PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Floynny Pacweather Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daisuke Numazawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floynny Pacweather Jr has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pacweather Jr
vs
Numazawa

225 cm
26
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floynny Pacweather Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daisuke Numazawa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacweather Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacweather Jr shoots in but no luck this time.
Pacweather Jr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Numazawa stuffs the takedown attempt from Pacweather Jr. Pacweather Jr gets slowly back to his feet.
Pacweather Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Numazawa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Pacweather Jr's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Floynny Pacweather Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacweather Jr misses with a takedown
and Numazawa counters with a nice uppercut.
Pacweather Jr shoots in for a takedown but Numazawa shows good takedown defense.

Pacweather Jr closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pacweather Jr is breathing heavily.

Numazawa kicks Pacweather Jr off and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacweather Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Numazawa is fending him off so far but Pacweather Jr persists. Nope, Numazawa circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacweather Jr tries for a takedown but Numazawa circles away easily

and Numazawa counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pacweather Jr's guard now.
Numazawa throwing strikes but missing.
Numazawa pushes down on Pacweather Jr's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Numazawa passes to side control.

Numazawa decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Numazawa looks to land a combination but Pacweather Jr avoids it well.
Pacweather Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Numazawa.
Numazawa misses with a double jab.
Numazawa cracks the inside of Pacweather Jr's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numazawa scores with a sloppy right hand. Pacweather Jr should have avoided that one.
Numazawa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Numazawa throws a leg kick which misses Pacweather Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as Pacweather Jr tries to avoid it.
Numazawa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pacweather Jr. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Numazawa throws a quick inside leg kick.

Pacweather Jr gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Numazawa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pacweather Jr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Numazawa stands and steps away. Pacweather Jr gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Numazawa misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacweather Jr dodges the punch combination from Numazawa.
Numazawa is looking to clinch but Pacweather Jr is avoiding it.
Pacweather Jr shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Numazawa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Numazawa.
Pacweather Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Numazawa working hard to break the clinch.
Numazawa is trying to push Pacweather Jr away but Pacweather Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Numazawa tries to break free but Pacweather Jr pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Numazawa tries to land a knee to the head but Pacweather Jr blocks with his arms.
Numazawa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pacweather Jr just stands there and leans against the cage.
Numazawa tries a knee to the head but Pacweather Jr blocks it.
Numazawa is looking for a takedown.
Numazawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Numazawa can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Numazawa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daisuke Numazawa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pacweather Jr gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Numazawa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Numazawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacweather Jr is just out of range.
Pacweather Jr blocks the body kick.
Pacweather Jr 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.
Numazawa misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Numazawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacweather Jr gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Numazawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pacweather Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pacweather Jr doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Numazawa counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Floynny Pacweather Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Whack! Numazawa lands a heavy head kick that drops Pacweather Jr. The ref tackles Numazawa to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Pacweather Jr was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Daisuke Numazawa!