PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francois Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feng Aue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Faber
vs
Aue

182 cm
27
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
206 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Francois Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Feng Aue!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aue is trying hard to land a takedown here. Faber sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Faber fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Aue tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aue closes the distance but Faber moves to the side
and Faber counters with a head kick.
Faber slaps away a takedown attempt from Aue, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Feng Aue seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faber listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Aue shoots for a double leg takedown but Faber sprawls well. He's pushed Aue's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Francois Faber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Feng Aue.
Good leg kick by Faber there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Faber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Faber connects with a leg kick. Aue looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aue shoots in looking for a takedown but Faber manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aue's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Faber throws a nice head kick!
Aue tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Faber swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Aue looks winded!
A chopping leg kick lands by Faber.
A good leg kick by Faber.
Aue tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Faber is looking to slow Aue down with leg kicks.
Faber connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Faber takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Faber.
Faber missing with knees to the body.
Faber is pressed up against the cage. Aue has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Faber down to the mat. Faber avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Faber throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber pushes off an throws an elbow but Aue leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aue blocks the elbow strike.
Aue managing to block the knees to the body from Faber.
Faber makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Faber.
Faber digs a right hand underneath Aue's ribcage. Aue let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faber throws an elbow but it misses.
Faber tries to land knees in the clinch but Aue avoids the damage to the body.
Faber scores with a shoulder strike.
Faber blocks an uppercut.
Faber scores with a shot to the side of Aue's head.
Aue dodges an elbow strike from Faber.
Faber throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Faber throws an elbow that misses.
Aue blocks an elbow strike from Faber.
Faber missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aue can't get the takedown.
Faber misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Faber scores with a nice short uppercut.
Faber gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Aue.
Faber pushes off an throws an elbow but Aue leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Faber misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aue.
Faber pushes off an throws an elbow but Aue leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Faber throws an elbow but it misses.
Aue blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Faber pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Aue takes an elbow to the temple.
Faber throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Faber just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aue's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Feng Aue has been cut.
Aue blocks an elbow strike.
Faber creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aue tries to pull guard but Faber won't allow it.
Aue is trying to break the clinch but Faber is controlling him.
Aue dodges an elbow strike from Faber.
Aue tries to score a body lock takedown but Faber shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Aue's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Faber misses with an elbow over the top.
Faber cracks Aue with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faber misses with an elbow strike.
Aue drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Faber gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Aue misses with an elbow strike.
Faber throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Francois Faber dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Feng Aue's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A head kick from Faber lands but Aue takes it in his stride.
Faber lands with a thumping leg kick.
Francois Faber is winning the standup battle so far.
Faber lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Aue is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aue shoots in looking for a takedown. Faber tries to sprawl out of it but Aue keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Faber manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Faber throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Aue's head.
Aue throws a sloppy head kick
and Faber counters with a good low kick that Aue was not able to check.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aue avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faber lands a head kick. Aue smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Aue lands a body shot.

Faber lands a big head kick that sends Aue tumbling to the mat! Faber takes a step backwards and waves Aue back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Aue is rocked!
Aue is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aue gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Faber gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Aue is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francois Faber!