PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Koron Maafi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jin Mishima told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Maafi
vs
Mishima

190 cm
22
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Mustang Fight Food

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koron Maafi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Mishima!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maafi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maafi tries to clinch but Mishima moves out of range.
Maafi scores with a head kick.
Maafi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maafi darts in and clinches Mishima up against the ropes.
Mishima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maafi lands a nice knee to the body.
Maafi lands a nice knee to the body.
Maafi keeps control of Mishima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maafi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mishima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maafi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mishima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mishima has had enough of the clinch but Maafi keeps him there for the moment.
Mishima tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maafi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mishima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maafi tries a knee to the head but Mishima blocks it.
Mishima wants to get back to striking at distance but Maafi won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Maafi.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maafi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mishima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maafi.
Maafi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but Mishima blocks with his arms.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mishima drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima wants to break free but Maafi has control.
Maafi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mishima jumps guard but Maafi stands there with Mishima around his waist. Mishima gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but Mishima blocks with his arms.
Mishima can't break the clinch.
Maafi tries a knee to the head but Mishima blocks it.
Maafi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mishima blocks it with crossed arms.
Maafi misses with a knee to the head.
Maafi looking to throw knees to the head but Mishima is blocking nicely.
Maafi is breathing heavily.
Maafi prevents Mishima from breaking the clinch.
Mishima drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Koron Maafi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jin Mishima.
Mishima can't get the takedown.
Mishima misses with a punch to the body.
Maafi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mishima blocks it with crossed arms.
Mishima jumps guard but Maafi stands there with Mishima around his waist. Mishima gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Maafi landing knees to the head.
Maafi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mishima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maafi crunches a lovely knee into Mishima's ribcage.
Maafi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mishima jumps guard but Maafi stands there with Mishima around his waist. Mishima gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mishima wants to get back to striking at distance but Maafi won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maafi stops a takedown attempt from Mishima.
Maafi gets underhooks to prevent Mishima's takedown attempt.
Mishima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mishima jumps guard but Maafi stands there with Mishima around his waist. Mishima gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mishima fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Maafi misses with a knee to the head.
Mishima lands a body punch.
Maafi landing knees to the head.
Mishima tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Maafi smiles and moves away.
Mishima takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Koron Maafi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mishima shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mishima stops Maafi from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maafi has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Mishima off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Maafi tries to clinch there but Mishima circles away.

Maafi closes the distance and clinches.
Mishima wants a takedown but no success here.
Maafi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maafi crunches a lovely knee into Mishima's ribcage.
Maafi with a knee to the head.
Maafi lands a nice elbow.
Maafi lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maafi.
A knee to the head by Maafi.
Maafi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maafi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mishima is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A knee to the head by Maafi.
Maafi keeps control of Mishima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mishima lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maafi prevents Mishima from breaking the clinch.
Mishima tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maafi just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mishima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maafi has him pressed against the ropes.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but Mishima blocks with his arms.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maafi misses with a knee to the head.
Maafi landing knees to the head.
Maafi crunches a lovely knee into Mishima's ribcage.
Maafi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mishima drops back down to his feet.
Mishima wants to break free but Maafi has control.
Mishima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maafi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Maafi.
Mishima tries to break the clinch but Maafi is controlling the position.
Mishima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Maafi connects with a knee to the head.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maafi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mishima blocks it with crossed arms.
Mishima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maafi tries a knee to the head but Mishima blocks it.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi won't allow it.
Mishima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maafi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maafi crunches a lovely knee into Mishima's ribcage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Koron Maafi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Maafi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maafi wants to clinch.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Maafi gets a clinch.
Maafi with a knee to the head.
Mishima fails to pull guard.
Maafi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mishima blocks it with crossed arms.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mishima drops back down to his feet.
Maafi lands a knee to the head.
Maafi scores with a knee to the head.
Maafi misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mishima wants a takedown.
Koron Maafi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jin Mishima.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mishima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mishima can't break the clinch.
Maafi lands a knee to the body.
Maafi scores with a knee to the head.
Mishima wants to break free but Maafi has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi holds him up against the ropes and eventually Mishima drops back down to his feet.
Maafi connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maafi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Maafi stuffs the takedown.

Maafi closes the distance and clinches.
Mishima fails to pull guard.
Maafi prevents Mishima from breaking the clinch.
Mishima is working for takedown but Maafi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mishima tries for a takedown but Maafi manages to get underhooks.
Maafi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mishima changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maafi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Maafi tries to clinch up but Mishima circles away and keeps his distance.
Mishima swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Mishima does no damage.
Maafi is looking to clinch but Mishima is avoiding it.
Maafi tries to clinch up but Mishima circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maafi throws a head kick but Mishima moves out of range.
Maafi stuffs the takedown attempt from Mishima. Mishima gets slowly back to his feet.
Maafi tries to clinch but Mishima is having none of it.
Mishima is looking to clinch.
Mishima tries to clinch up but Maafi circles away and keeps his distance.
Mishima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maafi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mishima moves in looking to clinch but Maafi pushes him off.
Mishima circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick from Mishima misses
and Maafi counters with a thumping low kick.
Maafi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koron Maafi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mishima tries to clinch up but Maafi circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maafi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Maafi scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maafi clinches with his opponent.
Maafi is pressed up against the ropes. Mishima has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maafi down to the mat. Maafi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mishima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maafi throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Jin Mishima has been cut.
Maafi tries to clinch there but Mishima circles away.
Mishima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Maafi takes the fight into the clinch.
Mishima can't break the clinch.
Koron Maafi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Maafi gets underhooks to prevent Mishima's takedown attempt.
Mishima can't get the takedown.
Maafi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mishima's face.
Mishima drops down looking for an ankle pick but Maafi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maafi tries to clinch up.

Maafi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mishima, pushing him back against the ropes.
Maafi trying to stall but Mishima improves his position.
Maafi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maafi prevents Mishima from breaking the clinch.
Maafi scores a nice knee to the body.
Maafi tries a knee to the head but Mishima blocks it.
Maafi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mishima has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maafi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maafi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maafi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maafi lands a nice knee to the body.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but Mishima blocks with his arms.
Mishima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maafi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but Mishima blocks with his arms.
Maafi stops a takedown attempt from Mishima.
Mishima tries for a takedown. No joy.
Maafi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mishima tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Maafi smiles and moves away.
Maafi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mishima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mishima looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maafi is looking to clinch but Mishima is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Koron Maafi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jin Mishima's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mishima scores with a takedown into Maafi's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mishima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maafi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mishima is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Maafi keeping moving, preventing Mishima from controlling successfully.
Mishima might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Maafi kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Maafi wants to stand but Mishima is controlling the position.
Mishima not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Mishima has gone for a leg lock! Maafi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mishima's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mishima is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maafi wants to stand but Mishima has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Mishima uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Mishima keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Mishima or perhaps it was just good defense by Maafi which made him look bad.

Maafi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maafi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mishima's face.
Maafi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mishima tries to pull guard but Maafi won't allow it.
Maafi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maafi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maafi.
Maafi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maafi connects with a knee to the head.
Maafi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maafi lands a nice knee to the body.
Mishima tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Maafi just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Koron Maafi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jin Mishima.
Mishima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maafi scores a nice knee to the body.
Mishima is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Maafi pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Maafi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Mishima successfully pulls guard.
Mishima has Maafi pulled in close to control his posture.
Maafi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mishima wants to get back to his feet but Maafi is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mishima is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mishima working the head and body with strikes.

Maafi kicks Mishima off and gets back to his feet.
Maafi tries to clinch but Mishima moves out of range.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mishima has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Maafi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Maafi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mishima wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Maafi has him pressed against the ropes.
Maafi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mishima's face.
Maafi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mishima's face.
Maafi is pressed up against the ropes. Mishima has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Maafi down to the mat. Maafi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Maafi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maafi.
Maafi is looking to clinch but Mishima is avoiding it.
Good shot there by Maafi.
Maafi closes the distance looking to clinch

so Mishima counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mishima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maafi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mishima stops Maafi from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mishima thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mishima trying to control the position from guard on top but Maafi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mishima postures up in Maafi's guard and throws a big left but Maafi blocks it.

Mishima gets to his feet. Maafi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
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!
Mishima fails to land with a series of punches.
Maafi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mishima throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maafi wants to clinch up but Mishima keeps it at a distance.
Maafi is looking to clinch but Mishima is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from Maafi as Mishima shoots in.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maafi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mishima avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jin Mishima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maafi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Maafi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Koron Maafi.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maafi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koron Maafi!