PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sota Herra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sususuma Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sin has chosen The Pirate Shanty as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Sususuma Sin will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Herra
vs
Sin

171 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Polar Bear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sota Herra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sususuma Sin!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herra takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sin looks to score with a jab to the body but Herra is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Sin.

It looks like Sota Herra has been cut.
A jab from Sin finds it's way through Herra's defenses.
Herra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sin's corner calls for a 1-2. Sin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sin connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sin misses with a lunging right hand

and Herra counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Herra content to control rather than advance.
Herra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra throwing shots but Sin is blocking nicely.
Herra controlling the pace.
Herra passes to full mount!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Herra controlling from the full mount.
Herra is landing with some decent strikes but Sin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Herra controlling the pace for now.
Herra prevents Sin from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
Herra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Herra raining down shots from the mount!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herra landing shots from mount.
Herra cracks Sin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
Herra tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Herra scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sin?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Herra connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Herra takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Herra with a couple of short strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Herra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Herra raining down shots from the mount!
Herra controlling the position easily from mount.
Sin looks winded!
Herra lands a big elbow.
Herra working Sin over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herra scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Herra scoring with strikes but Sin is staying in there.
Herra is landing with some decent strikes but Sin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Sin is rocked!
Herra controlling from mount.
Herra with good strikes from the mount here!
Sin is still in real trouble! Can Herra finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Herra lands with some strikes.
Sin seems to have recovered his senses.
Herra controlling the pace for now.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herra seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sin for as long as he can get away with.
Herra scoring with strikes but Sin is staying in there.
Herra landing strikes, looking to finish!
Herra lands a couple of good shots and Sin has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Herra throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Sin!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sin takes a big shot to the side of the head.
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!
Sin is trying to remain composed but Herra is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Herra really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Sin.
Herra scores with punches from the back.
Herra keeps control of the position easily here as Sin tries to buck him off.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Herra.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands with a hammerfist to the side of Sin's head.
I would not like to be Sin right now.
Herra lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Herra scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Sin is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Herra.
Herra scores with punches to the body.
Herra lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Herra lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Herra is riding his opponent, not letting Sin buck him off.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Herra.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Herra lands strikes to the head.
Herra lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Herra.
Herra scores with punches and elbows.
Herra scores with punches to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Herra is riding his opponent, not letting Sin buck him off.
Sin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Herra. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Herra landing with strikes.
Herra throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sin could be in trouble here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Herra has good solid back control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sota Herra dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sota Herra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Sin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sota Herra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Herra.
Sin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Herra in his tracks.
Sin misses with a lunging right hand

and Herra counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Sin!
Herra controlling from side mount.
Herra's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Herra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sin can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra scores with a couple of short elbows.
Herra taking a breather here.
Sin is breathing heavily.
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Herra connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herra landing a few strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herra controls the position from side control.
Sin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Herra working the head with strikes.
Herra is chipping away with strikes.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sota Herra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Herra just content to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands an elbow.
Sin taking punishment in the form of punches.
We've been informed that Sin has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sin is trying to escape the position but Herra is controlling the position.
Herra scoring with punches and elbows.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Herra takes a little break here. Sin wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sin trying to remain calm as Herra controls from the top position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Herra looks up at the clock and then as Sin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Herra smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Herra working the ground and pound.
Sin is letting Herra control him for a moment.
Herra scores with punches from side control.
Herra content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Herra working the head with strikes.
Herra scores with a couple of short elbows.
Herra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Herra slows the pace down.
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Herra lands a nice forearm strike.
Sin trying to remain calm as Herra controls from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Herra controls the position.
Herra is putting a hurting on Sin here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sin is being controlled here.
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Sin is being controlled here.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Herra cracks Sin with a big right hand but Sin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Herra lands a few punches from side control.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Herra creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Herra is staying tight to Sin's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Herra cracks Sin with a big elbow.
Herra is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Sin will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Herra cracks Sin with a big elbow.
Herra remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sota Herra has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sin misses with a straight right.
Sin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Herra steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sin.
Herra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sin manages to avoid it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sin misses with a wild body shot.
Herra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sin dodges the punch combination from Herra.
Herra takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Herra scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Herra slips a nice elbow through Sin's hands, connecting with Sin's forehead.
Herra passes to side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Herra landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sota Herra dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sota Herra's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Herra closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Herra working the ground and pound.
Herra working the ground and pound.
Herra working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Sin's face as Herra controls the position.
Herra working the head and body with strikes.
Herra has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Herra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Herra landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sin is letting Herra control him for a moment.
Herra is working Sin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Herra just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herra scoring with punches and elbows.
Sin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sin is being controlled here.
Herra scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sin to see if he's OK.
Herra working the ground and pound from side control.
Herra slows the pace down.
Herra in side control lands a decent elbow.
Herra working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sin is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herra lands a strong strike to the head of Sin. That's dazed him! Herra looking to finish here. Sin is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Herra lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sota Herra!