PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mighty Mouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Passi Lefros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mighty Mouse has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mouse
vs
Lefros

160 cm
24
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

169 cm
24
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mighty Mouse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Passi Lefros!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mouse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mouse swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lefros.
Mouse misses with a series of wild punches.

Lefros closes the distance and pushes Mouse back into the ropes.
Lefros is pushing Mouse up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A knee to the head by Lefros.
Lefros with a knee to the head.
Lefros lands a knee to the head.
Mouse is trying to break the clinch but Lefros is controlling him.
Lefros is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lefros stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Lefros.
Lefros stalling the fight.
Lefros with a knee to the head.

Mouse is rocked!
Mouse looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mouse tries to break free but Lefros pushes him back against the ropes.
Lefros leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Lefros throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mouse blocks it with crossed arms.
Lefros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lefros with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mouse wants to get back to striking at distance but Lefros won't allow it.
Lefros looking to throw knees to the head but Mouse is blocking nicely.
Mouse is looking to break free of the clinch but Lefros has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefros throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mouse blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Lefros.
Mouse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lefros tries a knee to the head but Mouse blocks it.
Lefros lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lefros misses with a knee strike.
Lefros looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mouse can't break the clinch.
Lefros lands a good knee to the midsection. Mouse won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lefros holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Lefros tries to land a knee to the head but Mouse blocks with his arms.
Mouse tries to circle away but Lefros has him pinned against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mouse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefros has Mouse pressed against the ropes.
Mouse is trying to force a seperation but Lefros has the dominant position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lefros - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lefros with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lefros looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lefros tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Lefros breaks from the clinch.
Mouse fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lefros looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mouse swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Lefros gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mouse takes a knee right on the jaw!

Lefros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lefros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mouse seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lefros on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Lefros clinches with his opponent.
Mouse tries to circle away but Lefros has him pinned against the ropes.
Mouse is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Lefros is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Mouse looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lefros lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lefros stalling in the clinch.
Lefros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lefros connects with a knee to the head.
Lefros using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mouse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mouse is trying to stall.
Mouse wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Passi Lefros dominated that round.
That's time! Mouse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lefros throws a body shot but no joy.
Mouse scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lefros in his tracks.
Mouse lands a jab.

Lefros rushes Mouse and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mouse managing to block the knees to the body from Lefros.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lefros - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lefros with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lefros putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mouse in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lefros lands a nice knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lefros landing knees to the head.
Lefros scores with a knee to the head.
Lefros lands a nice knee to the body.
Mouse looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
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!
The referee is keeping an eye on Lefros - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lefros looking to throw knees to the head but Mouse is blocking nicely.
Lefros tries to land a knee to the head but Mouse blocks with his arms.
Lefros swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lefros using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mouse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lefros is breathing heavily.
Lefros throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mouse blocks it with crossed arms.
Lefros with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mouse blocks an uppercut.
Mouse wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lefros has him pressed against the ropes.
Lefros has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mouse is trying to break free.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lefros scores with a knee to the head.
Lefros misses with a knee strike.

Lefros breaks from the clinch.
Mouse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lefros circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouse bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lefros's head backwards.
Mouse throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lefros only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mouse misses with the combination.

Lefros clinches with his opponent.
Mouse tries to circle away but Lefros has him pinned against the ropes.
Lefros throws an elbow but it misses.
Lefros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lefros tries to land a knee to the head but Mouse blocks with his arms.
Lefros looking to throw knees to the head but Mouse is blocking nicely.
Mouse wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lefros has him pressed against the ropes.
Mouse is trying to push Lefros away but Lefros has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Lefros tries a knee to the head but Mouse blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lefros using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mouse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lefros misses with a knee strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mouse is looking to break free of the clinch but Lefros has double underhooks.
Lefros misses with a knee to the head.
Mouse has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mouse can't break the clinch.
Mouse managing to block the knees to the body from Lefros.
Mouse is trying to push Lefros away but Lefros has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mouse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lefros keeps control of Mouse as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lefros blocks an elbow strike from Mouse.
Mouse tries to break the clinch but Lefros is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mouse takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lefros looking to throw knees to the head but Mouse is blocking nicely.

Lefros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lefros tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mouse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Lefros misses.
Lefros takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mouse lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mouse.
A jab from Mouse finds it's way through Lefros's defenses.
Passi Lefros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mouse comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lefros walks into a left hand.
Lefros wants to clinch.
Mouse lands a jab-cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Passi Lefros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Lefros takes the fight into the clinch.
Lefros throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mouse blocks it with crossed arms.
Lefros with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mouse blocks an elbow strike.
Lefros using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mouse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Lefros breaks from the clinch.

Mouse tries to keep at a distance but Lefros has taken the fight into the clinch.
Passi Lefros seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lefros tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lefros pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mouse fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mouse!
Mouse bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lefros's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lefros tries to clinch but Mouse is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouse takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mouse lands with a right hand.

Lefros closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Mouse wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mouse is looking to break free of the clinch but Lefros has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Mouse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lefros with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Lefros breaks from the clinch.
Mouse goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mouse's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mouse duly obliges.
Mouse lands with an uppercut that bounces Lefros off the ropes and back into range.
Mouse thuds a left hand into Lefros's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mouse falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lefros counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefros tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mouse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lefros takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mouse swats away the attempt to clinch by Lefros.
Lefros avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mighty Mouse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lefros takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Lefros clinches with his opponent.
Mouse looking to slow down the pace here.
Mouse tries to break the clinch but Lefros is controlling the position.
Lefros unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mouse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mouse wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lefros keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mouse's efforts to push away.
Lefros lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Lefros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lefros ducks under a wild hook from Mouse.
Mouse throws a nice looking combination but Lefros bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mouse throws a body punch but Lefros moves out of range.

Lefros moves into the clinch.
Lefros lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Lefros pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mouse misses the jab.

Lefros fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mouse, pushing him back against the ropes.
Mouse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mouse's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mouse takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lefros is trying to stall.
Lefros taking a breather.
Lefros throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mighty Mouse has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Lefros breaks the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Lefros 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lefros throws a shot from downtown. Mouse moves away and avoids it.
Mouse misses with a few strikes there.
Mouse throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lefros stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Lefros forces Mouse back against the ropes and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Passi Lefros.
I've got Lefros winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Passi Lefros!