PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randy Manpipe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rab Rehab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rehab has chosen saturday nights alright for fighting as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Manpipe
vs
Rehab

187 cm
27
186 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
44
177 lbs
40 - 36 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Manpipe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 36 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rab Rehab!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rehab motions for Manpipe to come forward. Rehab throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manpipe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rehab on the side of the head.
Rehab lands a nice shot to the body.
Manpipe misses with a wild body shot.
Rehab steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manpipe.
Manpipe thows a left - swing and a miss!
Randy Manpipe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rehab will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Manpipe throws a hook to the side of Rehab's head but Rehab sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manpipe throws a shot from downtown. Rehab moves away and avoids it.
Rehab throws a counter combo.
Manpipe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rehab counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Manpipe misses with a left hand
and Rehab counters with a stiff right hand.

Rehab darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rehab frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Manpipe blocking the ground and pound.
Manpipe is trying desperately to improve position.
Rehab lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Manpipe hang on?
Rehab lands a couple of good shots and Manpipe has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rehab punches the canvas rather than the man.

Rehab working for a choke but Manpipe is defending well.
Manpipe is trying to break free.

Rehab is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Manpipe wants to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rehab working for the choke.
Manpipe is in bad spot here.

Manpipe defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manpipe manages to reverse the position and now he's in Rehab's guard. Nice work there by Manpipe.
Rehab is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Rehab has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Manpipe doesn't defend quickly enough and Rehab has managed to lock this one up! Can Manpipe escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Rehab on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rab Rehab!
During a confident post fight interview, Rab Rehab thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.