PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Advantage comes to the cage accompanied by Drain the Blood. Collective has chosen Barricade as his entrance music. Rural Advantage is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Advantage
vs
Collective

180 cm
24
172 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

175 cm
24
175 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Random Collective!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collective throws a right hand that Advantage ducks under and follows up with a left that Advantage also avoids with ease.
Advantage cracks a nice hook into Collective's ribs.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Collective rushes Advantage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage misses with an uppercut. Collective saw that one coming.
Advantage moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Advantage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Collective tries to clinch up but Advantage circles away and keeps his distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Advantage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Advantage connects with a good right hand that stumbles Collective. Collective circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Collective takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Collective lands a jab to Advantage's midsection.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.

Advantage rushes Collective and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Advantage is trying to force a seperation but Collective has the dominant position.
Advantage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Collective tries to circle away but Advantage has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Collective.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left lands for Advantage.
Random Collective seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.

Collective darts in and clinches Advantage up against the cage.

Advantage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Advantage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Collective keeps it at a distance.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage is looking to clinch.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.
Advantage takes one to the side of the head.

Collective rushes Advantage and presses him up against the cage.
Collective wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collective lands an elbow just above Advantage 's eye.
Collective avoiding damage.
Collective keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Advantage's efforts to push away.

Collective breaks from the clinch.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Advantage.
A lazy left from Collective finds it's target.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Collective tries to clinch there but Advantage circles away.
Advantage gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.

Collective clinches with his opponent.
Advantage avoiding damage as Collective throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Collective breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Advantage throws a series of punches but Collective moves out of range.
Collective throws a nice looking combination but Advantage bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Collective slips under a jab from Advantage.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Advantage.
Advantage is looking to wear down Collective with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Advantage just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Advantage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Collective clinches up with Advantage and pushes him back against the cage.
Advantage dodges an elbow strike from Collective.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Advantage takes one to the chin there.

Collective closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Advantage is trying to stall.
Advantage utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Collective is stalling here.
Collective looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective punishes Advantage's body with a nice straight punch.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Advantage wants to clinch.
Advantage throws a series of punches but Collective avoids them all with ease.

Collective closes the distance and clinches.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collective.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Collective throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Advantage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Advantage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collective moves away.
Advantage moves in looking to clinch but Collective pushes him off.
Advantage misses with the combination.
Collective is looking to clinch.
Advantage throws a one two combo.
Advantage misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Collective. Advantage does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Advantage scores with a three punch combo!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Advantage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.

Collective drives through and clinches with Advantage against the cage.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Advantage gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Collective.
Advantage trying to control the position but instead, Collective has worked for underhooks and has pushed Advantage into the cage.
Collective keeps control of Advantage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Advantage takes an elbow to the forehead.
Advantage tries to break free but Collective pushes him back against the cage.

Collective manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Advantage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Collective misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Advantage.
Collective takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collective jabs at Advantage's body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Advantage takes a swing at Collective's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the liver by Collective. Beautiful body shot.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective tries to clinch but Advantage is having none of it.
Collective scores with a jab to the jaw.
Advantage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.

Collective moves into the clinch.
Collective works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Collective has Advantage pressed against the cage, preventing Advantage from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Advantage takes an elbow to the temple.
Collective lands an elbow that stopped Advantage in his tracks for a moment.
Collective lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collective sizes up Advantage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Collective.
Advantage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collective was well out of range. Poor timing from Advantage.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Collective misses with a wild body shot.
Advantage misses with a wild combination.
Advantage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Advantage is breathing heavily.
Collective tries to bum rush Advantage with a series of wild strikes but Advantage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Advantage takes a swing at Collective's ribcage but misses.
Advantage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collective avoids the body shot from Advantage.
Advantage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Collective counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Advantage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Collective swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Collective swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Advantage. Collective does a little dance to reset his feet.
Collective ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.

Collective clinches with his opponent.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective swings for the body but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Collective manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective jabs Advantage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Advantage misses with a wild body shot.

Collective gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Random Collective will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Collective wants to clinch up but Advantage keeps it at a distance.
Rural Advantage is winning the standup battle so far.
Collective dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Collective showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Advantage.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up but Advantage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A right-left combo lands from Collective.
Advantage wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Collective has Advantage up against the cage in a clinch.
Advantage is trying to push Collective away but Collective has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Collective lands a nice knee to the body.
Collective prevents Advantage from breaking the clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Advantage tries to clinch but Collective is having none of it.
Advantage misses with a wild body shot.
Collective moves in looking to clinch but Advantage pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
Collective misses with a body shot.
Collective is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Advantage's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Advantage duly obliges.
Collective throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Advantage.
Collective ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Advantage moves away.
Collective fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Advantage thows a body shot but no joy.

Collective gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Collective.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Collective stalls.
Collective lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Collective gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Advantage throws out a loose jab but Collective uses good head movement to avoid it.
Advantage dodges the punch combination from Collective.
Advantage tries to clinch up but Collective circles away and keeps his distance.
Advantage throws a body punch but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage thuds a left hand into Collective's body.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Advantage fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Collective manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collective scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Advantage doesn't seem bothered though.

Collective forces Advantage back against the cage and clinches.
Advantage taking a breather.
Collective lands an elbow just above Advantage 's eye.
Advantage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Collective looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Collective misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Advantage.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Advantage looks to land a combination but Collective avoids it well.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Collective fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Collective walks into a stiff left hand from Advantage.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donk. Collective catches Advantage right on the button with a cross.
Advantage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Advantage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Collective wants to clinch.
Collective lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Collective looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Advantage does no damage.

Collective closes the distance and clinches.

Advantage breaks the clinch.

Collective rushes Advantage and presses him up against the cage.
Collective lands an elbow inside that Advantage shrugs off.

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective just misses with a punch to the body.
Rural Advantage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Collective darts in and clinches Advantage up against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Advantage looks to score with a jab to the body but Collective is just out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Collective dips to his left and cracks Advantage with an uppercut!
Collective throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Collective throws a body punch but Advantage moves out of range.
Collective takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Advantage tries to bum rush Collective with a series of wild strikes but Collective uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collective does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Advantage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collective.
Advantage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collective fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Advantage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Collective circles away quickly and effectively.
Advantage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collective.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Advantage gets tackled into the cage by Collective. Collective maintains the clinch.

Collective manages to break the clinch.
Collective scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collective tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Advantage manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Collective doesn't manage to clinch there - Advantage circles away.

Collective moves into the clinch.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Advantage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collective.
Collective fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Advantage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Collective has managed to clinch.
Random Collective seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Collective misses with an elbow strike.
Advantage tries to work over Collective's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective tries to clinch but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage wants to clinch up but Collective keeps it at a distance.
Collective tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Advantage was well out of range. Poor timing from Collective.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Advantage smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Collective swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Collective gets a clinch.

Collective breaks the clinch.
Collective throws a right and a left that Advantage avoids nicely.
Advantage keeps the fight on the outside.
Advantage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Collective swings for the body but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage misses the shot to the body.
Advantage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Advantage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collective moves away.
Collective works Advantage's body with a nice hook.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Collective tries to close the distance and clinch but Advantage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collective lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Collective pushes Advantage up against the cage in a clinch.
Collective prevents a body shot from Advantage.

Collective breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Collective punishes Advantage's body with a nice straight punch.

Collective clinches up with Advantage and pushes him back against the cage.
Collective is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Collective lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Collective pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Collective misses the shot to the body.
Collective takes a swing at Advantage's ribcage but misses.
Advantage avoids the body shot from Collective.
Advantage fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Collective throws a body punch but Advantage moves out of range.
Advantage misses with the combination.
Advantage scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Advantage swings for the body but Collective moves out of range.
Advantage tries to clinch up.
Collective looks to score with a jab to the body but Advantage is just out of range.
Collective takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Collective fails in his attempt to clinch.
Collective circles away from the clinch attempt.
Advantage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Collective clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Collective's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collective swats away the attempt to clinch by Advantage.
Rural Advantage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Collective wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Random Collective comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Collective 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Random Collective!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Random Collective!

Random Collective wins by unanimous decision!
Random Collective was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.