cid!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Cid finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cid throws a head kick that Uto semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Uto.
Xavier Cid seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cid lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cid.

Cid forces Uto back against the cage and clinches.
Uto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cid avoids it.
Cid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Uto tries to stall but Cid uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nice elbow from Cid.

It looks like Shinji Uto has been cut.
Uto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Uto wants to stall.
Uto seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Cid is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Uto tries to circle away but Cid has him pinned against the cage.
Cid lands a nice knee to the body.
Cid avoids the elbow strike from Uto, against the cage.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Uto is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A frustrated look appears on Uto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid taking a breather.
Uto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cid obliges.
Cid lands an elbow just above Uto 's eye.
Uto is trying to break free.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Cid.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.
Cid stalling against the cage.
Cid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Uto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Cid lands a nice elbow.

Shinji Uto's cut is getting worse.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Uto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Uto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cid.
Uto takes an elbow to the temple.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Uto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uto takes an elbow to the temple.
Cid landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Cid.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Cid.
Cid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cid.
Cid lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cid leaning against his opponent.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Cid blocks an elbow strike from Uto.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Uto tries to circle away but Cid has him pinned against the cage.
Uto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Uto is trying to stall.
Cid scores a nice knee to the body.

Uto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cid throws a head kick that Uto semi-blocks.
Some wild striking there from Uto.
Uto misses with a leg kick.
Uto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cid scores with a kick to the body.
Cid throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cid scores with a push kick.
Uto tries to clinch but Cid is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Uto drops his hands momentarily and Cid takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cid lands with a kick to the temple. Uto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fight stays on the outside here - Uto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cid lands a head kick. Uto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cid fakes the leg kick and cracks Uto in the body.
Cid thuds a left hand into Uto's body.

Cid clinches with his opponent.
Cid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cid stalling.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.
Uto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cid landing knees to the body.
Uto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cid using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Cid.
Cid's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Uto takes a knee right on the jaw!

Shinji Uto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cid obliges.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cid lands an elbow inside.
Uto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cid lands an elbow that stopped Uto in his tracks for a moment.
Cid scores a nice knee to the body.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Uto taking a breather.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cid lands a knee to the body.
Cid lands an elbow that stopped Uto in his tracks for a moment.
Cid landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Cid.
Uto has had enough of the clinch but Cid keeps him there for the moment.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section. Uto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Uto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Uto tries to break the clinch but Cid is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Cid dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinji Uto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Uto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cid scores with a head kick.
Cid keeps the fight on the outside.

Cid pushes Uto up against the cage in a clinch.
Cid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Uto's face.
Uto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Uto working hard to break the clinch.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Uto's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cid lands a knee to the body.
Cid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uto's defenses.
Cid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Uto is trying to force a seperation but Cid has the dominant position.
Cid taking a breather.
Uto tries to land a knee to the head but Cid blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cid connects with a knee to the head.
Uto misses with an elbow over the top.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Cid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Uto's face.
Uto tries to break free but Cid pushes him back against the cage.
Xavier Cid seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Uto controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid controlling the action here for a moment.
Cid lands an elbow just above Uto 's eye.
Cid lands an elbow that stopped Uto in his tracks for a moment.
Cid scores with a knee to the head.
Uto wants to break free but Cid has control.
Cid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Uto wants to get back to striking at distance but Cid won't allow it.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Cid lands a nice knee to the body.
Cid will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Uto up against the cage.
Cid lands an elbow just above Uto 's eye.
Uto has had enough of the clinch but Cid keeps him there for the moment.
Cid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Uto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Cid.
Cid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Uto's face.
Cid pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Uto looking to stall.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Uto breaks the clinch.
Uto loads up on a big right hand but Cid slips the punch.
Cid dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Uto. That did some damage!
Shinji Uto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Uto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cid moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Uto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cid.
Cid takes a swing at Uto's ribcage but misses.
Uto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Cid clinches up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cid.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cid.
Uto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cid lands an elbow that stopped Uto in his tracks for a moment.
Cid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Uto wants to get back to striking at distance but Cid won't allow it.
Cid displaying some good clinch control by pressing Uto up against the cage.
Uto takes an elbow to the temple.
Cid tries to land knees in the clinch but Uto avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid trying to land knees to the body.
Uto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cid landing knees to the body.
Uto trying to land knees to the body.
Uto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Uto is trying to break the clinch but Cid is controlling him.
Uto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Uto has had enough of the clinch but Cid keeps him there for the moment.

Uto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Uto moves in looking to clinch but Cid pushes him off.
Cid throws a front kick that sends Uto stumbling back into the cage.
Cid goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Uto slips a jab from Cid.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cid throws a leg kick which misses Uto's front leg but catches the back leg as Uto tries to avoid it.
Cid misses with a head kick.
Cid tries a head kick but it misses.
Cid throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Uto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Uto connects with a single shot there.
Cid with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Uto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cid lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Uto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cid throws a head kick that misses.
Uto misses with the body kick
and Cid counters with a nice leg kick.
Cid lands with a slapping head kick.
Uto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cid throws a sloppy head kick and Uto moves out of range easily.
Uto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Uto tries to close the distance and clinch but Cid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Uto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cid swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cid.
Cid moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Uto tries to clinch there but Cid circles away.
Uto tried to score with a low kick but Cid checks it.
Uto throws a wild body kick that Cid sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Cid showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shinji Uto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cid lands a high kick!
Cid lands a head kick. Uto smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cid throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Uto's head.
Uto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cid counters with a leg kick.
Cid throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cid throws a nice head kick!
A head kick from Cid lands but Uto takes it in his stride.
Cid swats away the attempt to clinch by Uto.
Cid looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cid throws a head kick that misses.
Uto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cid. Cid obviously looking to wear him down.

Uto tries to keep at a distance but Cid has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cid has Uto pushed against the cage.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cid scores with a knee to the head.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uto avoiding damage as Cid throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Uto tries to circle away but Cid has him pinned against the cage.
Cid keeps control of Uto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Uto trying to stall but Cid improves his position.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.
Cid utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cid connects with a knee to the head.
Uto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cid lands a damaging elbow.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cid obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cid obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cid obliges.
Cid lands an elbow inside.
Cid is looking to control Uto's arms but Uto gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cid has his back to the cage.
Uto has had enough of the clinch but Cid keeps him there for the moment.
Uto digs a right hand into Cid's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cid's gas tank.
Uto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Uto tries to break the clinch but Cid is controlling the position.
Cid lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uto is trying to stall.
Cid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Uto's face.
Uto avoiding damage as Cid throws knees to the body.

Uto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Uto.
Cid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
No joy there for Uto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Uto swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cid cracks the inside of Uto's front leg.
Uto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cid dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cid throws a head kick but Uto moves out of range.
Cid connects with a high kick.
Uto tries to clinch up
and Cid counters with a nice kick to the body.
Uto throws a half hearted mid kick.
Uto will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid throws a head kick that Uto semi-blocks.
A solid body kick from Cid.

Cid darts in and clinches Uto up against the cage.
Cid with a knee to the head.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.

Uto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cid lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cid plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cid takes a swing at Uto's ribcage but misses.
Cid thuds his shin into the meat of Uto's side.
Uto blocks a head kick by Cid.
Cid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Uto's sensitive parts.
Uto misses with a hook. Cid ducked under it nicely.
Uto blocks a head kick by Cid.
Uto clinches but Cid breaks the clinch
and Cid counters with a big head kick but Uto shrugs it off.
Uto throws a lazy head kick
and Cid counters with a leg kick.
Cid is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Uto rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cid.
Cid throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Uto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Uto's sensitive parts.
Cid scoring well with a low kick there.
Uto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cid can pounce on him.
Crunch! Cid slams his shin into Uto's torso.
Cid throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Uto throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cid counters with an inside leg kick.
A cross from Cid lands.

Cid closes the distance and clinches.
Shinji Uto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cid with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Uto won't want to take too many of those.
Cid working Uto over with knees to the body.
Cid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cid crunches a lovely knee into Uto's ribcage.
Cid landing knees to the head.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid trying to stall but Uto improves his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Cid comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cid 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 25:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xavier Cid!