PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Past (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Mir
vs
Past

165 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodrigo Mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manuel Past!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir tries to clinch up.
Mir looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Past slaps away a takedown attempt from Mir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mir misses with a few strikes there.
Mir shoots in for a double leg but Past sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Past takes the fight into the clinch.
Past lands an elbow inside.
Mir takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Rodrigo Mir has been cut.
Past tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mir avoids it.
Past lands a damaging elbow.
Past utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Past lands an elbow that stopped Mir in his tracks for a moment.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Past pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Past darts in and clinches Mir up against the cage.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mir takes an elbow to the forehead.
Past comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Past lands a nice elbow.

Rodrigo Mir's cut is getting worse.
Past lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Past obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Past lands an elbow that stopped Mir in his tracks for a moment.
Past lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Past.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mir takes an elbow to the temple.
Mir takes an elbow to the forehead.

Mir is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Past.
Oh Mir is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mir could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Past lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Rodrigo Mir's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nice elbow from Past.
Mir takes an elbow to the temple.
Past gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Past pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Past throws a head kick that misses.
Past steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Mir is out on his feet! Past sets himself and nearly takes Mir's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Manuel Past!