PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Praying Mantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Don (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Praying Mantis has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Praying Mantis seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Mantis
vs
Don

189 cm
20
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

191 cm
24
197 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Praying Mantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Don!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mantis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Don throws out a loose jab but Mantis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Don throws a looping overhand right but Mantis ducks down to avoid it.
Mantis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A combination from Mantis does no damage.
Don misses with a hook. Mantis ducked under it nicely.
Mantis slips under a jab.
Mantis throws a shot from downtown. Don moves away and avoids it.
Don throws a big shot that misses.
Don works the jab nicely.
Don misses with a hook.
Don lands an overhand right.

Mantis moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Mantis scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mantis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Mantis.

Mantis manages to break the clinch.
Mantis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Don stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Don looks to score with a jab to the body but Mantis is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Mantis.
Don swings widly with a right hand
and Mantis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Mantis finds it's way through Don's defenses.

Don is rocked!
Don defending well as Mantis loads up on a big left hand.
Don is still on wobbly legs! Can Mantis finish him?

Mantis drives through and clinches with Don against the cage.
A short right from Mantis.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Mantis.
Don wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mantis has him pressed against the cage.

Mantis drops Don onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Don is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Mantis lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Don to his knees! Mantis keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Praying Mantis!
Praying Mantis thanked the fans post fight for their support.