PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayden Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Yu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ray
vs
Yu

194 cm
31
280 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

195 cm
31
255 lbs
14 - 19 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

A.C: Awesome Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jayden Ray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Yu!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yu tries to clinch up but Ray circles away and keeps his distance.
Yu ducks right into an uppercut from Ray.

It looks like Jack Yu has been cut.
Ray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Yu misses with a wild body shot.
Ray looks to land a right hand but Yu moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yu. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Yu.
Yu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ray blocks a leg kick.
Ray thows a body shot but no joy.
Yu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yu.
Yu scores with a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Ray.
Yu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ray moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Yu.
Yu lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray swings for the body but Yu moves out of range.
Yu misses with a hook.
Ray displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Yu.
Yu moves in looking to clinch but Ray pushes him off.
Yu scores with a jab to the body.
Yu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ray.
Ray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ray looks to land a left hand but Yu moved out of range nicely.
Ray thuds a left hand into Yu's body.
Yu takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yu scores with a push kick.
Yu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ray.
Ray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yu.
Yu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yu cracks Ray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yu slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ray misses the jab.
Yu jabs at Ray's body.
Ray ducks right into an uppercut from Yu.
Ray swings for the body but Yu moves out of range.
Ray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ray misses the jab.
Yu catches Ray with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yu buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ray loads up on a big right hand but Yu slips the punch.
Ray misses with a straight left.
Ray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yu tries to clinch up but Ray circles away and keeps his distance.
Ray shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Yu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ray circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ray. Yu does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yu tries for a takedown but Ray sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Ray 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yu fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Ray.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yu is defended easily by Ray.
Jayden Ray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Yu.
Ray with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yu to score with a decent uppercut.
Ray scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ray lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jack Yu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ray.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yu was well out of range. Poor timing from Ray.
Ray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yu. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yu thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yu drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ray keeping moving, preventing Yu from controlling successfully.
Ray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yu throwing strikes but missing.
Yu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ray has control of Yu's left arm, preventing Yu from doing any damage.
Yu wants to control from the top but Ray keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yu working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ray's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ray working a defensive guard here.
Ray wants to control the position but Yu says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yu throwing shots but Ray is blocking nicely.
Ray wants to control but Yu is keeping busy.
Yu seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ray does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ray tries to roll over but Yu keeps him under control.

Yu is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ray has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ray is trying to control but can't.
Ray wants to get back to full guard but Yu has passed into side control.

Yu looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yu is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ray parries the strikes from Yu easily there. Yu is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ray to escape.
Ray tries to buck Yu off but Yu is having none of it.
Ray is trying to control Yu's posture but Yu avoids it.
Ray is looking to regain half guard here but Yu keeps moving and retains side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yu misses with the ground and pound.
Yu throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Ray manages to get back to half guard.
Ray trying to hold on to Yu's head to control him but Yu postures up.
Yu prevents Ray from improving his position.

Yu is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ray sees it coming and defends easily.
Ray tries to roll over but Yu keeps him under control.
Ray moves into full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ray is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ray sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yu defending well though.

Ray decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Yu cracks the inside of Ray's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ray throws a hook but Yu blocks it.
Yu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ray had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yu thows a body shot but no joy.
Ray leaves Yu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ray misses with a straight right.

Yu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

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

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ray stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Yu.
An inside leg kick from Yu misses.
Yu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That has opened up Jack Yu's cut even more.
Yu throws a nice looking combination but Ray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yu moves out of range of the strikes.
Ray cracks a nice hook into Yu's ribs.
Ray misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Ray scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yu blocks a jab.
Yu sizes up Ray with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ray throws a jab but it's blocked by Yu.
A lazy left from Yu finds it's target.
Ray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jayden Ray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Yu's cut.
That's time! Ray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some wild striking there from Yu.
Yu blocks a head kick by Ray.
Yu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yu moves out of range of the strikes.
Ray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yu misses with a looping left.
Ray throws out a loose jab but Yu uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ray lands a left and a right that send Yu crashing to the mat, dazed. Ray thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Yu is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yu throws a shot to the body.
Yu is still on wobbly legs! Can Ray finish him?
Yu fails with the takedown.
Ray fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Yu to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Yu looks to clinch but Ray throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Yu taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jayden Ray!
Jayden Ray retains his heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Jayden Ray thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.