PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hyun Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kengo Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Sudo
vs
Watanabe

187 cm
34
153 lbs
18 - 19 - 0

182 cm
33
200 lbs
15 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hyun Sudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kengo Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Watanabe has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

Watanabe shoots in and gets a takedown into Sudo's guard.
Watanabe connects with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe is looking to work some ground and pound but Sudo has wrist control.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sudo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Sudo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanabe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Watanabe is working Sudo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Watanabe postures up and lands a big shot to Sudo's brow.
Sudo wants to sweep but no luck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watanabe accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Watanabe chips away with some ground and pound.
Watanabe stands up over Sudo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sudo is breathing heavily.
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Watanabe distracts Sudo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watanabe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watanabe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watanabe postures up in Sudo's guard and throws a big left but Sudo blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watanabe with a nice head shot there.
Sudo wants to stand but Watanabe is controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Watanabe stands up over Sudo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watanabe is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe throws a big right hand that misses.
Sudo keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sudo working for a triangle but Watanabe defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe works over Sudo with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe scoring with some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Watanabe makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watanabe scoring with some ground and pound.
Watanabe postures up and lands a big shot to Sudo's brow.
Watanabe's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sudo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Watanabe.
Watanabe landing with the ground and pound.
Watanabe is working Sudo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a big right hand that misses.
Watanabe prevents Sudo from getting back to his feet.
Sudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sudo has momentary wrist control but Watanabe slips an elbow through the middle.
Watanabe trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.
Watanabe throwing strikes from guard but Sudo blocks nicely.
Watanabe cracks Sudo with a solid left hand.
Watanabe is stalling in the full guard.
Sudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watanabe works over Sudo with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sudo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watanabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sudo keeping moving, preventing Watanabe from controlling successfully.
Watanabe working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sudo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watanabe distracts Sudo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sudo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Watanabe cracks Sudo with a solid left hand.
Watanabe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Watanabe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanabe chips away with some ground and pound.
Watanabe trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.

Sudo has his foot on Watanabe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Watanabe works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kengo Watanabe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hyun Sudo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Watanabe misses with a double jab.
Nice takedown defense from Sudo. No joy for Watanabe on that attempt.
Watanabe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sudo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watanabe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sudo was well out of range. Poor timing from Watanabe.
Watanabe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Watanabe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sudo wants to clinch up but Watanabe keeps it at a distance.
Watanabe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hyun Sudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watanabe misses with a series of wild punches.
Sudo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watanabe moves out of range of the body kick from Sudo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Sudo instigates a clinch.
Sudo is stalling here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sudo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with some punches.
Watanabe is looking for a takedown.
Hyun Sudo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kengo Watanabe.
Sudo prevents the takedown attempt.
Sudo lands a nice uppercut.
Watanabe has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sudo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sudo can't find room to land a body shot as Watanabe controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Sudo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Sudo blocks an uppercut.

Watanabe gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Watanabe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sudo is controlling Watanabe's trapped leg to prevent Watanabe from advancing to side control.
Watanabe lands strikes from half guard.
Watanabe is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sudo!
Sudo is trying to escape the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watanabe unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe wants to control the pace but Sudo is squirming around nicely.
Watanabe has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sudo's face.
Watanabe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sudo hang on?
Watanabe working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Sudo is rocked!
Sudo is bucking up trying to escape but Watanabe cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Oh Sudo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watanabe fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Watanabe lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sudo hang on?
Watanabe unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Sudo wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Watanabe celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kengo Watanabe!
Kengo Watanabe seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.