PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gordon Kage (ranked 8644 p4p, 697 weight class) and Kenji Watanabe (ranked 2258 p4p, 302 weight class). Gordon Kage is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kage
vs
Watanabe

179 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
180 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gordon Kage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenji Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kage changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kage displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kage scores with a crisp jab that stopped Watanabe in his tracks.
Kage lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kage scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kage displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Watanabe feints and as Kage raises his hands in defense, Watanabe changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Watanabe postures up in Kage's guard and throws a big left but Kage blocks it.
Watanabe keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kage's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watanabe is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watanabe connects with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Watanabe lands a couple of digs.
Watanabe postures up in Kage's guard and throws a big left but Kage blocks it.
Watanabe is looking to work some ground and pound but Kage has wrist control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Watanabe working his ground and pound in the gym.
Watanabe postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe with a flurry of punches that miss.
Watanabe distracts Kage with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Watanabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kage looking to control.
Watanabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Watanabe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watanabe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Watanabe lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Kage is rocked!
Kage tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kage is breathing heavily.
Watanabe working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Watanabe with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Watanabe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oh Kage is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watanabe postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Kage covers up, he's hurt! Watanabe keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Watanabe and the ref steps in to end the fight! Watanabe can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Watanabe!
A very excited looking Kenji Watanabe made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.