PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buster Indechops (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitsuharu Misawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Indechops comes into the arena with Pinch Me blaring out of the sound system. Mitsuharu Misawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Indechops
vs
Misawa

182 cm
20
182 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
177 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Buster Indechops!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mitsuharu Misawa!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Indechops throws a hook but Misawa avoids it easily.
Misawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Indechops throws a looping overhand right but Misawa ducks down to avoid it.
Misawa moves in looking to clinch but Indechops pushes him off.
Misawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Indechops.
Misawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Misawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Indechops circles away from the clinch attempt.
Indechops misses the jab.
Indechops misses with a hook. Misawa ducked under it nicely.

Misawa rushes Indechops and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Indechops avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Misawa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa won't allow it.
Indechops avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Indechops's defenses.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Indechops 's eye.
Indechops takes an elbow to the temple.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Indechops avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Indechops takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Buster Indechops has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Indechops avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa holds him up against the cage and eventually Indechops drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Indechops. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Indechops in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Indechops in his tracks for a moment.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Indechops takes an elbow to the forehead.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Indechops's defenses.
Indechops takes an elbow to the temple.
Misawa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Indechops in his tracks for a moment.
Indechops is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Misawa to keep the fight standing.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Indechops jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Misawa walks away with a smile on his face. Indechops gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A slow jab from Indechops misses its intended target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Misawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa won't allow it.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Indechops tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Misawa just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuharu Misawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Buster Indechops's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Misawa is looking to clinch.
Misawa tries to clinch up.
Misawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Misawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Misawa walks into a left hand.
Misawa tries to clinch up.
Misawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Misawa tries to clinch up.
Indechops has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Misawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Misawa tries to clinch up.
Indechops circles away from the clinch attempt.
Indechops keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Indechops.
Misawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Indechops swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Misawa moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misawa slips under a jab from Indechops.
Indechops misses with a straight left.
Indechops throws a lazy uppercut

and Misawa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Mitsuharu Misawa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Indechops avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Misawa.
Indechops jumps guard but Misawa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Indechops tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Indechops leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Indechops 's eye.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Indechops's defenses.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Indechops leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Misawa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa holds him up against the cage and eventually Indechops drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Indechops. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa lands a damaging elbow.
Indechops avoids the elbow strike from Misawa, against the cage.
Indechops avoids a wild elbow strike from Misawa.
Indechops jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Misawa walks away with a smile on his face. Indechops gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Indechops misses the jab.
Misawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Misawa defending well as Indechops loads up on a big left hand.
Indechops pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misawa wants to clinch.
Indechops swats away the attempt to clinch by Misawa.

Misawa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Indechops in his tracks for a moment.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mitsuharu Misawa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Buster Indechops'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. This is the final round!

Indechops avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Misawa gets a clinch.
Misawa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Indechops fails to pull guard.
Misawa lands a nice elbow.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike.
Misawa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Indechops's defenses.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Misawa misses with an elbow strike.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Misawa lands an elbow inside.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misawa.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Indechops dodges an elbow strike from Misawa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Misawa pushes off an throws an elbow but Indechops leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misawa throws an elbow that misses.
Indechops jumps guard but Misawa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Indechops blocks the elbow strike.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Indechops 's eye.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misawa throws an elbow but misses.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Misawa throws an elbow but it misses.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster Indechops. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.
Indechops blocks an elbow strike from Misawa.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Misawa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Indechops's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misawa misses with an elbow over the top.
Misawa lands an elbow just above Indechops 's eye.
Misawa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Misawa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Indechops tries to pull guard but Misawa holds him up against the cage and eventually Indechops drops back down to his feet.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misawa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.

Indechops is rocked!
Misawa lands an elbow that stopped Indechops in his tracks for a moment.
Oh Indechops is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Buster Indechops's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Misawa.
Misawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misawa lands an elbow inside that Indechops shrugs off.
Indechops is pressed against the cage. Misawa pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Indechops! Two more big strikes from Misawa and Indechops crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mitsuharu Misawa!
An out of breath and clearly excited Mitsuharu Misawa thanked Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).