PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jenji Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Cid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Requiem for a Dream. Cid has chosen There's No Home for You Here as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ueda
vs
Cid

172 cm
29
161 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

175 cm
24
155 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite 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 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jenji Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Cid!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda misses with a right hand
enabling Cid to counter with a crisp jab.
Ueda misses with a kick to the body.
Ueda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cid counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ueda misses with a looping left.
Cid scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cid tries a head kick but it misses.
Cid throws a nice head kick!
Cid tries a head kick but it misses.
Cid defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ueda.
Ueda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cid counters with a head kick.
Cid keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick from Cid lands but Ueda takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ueda checks a leg kick.
Cid circles away from the clinch attempt

and Cid counters by clinching up.
Cid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jenji Ueda has been cut.
Cid blocks the elbow strike.
Cid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ueda's defenses.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cid lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cid stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cid gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Cid.
Cid landing knees to the head.
Ueda managing to block the knees to the body from Cid.
Cid prevents a body shot from Ueda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cid displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ueda up against the ropes.
Cid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cid avoids it.
Cid trying to land knees to the body.
Cid lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda wants a takedown but no success here.
Cid wants to stall.
Cid gets through Ueda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Cid is blocking nicely.
Ueda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cid trying to land knees to the body.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Ueda won't want to take too many of those.
Cid putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ueda in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ueda is breathing heavily.
Cid lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cid holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Ueda takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cid is pressed up against the ropes. Ueda has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cid down to the mat. Cid avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jenji Ueda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ueda throws a sloppy body shot
and Cid counters with a thumping low kick.
Ueda takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cid thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ueda if he has to take too many more of those.
Cid throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ueda tries to clinch
and Cid counters with a leg kick.
Cid lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick from Cid lands but Ueda takes it in his stride.
Ueda doesn't manage to clinch there - Cid circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cid throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ueda stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ueda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ueda takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ueda is looking to clinch but Cid is avoiding it.
Cid looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cid thumps Ueda with a low kick.
Cid fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ueda is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Ueda is looking to clinch but Cid is avoiding it.
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 Jenji Ueda's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ueda is looking to clinch.
Ueda checks a leg kick.
Cid keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jenji Ueda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cid circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cid counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ueda walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cid.
Ueda wants to clinch up but Cid keeps it at a distance.
Ueda is looking to clinch but Cid is avoiding it.
Cid looks to land a combination. Ueda sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ueda moves forwards but Cid connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cid throws a head kick but Ueda moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Ueda.
Cid scores with a shot to the body.
Ueda misses with a hook
and Cid counters with a straight right hand.
Ueda is looking to clinch.
A combination from Ueda does no damage.
Cid throws a nice outside leg kick.
Xavier Cid seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ueda misses with a series of wild punches.
Cid lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ueda's sensitive parts.
Ueda moves to clinch but Cid breaks away

and Cid moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Cid on the inside.
Cid lands an elbow inside that Ueda shrugs off.
Cid lands an elbow inside that Ueda shrugs off.
Cid lands a good knee to the midsection. Ueda won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ueda throws an elbow but misses.
Cid connects with a knee to the head.
Cid lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ueda looking to slow down the pace here.
Cid connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ueda's face.
Cid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ueda's defenses.
Cid throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ueda blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Cid.
Cid lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cid lands a nice uppercut.
Ueda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cid takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short right from Cid.
Cid avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Xavier Cid seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ueda tries to score a body lock takedown but Cid shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Cid tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cid lands a hook that snaps the head of Ueda backwards.
Cid on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Cid throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cid lands a knee to the head.
Cid lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cid scores with a knee to the head.
Ueda is trying to maintain a safe position but Cid gets an underhook and turns Ueda into the ropes.
Cid unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cid lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Jenji Ueda's cut is getting worse.
Ueda takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cid is looking to control Ueda's arms but Ueda gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cid has his back to the ropes.
Cid missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cid stalling in the clinch.
Cid avoids a wild elbow strike from Ueda.
Cid trying to land knees to the body.
Cid landing knees to the body.
Ueda is looking to control Cid's arms but Cid gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ueda has his back to the ropes.
Maybe Ueda would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Cid landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cid scores with a shoulder strike.
Cid is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cid creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ueda's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cid scores a nice knee to the body.
Cid lands an elbow inside.
Cid manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cid scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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 Jenji Ueda's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cid bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ueda's head.
Ueda tries to clinch but Cid moves out of range.
Ueda misses with an uppercut
and Cid counters with an inside leg kick.
Ueda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cid.
Ueda moves out of range of the body kick.
Cid has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cid fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ueda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ueda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ueda looks to clinch
and Cid counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cid can pounce on him.
A big right from Ueda misses.
Cid fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ueda.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ueda.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jenji Ueda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ueda throws a right and a left that Cid avoids nicely.
Cid scores with a kick to the body.
Cid scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cid lands a leg kick that knocks Ueda off balance momentarily.
Cid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick from Cid lands but Ueda takes it in his stride.
Cid tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ueda was well out of range. Poor timing from Cid.
Ueda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cid sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Cid circles away and keeps his distance.
Ueda throws a big shot that misses.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Jenji Ueda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cid lands a lovely overhand right.
Ueda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cid jabs at Ueda's body.
Cid swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
Ueda is looking to clinch.
Ueda shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cid sprawls well. Cid wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ueda gets slowly back to his feet.
Cid on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Xavier Cid is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cid throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ueda walks into a straight right hand from Cid.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cid.
A good leg kick by Cid.
Cid throws a one two combo.
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!
Cid scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cid throws a nice outside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ueda lands with a straight right. Cid didn't see that one coming.
Ueda tries to clinch up
and Cid finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

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