PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Colin Tan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chinzo Matsuzaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tan
vs
Matsuzaka

177 cm
19
175 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Colin Tan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chinzo Matsuzaka!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuzaka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Tan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Matsuzaka misses with a few strikes there.
Tan lands with a nice body punch.
Tan tries to clinch

and Matsuzaka holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matsuzaka prevents it.
Tan tries to work over Matsuzaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tan throws a head punch that misses.
Tan takes a shot to the head.
Matsuzaka lands a nice shot to the body.
Tan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuzaka lands a shot to the body.
Tan is looking to break free of the clinch but Matsuzaka has double underhooks.
Matsuzaka scores a nice knee to the body.
Matsuzaka lands an elbow just above Tan 's eye.
Matsuzaka tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matsuzaka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Matsuzaka wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Matsuzaka drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Colin Tan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chinzo Matsuzaka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuzaka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Matsuzaka has him pressed against the cage.
Tan wants to stall.
Tan wants to break free but Matsuzaka has control.
Tan drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matsuzaka lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tan or not.
Tan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Matsuzaka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Matsuzaka landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Matsuzaka looks gassed!
Tan tries to stall but Matsuzaka uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tan is looking to break free of the clinch but Matsuzaka has double underhooks.
Tan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matsuzaka prevents it.

Matsuzaka decides to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matsuzaka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matsuzaka on the ground.
Matsuzaka keeping moving, preventing Tan from controlling successfully.
Tan with a nice head shot there.
Tan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Matsuzaka keeping moving, preventing Tan from controlling successfully.
Tan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tan stops Matsuzaka from standing up.
Tan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Matsuzaka preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Tan drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Matsuzaka manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Tan has Matsuzaka in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Tan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Matsuzaka working Tan over with strikes.
Matsuzaka is tying to control. Tan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Matsuzaka is working away from the top position though.

Matsuzaka is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Matsuzaka.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tan is looking to improve his position.
Tan is working hard here to advance position.
Tan missing with punches from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Matsuzaka goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Tan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Matsuzaka counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tan's knee momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Chinzo Matsuzaka will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tan gets a takedown into half guard.
Matsuzaka wants to control but Tan passes into side.
Tan content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Tan scoring with punches and elbows.
Matsuzaka takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tan scores with a couple of short elbows.

Matsuzaka explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuzaka wants to clinch but Tan slips to the side

and Tan counters with a shoot takedown. Matsuzaka fights it but they end up in guard.

Matsuzaka has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tan landing some decent shots from guard.

Matsuzaka had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Tan is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Matsuzaka Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Tan's back instead.
Matsuzaka misses with an elbow to the head.
Tan tries to roll but Matsuzaka sticks to his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka doesn't have the hooks in and Tan manages to turn into his guard.
Matsuzaka trying to control the position.
Tan trying to control the position from guard on top but Matsuzaka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tan tries to clinch but Matsuzaka is having none of it.
Chinzo Matsuzaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matsuzaka tries to clinch up but Tan circles away and keeps his distance.
Matsuzaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matsuzaka paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka tries to clinch but Tan moves out of range.
Tan lands a with a good body shot.
Tan swats away the attempt to clinch by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tan doesn't manage to clinch there - Matsuzaka circles away.

Matsuzaka closes the distance and clinches.
Matsuzaka blocks an uppercut.
Matsuzaka wants to stall.

Tan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tan manages to end up in side control.
Matsuzaka is trying to buck Tan off.
Tan lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tan working the head with strikes.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Matsuzaka is trying to control Tan's posture but Tan avoids it.
Tan tries to move to mount but Matsuzaka blocks the move with his legs.
Tan tries to score with some ground and pound. Matsuzaka controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Matsuzaka sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Matsuzaka tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Matsuzaka gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Tan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tan tries to clinch up but Matsuzaka circles away and keeps his distance.
Matsuzaka fails with the takedown

and Tan counters by clinching up.
Matsuzaka lands a knee to the body.
Tan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matsuzaka backwards.
Matsuzaka looking to stall.
Tan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Matsuzaka lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tan backwards.
Matsuzaka working aggressively here.
Tan is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tan wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tan gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Matsuzaka trying to control here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matsuzaka is looking to control Tan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Matsuzaka avoid being mounted?
Ground and pound from Tan.
Tan moves into full mount! Matsuzaka won't be happy about that!
Tan breaks from Matsuzaka's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Matsuzaka is looking to improve his position but Tan isn't that keen on the idea.
Colin Tan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Matsuzaka?
Matsuzaka is trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tan with good strikes from the mount here!
Tan with shots to the head and body - Matsuzaka looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tan unloading with bombs!
Tan working the ground and pound effectively.
Matsuzaka is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Tan working the ground and pound effectively.
Tan lands a nice shot to the head.
Tan lands a nice shot to the head.
Tan landing strikes from the mount and Matsuzaka is in trouble!
Tan is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Matsuzaka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka is trying to stand up.
Tan unloading with bombs!
Tan lands a heavy elbow.
Matsuzaka is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Matsuzaka gets back to half guard.
Tan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Matsuzaka with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tan landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tan trying to control the action but Matsuzaka is working from the bottom.

Matsuzaka looking for submissions off his back.
Matsuzaka regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Tan.
Tan won't allow Matsuzaka to get back to his feet.
Tan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Matsuzaka's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matsuzaka looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tan is one step ahead there.
Tan distracts Matsuzaka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Tan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tan 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Tan!