PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauly Pigano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuuya Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda has chosen UnderDog - Test Eagles as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kuuya Ueda has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pigano
vs
Ueda

199 cm
19
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
270 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

Sex Panther!

Knox Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pauly Pigano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuuya Ueda!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ueda looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ueda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pigano.
Pigano takes a swing at Ueda's ribcage but misses.
Ueda tries a head kick but it misses.
Pigano connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheers as Pigano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ueda doesn't seem phased though.
Pigano definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ueda blocks a jab.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pigano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ueda tries a head kick but it misses.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pigano moves away
and Pigano counters with a nice uppercut.
Ueda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pigano delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pigano swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pigano.
Pigano lands a glancing blow to the side of Ueda's head.
Ueda wants to clinch up but Pigano keeps it at a distance.
Pigano blocks a head kick by Ueda.
Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pigano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ueda misses with a low kick.
Pigano is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Pigano does it's job there.

It looks like Kuuya Ueda has been cut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pigano, as that shot connected.
Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pigano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pigano swings for the body but Ueda moves out of range.
Pigano thows a body shot but no joy.
Pigano moves out of range of the leg kick from Ueda.
Pigano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ueda gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ueda misses with an elbow strike.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pigano blocks it with crossed arms.
Pigano takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pigano blocks an elbow strike from Ueda.
Pigano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ueda backwards.
Pigano misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Pigano avoids the damage to the body.

Pigano breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pigano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pigano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pigano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ueda.
Ueda is looking to clinch.
Pigano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ueda in his tracks.
Pigano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ueda throws a head kick but Pigano moves out of range.
Pigano scores with a body shot.
Ueda throws a push kick but Pigano slaps the foot to one side.
Pigano throws a shot from downtown. Ueda moves away and avoids it.
Pigano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ueda connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ueda is looking to slow Pigano down with leg kicks.
Ueda wants to clinch up but Pigano keeps it at a distance.
Pigano takes a swing at Ueda's ribcage but misses.
Pigano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ueda.

Ueda closes the distance and pushes Pigano back into the cage.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Ueda.

It looks like Pauly Pigano has been cut.
Pigano is breathing heavily.
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Pigano in his tracks for a moment.
Pigano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pigano misses with some punches.
Pigano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pigano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pigano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pigano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pigano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda connects with a leg kick. Pigano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuuya Ueda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ueda cracks the inside of Pigano's front leg.
Ueda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ueda throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Ueda has managed to clinch.
Pigano misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to land knees in the clinch but Pigano avoids the damage to the body.
Ueda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pigano is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Pigano blocks it.
Pigano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ueda connects with a knee to the head.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pigano tries to work over Ueda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda lands an elbow just above Pigano 's eye.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pigano has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ueda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kuuya Ueda will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pigano misses with a low kick.
Pigano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ueda doesn't manage to clinch there - Pigano circles away.
Ueda throws a hook to the side of Pigano's head but Pigano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pauly Pigano is winning the standup battle so far.
Ueda throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pigano.
Pigano just misses with a punch to the body.
Pigano thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ueda if he has to take too many more of those.
Ueda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pigano throws a lazy right hand but Ueda sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pigano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pigano throws a low kick but Ueda avoids it.
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!
Ueda takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pigano connects with a looping right hand.
Pigano swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pigano.
Pigano throws a hook but Ueda avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigano looks to land a left hand but Ueda moved out of range nicely.
Ueda moves to clinch but Pigano breaks away
and Pigano counters with a nice uppercut.
Ueda moves out of range of the strikes.

Pigano gets tackled into the cage by Ueda. Ueda maintains the clinch.
Pigano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ueda's elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ueda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pigano is defending well for now.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pigano blocks the elbow strike.
Kuuya Ueda seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but Pigano blocks with his arms.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pigano's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pigano managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Pigano avoids the elbow strike from Ueda, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Pigano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ueda connects with a knee to the head.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pigano blocks it with crossed arms.
Ueda is breathing heavily.
Pigano lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Pigano.
Pigano struggles to land a body shot inside as Ueda controls his hands.

Pigano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pigano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pigano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pigano throws out a powerful jab.
Ueda is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ueda throws a nice head kick!
Ueda wants to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Pigano scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pigano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ueda moves forwards but Pigano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch but Pigano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ueda fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pigano is out of range.
Ueda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ueda walks into a left hand.
Pigano misses with a wild body shot.
Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pigano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Ueda clinches.
Pigano taking a breather.
Pigano is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Pigano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Ueda.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pigano tries a body shot but Ueda blocks it.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Pigano is blocking nicely.
Pigano managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda throws an elbow that misses.
Ueda trying to land knees to the body.
Pigano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ueda's elbow.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pigano tries to work over Ueda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Pigano.
Pigano wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pigano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ueda's elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Pigano.
Pigano works on Ueda's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pigano.
Pigano taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pauly Pigano dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ueda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pigano, as that shot connected.
Pigano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ueda.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pigano is having none of it.
Ueda gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pigano throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ueda dodges the punch combination from Pigano.
Pigano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pigano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pigano throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ueda.

Ueda clinches up with Pigano and pushes him back against the cage.
Ueda throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pigano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
Ueda takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pigano stalling in the clinch but Ueda improves position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pigano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pigano is trying to break the clinch but Ueda is controlling him.
Pigano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pigano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Uedas head.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Pigano tries to break the clinch but Ueda is controlling the position.
Ueda has Pigano pressed against the cage, preventing Pigano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Pigano blocks it.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pigano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pigano presses Ueda against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pigano struggles to land a body shot inside as Ueda controls his hands.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.

Pigano breaks from the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Pigano.
Ueda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pigano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pigano connects with a leg kick. Ueda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pigano throws a combination. Ueda tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pigano scores with a sloppy right hand. Ueda should have avoided that one.
Pigano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pigano cracks Ueda with a good jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pigano.
Pigano lands a nice shot that snaps Ueda's head back.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pigano is having none of it.
Pigano misses with a body shot.
Pigano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ueda is able to avoid easily.
Pigano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pigano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pigano is having none of it.
Ueda's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pigano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ueda scrambles back to his feet.
Pigano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda slips a jab from Pigano.
Ueda tries to score with a low kick but Pigano moves his leg out of the way.
Ueda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pigano.
Ueda needs to keep his hands up - Pigano had a free shot at his head there.
Pigano moves out of range as Ueda throws a body kick.
Ueda wants to clinch but Pigano slips to the side
and Pigano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ueda.
Pigano misses with a wild body shot.
Pigano jabs Ueda right on the nose. Ueda blinks but takes it well.
Pigano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ueda throws a head kick that misses.
Pigano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ueda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ueda wants to clinch.
Pigano moves out of range as Ueda throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pigano throws a leg kick which misses Ueda's front leg but catches the back leg as Ueda tries to avoid it.

Ueda has Pigano up against the cage in a clinch.
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda connects with a knee to the head.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Pigano is blocking nicely.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ueda throws an elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pigano tries to throw a body punch but Ueda avoids it by throwing Pigano back against the cage.
Ueda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pigano is defending well for now.

Pigano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ueda scores with a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pauly Pigano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pigano has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pauly Pigano!
An out of breath Pauly Pigano thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Kuuya Ueda was interviewed post fight and said 'Battle Lost but the War continues Team Goroshi Proudly Sponsored by Tokyo United Fightwear & Knox Energy'.