PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jones Future (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olivin St Daintoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Future comes into the arena with Frederik - Titanic blaring out of the sound system. 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.

Future
vs
St Daintoro

210 cm
28
250 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

189 cm
25
263 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

A.C: Awesome Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jones Future!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olivin St Daintoro!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Daintoro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
St Daintoro misses with a wild body shot.
St Daintoro lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jones Future has been cut.
Future ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from St Daintoro misses.
St Daintoro lands an overhand right.
Future takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
St Daintoro cracks Future with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
St Daintoro pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Future back to the cage. St Daintoro follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
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!
Nice takedown defense from St Daintoro. No joy for Future on that attempt.
St Daintoro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
St Daintoro throws out a loose jab but Future uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Daintoro scores with a jab to the jaw.

Future dives in and scores a takedown into St Daintoro's guard.
St Daintoro wants to stand up but Future is controlling him.

St Daintoro kicks Future off and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Daintoro throws a right hand that misses
and Future counters with a stiff right hand.
St Daintoro throws a jab but it's blocked by Future.
St Daintoro misses with a straight left.
St Daintoro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
St Daintoro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
St Daintoro misses with an uppercut

and Future decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in St Daintoro's guard.
Future is looking to stand up but St Daintoro won't let him.
Future won't allow St Daintoro to get back to his feet.
St Daintoro is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Future throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Future 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!
Future trying to control the position from guard on top but St Daintoro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Future stops St Daintoro from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro keeping moving, preventing Future from controlling successfully.
Future wants to pass the guard but St Daintoro is keeping the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Future won't allow St Daintoro to get back to his feet.
Future trying to control but St Daintoro is working from the bottom.
Future throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Daintoro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Future loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Future in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
St Daintoro wants to get back to his feet but Future is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future throws a big right hand that misses.
St Daintoro wants to stand up but Future is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Future trying to control the position from guard on top but St Daintoro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Daintoro wants to stand up but Future is controlling him.
Future is in close to St Daintoro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
St Daintoro wants to stand up but Future is controlling him.
Future looking to pass the guard.
Future with a nice head shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

St Daintoro is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Future has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. St Daintoro is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

St Daintoro manages to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Future throwing strikes but missing.
St Daintoro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Future throws a big right hand that misses.
Future throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Daintoro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
St Daintoro keeping moving, preventing Future from controlling successfully.
Future postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Future postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Future trying to control but St Daintoro is working from the bottom.
Future works over St Daintoro with some ground and pound from guard.
Future stands and throws St Daintoro's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Future is working St Daintoro over with some ground and pound from side control.
Future will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
St Daintoro is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Future has just dragged him back down to the mat.
St Daintoro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
St Daintoro is trying to buck Future off.
Future lands a decent elbow from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
St Daintoro pushes Future away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Future gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro taking punishment in the form of punches.
Future lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear St Daintoro down.

Future swings around for an armbar but St Daintoro sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Future's guard.

St Daintoro gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
St Daintoro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St Daintoro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Future shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. St Daintoro defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jones Future. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Daintoro fails to land with a series of punches.
St Daintoro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
St Daintoro connects with a single shot there.
St Daintoro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Future counters with a shoot takedown. St Daintoro fights it but they end up in guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Future lands a couple of decent looking shots.
St Daintoro keeping moving, preventing Future from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Future is in close to St Daintoro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Future won't allow St Daintoro to get back to his feet.

Future drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but St Daintoro manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Future has St Daintoro in his guard.
St Daintoro stopping the sweep attempt from Future.

Future looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Future has a closed guard, preventing St Daintoro from standing up.

St Daintoro stands up from Future's guard - St Daintoro perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro just misses with a punch to the body.
Future wants to clinch.
St Daintoro throws a lazy right hand but Future sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Future darts in and clinches St Daintoro up against the cage.
St Daintoro is trying to pull guard but Future turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

St Daintoro breaks the clinch.
St Daintoro is looking to chop away at Future's legs.
St Daintoro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Future.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - St Daintoro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St Daintoro throws an overhand right that lands on Future's shoulder, as Future tries to avoid the shot.
St Daintoro throws a series of punches but Future moves out of range.
St Daintoro misses with a body kick.
St Daintoro throws a jab when Future was well out of range.
Olivin St Daintoro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Future shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Daintoro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Future moves out of range as St Daintoro strikes.
St Daintoro throws out a leg kick but Future moves out of range and St Daintoro only half commits.

St Daintoro gets tackled into the cage by Future. Future maintains the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Daintoro cracks Future with a nice body shot.

St Daintoro pulls guard.

St Daintoro kicks Future off and gets to his feet.
St Daintoro looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Future misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Olivin St Daintoro will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jones Future's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Future displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as St Daintoro throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Future.
Olivin St Daintoro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Daintoro throws a hook but Future avoids it easily.
St Daintoro misses with an uppercut. Future saw that one coming.
St Daintoro throws a head kick that half lands.
Future slips a straight right by St Daintoro.
St Daintoro throws a lazy uppercut

and Future holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

St Daintoro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Daintoro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
St Daintoro throws a nice looking combination but Future bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
St Daintoro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Daintoro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Future has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
St Daintoro misses with a lunging right hand

and Future moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Future lands a body shot.
St Daintoro is breathing heavily.

Future successfully pulls guard.
Jones Future overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
St Daintoro wanted to stand there but Future had control of the position.
Future controls St Daintoro momentarily but St Daintoro frees himself.
St Daintoro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Future is proving hard to escape from.
St Daintoro is fighting to break Future's control of his arms but Future is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Jones Future has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Future shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with St Daintoro but St Daintoro pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro misses with a lunging right hand

and Future counters by moving into the clinch.
Future has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by St Daintoro after a bit of a struggle.
Future has had enough of the clinch but St Daintoro keeps him there for the moment.
Future is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but St Daintoro is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jones Future. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Daintoro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Future.
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!

St Daintoro breaks the clinch.
St Daintoro lands a head shot.
Future dodges the punch combination from St Daintoro.
No joy there for St Daintoro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
St Daintoro misses with a head kick.

Future fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. St Daintoro sprawls well initially but Future persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
St Daintoro tries to kick Future off but Future keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Future controlling the action here.
Ground and pound from Future.
St Daintoro pushes Future off looking to stand but Future dives back in and keeps control.
Future thows a huge punch but St Daintoro dodges it nicely.
St Daintoro is trying to stand back up but Future is controlling him
St Daintoro is in trouble now - Future has advanced to mount!
Future working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Future is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Future working St Daintoro over with strikes here.
Future working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Future cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

St Daintoro is rocked!
Future landing strikes from the mount and St Daintoro is in trouble!
St Daintoro is still in real trouble! Can Future finish him?
Future postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! St Daintoro is out cold - huge knockout for Future!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jones Future!
Jones Future opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.