PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ice Lander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lander comes into the arena with Tribute blaring out of the sound system. Hideki has chosen Sparzanza - Temple Of The Red - Eyed Pigs as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lander
vs
Hideki

190 cm
26
182 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

172 cm
28
178 lbs
18 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Conviction
Conviction

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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ice Lander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masaru Hideki!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lander ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lander misses with an uppercut. Hideki saw that one coming.
Hideki slips a jab from Lander.

Hideki takes the fight into the clinch.
Lander blocks an uppercut.
Hideki wants a takedown.
Hideki looking for a takedown.

Hideki is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Lander can't fight it off and eventually Hideki manages to take the fight to the floor. Lander looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lander pulls Hideki in to control the position.
Hideki postures up.
Hideki is looking to work some ground and pound but Lander has wrist control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hideki stops Lander from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lander works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hideki content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lander utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lander avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hideki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lander is keeping the position for now.
Lander wants to sweep but no luck.
Lander wants to get back to his feet but Hideki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lander utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lander will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lander wants to get back to his feet but Hideki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lander utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hideki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lander's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lander is trying to keep Hideki in close.
Hideki tries to free his leg and advance position but Lander is retaining full guard.
Hideki won't allow Lander to get back to his feet.
Lander tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lander keeping moving, preventing Hideki from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hideki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hideki scoring with some ground and pound.
Hideki scoring with some ground and pound.
Hideki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lander's head.
Hideki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hideki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lander wants to stand but Hideki is controlling the position.
Hideki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hideki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hideki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hideki won't allow Lander to get back to his feet.
Lander is looking to sweep but instead, Hideki has passed into half guard.
Lander has hold of Hideki's hands but Hideki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hideki is thwarting Lander's attempts to control the position.
Hideki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hideki lands with a punch from half guard.
Hideki working Lander over with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lander wants to get back to full guard but Hideki has mounted him!
Hideki dominating with strikes here.
Lander wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hideki lands a heavy elbow.
Lander is working to get back to half guard.
Hideki scoring with strikes but Lander is staying in there.
Hideki wants to control the pace but Lander is squirming around nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lander?
Lander is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Hideki dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Lander throws a jab when Hideki was well out of range.
Hideki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lander takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ice Lander seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hideki.
Hideki takes a swing at Lander's ribcage but misses.
Hideki scores with a spinning back kick!
Hideki connects with an inside leg kick.

Hideki shoots in and gets a takedown into Lander's guard.
Hideki scoring with some ground and pound.
Lander is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hideki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hideki landing with the ground and pound.
Masaru Hideki has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki tries to free his leg and advance position but Lander is retaining full guard.
Lander has momentary wrist control but Hideki slips an elbow through the middle.
Hideki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lander wants to stand but Hideki is controlling the position.
Hideki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hideki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hideki lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lander is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hideki connects with a couple of short punches.
Lander wants to stand but Hideki is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hideki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hideki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hideki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hideki with a nice head shot there.
Hideki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hideki stops Lander from standing up.
Hideki trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hideki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hideki trying to control but Lander is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki stands up over Lander, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lander is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
Hideki works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lander is trying to stand up here but Hideki is controlling him well.
Hideki winds up and cracks Lander with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hideki lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hideki connects with a nice short shot to Lander's temple.
Lander is trying to control but can't.
Lander is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hideki connects with a nice short shot to Lander's temple.
Hideki slips a nice elbow through Lander's hands, connecting with Lander's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lander avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hideki.
Lander is trying to get back to full guard.

Lander pushes Hideki off and gets back to his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hideki.
Lander throws a leg kick
and Hideki counters with a good, hard body kick but Lander shrugs it off.

Hideki clinches.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hideki is working for takedown but Lander is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lander swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lander pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lander goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lander pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaru Hideki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hideki throws the left hand but Lander avoids the punch easily.
Hideki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hideki misses with a body kick.
Lander thuds a left hand into Hideki's body.
Hideki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Some wild striking there from Lander.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lander.
Lander throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hideki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lander connects with a body shot that sends Hideki's belly button to the back.
Lander misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lander with a jab.
Hideki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lander swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Hideki counter with a right hand.
Hideki slips under a jab from Lander.
Lander feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hideki's calf.
Hideki lands with an uppercut that bounces Lander off the cage and back into range.
Hideki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lander takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lander scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lander swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hideki counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Hideki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hideki passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lander!
Hideki raining down shots from the mount!
Ice Lander has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki prevents Lander from getting the reversal.
Hideki landing strikes from the mount and Lander is in trouble!
Hideki won't let Lander get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hideki lands a big elbow.

Lander is rocked!
Hideki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Oh Lander is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hideki unloading with bombs!
Lander tries to hold on but Hideki postures up.
Hideki pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lander taking shots to the head.
Lander is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Lander! Hideki sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Lander and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Masaru Hideki!
Masaru Hideki made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying '(Hideki looks at the interviewer with disdain, then turns towards the camera) I hunt you...I destroy you...I like it.'.