PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fausto Folgore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janders Oberdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Folgore comes to the cage accompanied by TNT. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Folgore
vs
Oberdan

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fausto Folgore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Janders Oberdan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oberdan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Folgore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oberdan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oberdan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oberdan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oberdan throws a hook to the side of Folgore's head but Folgore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Folgore slips a jab and a cross from Oberdan.
Folgore tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oberdan swivels and escapes.
Folgore is breathing heavily.
Oberdan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oberdan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oberdan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oberdan lands a slapping body shot.
Oberdan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oberdan misses with a series of wild punches.
Oberdan misses with a series of wild punches.
Oberdan fails to land with a series of punches.
Oberdan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Oberdan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Oberdan throws a series of punches but Folgore moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Folgore drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Oberdan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Folgore looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Folgore is looking to take a break and control but Oberdan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oberdan is looking for a sweep.

Folgore tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Folgore has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Folgore working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oberdan gets back to half guard.
Oberdan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Folgore avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oberdan throws a nice looking combination but Folgore bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oberdan misses with a two punch combination.
Folgore misses with the combination.
Folgore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oberdan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Folgore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oberdan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Folgore manages to avoid it.
Folgore takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Fausto Folgore has been cut.
Janders Oberdan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Folgore shoots in for a takedown but Oberdan shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fausto Folgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oberdan misses with a combination
and Folgore counters with a slapping leg kick.
Folgore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oberdan's waist but Oberdan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Folgore off to one side.
Oberdan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Oberdan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oberdan.
Oberdan missing with a left hand there. Folgore was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oberdan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Folgore manages to avoid it.
Folgore shoots in and drives through. Oberdan sprawls well.
Folgore steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oberdan.
Oberdan throws a series of punches but Folgore moves out of range.
Oberdan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Horrible takedown by Folgore or perhaps it was just good defense by Oberdan which made him look bad.
Oberdan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oberdan misses with the combination.
Oberdan stuffs the takedown.
Folgore uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oberdan.
A punch combination from Oberdan misses.
Oberdan misses with an uppercut. Folgore saw that one coming.
Oberdan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Folgore shoots in looking for a takedown. Oberdan tries to sprawl out of it but Folgore keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Oberdan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Folgore fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oberdan looks to land a right hand but Folgore moved out of range.
Oberdan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oberdan misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Janders Oberdan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fausto Folgore's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Folgore looks for a takedown but Oberdan sprawls well.
Oberdan misses the shot to the body.
Oberdan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Folgore circles away quickly and effectively.
A right-left combo lands from Oberdan.
Folgore closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oberdan circles away.
Oberdan misses with a body shot.
Fausto Folgore is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oberdan misses with the combination.
Oberdan looks to land a combination but Folgore avoids it well.
Oberdan throws a right and a left that Folgore avoids nicely.
Oberdan misses with the combination.
No joy there for Oberdan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Folgore shoots in but Oberdan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fausto Folgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Folgore fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oberdan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Folgore circles away quickly and effectively.
Folgore fails with a takedown attempt.
Oberdan looks to land a combination but Folgore avoids it well.
Folgore looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oberdan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Folgore circles away quickly and effectively.

Folgore clinches with his opponent.
Oberdan has Folgore pushed against the cage.
Folgore keeps control of Oberdan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Oberdan pulls guard successfully.

Folgore drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Folgore jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Folgore preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Folgore wants to control from the top but Oberdan keeps moving.
Oberdan wants to sweep here but Folgore controlling him for the moment.
Oberdan keeping moving, preventing Folgore from controlling successfully.
Oberdan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oberdan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Folgore counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Oberdan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Oberdan is looking for a sweep. Folgore is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oberdan keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Folgore is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Folgore is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Oberdan is just riding it out for now. Folgore eventually gives up the hold.
Oberdan is trying to stand.

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.
Oberdan is looking to improve his position.
Oberdan controlling the position for now.
Oberdan wants to control but Folgore is keeping busy.
Oberdan is looking to improve his position.
Folgore is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Folgore landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oberdan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oberdan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Fausto Folgore will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fausto Folgore's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Folgore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck for Folgore with that takedown attempt.
Oberdan misses with a two punch combination.
Oberdan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Folgore circles away quickly and effectively.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Oberdan.
Folgore shoots in for a double leg but Oberdan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Oberdan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oberdan fails to land with a series of punches.
Folgore fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fausto Folgore. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oberdan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Folgore tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Oberdan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oberdan stalks Folgore and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Folgore's face. Folgore staggers backwards, shaken.
Folgore tries to work over Oberdan's front leg with a kick but Oberdan checks it.
Folgore tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Oberdan misses its intended target.
Oberdan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Folgore.
Oberdan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Folgore moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Folgore misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oberdan throws a nice looking combination but Folgore bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Oberdan misses with a series of wild punches.
Folgore tries for a takedown but Oberdan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Folgore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Folgore fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Oberdan misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Oberdan misses.
Folgore shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Oberdan throws a left and a right that both miss

and Folgore counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Folgore.

That's two 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.
Oberdan can't break the clinch.
Folgore tries to pull guard but Oberdan holds him up against the cage and eventually Folgore drops back down to his feet.
Oberdan wants a takedown.

Folgore pulls guard.

Oberdan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Oberdan stands up from Folgore's guard - Oberdan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Folgore closes the distance and clinches up with Oberdan, looking for a takedown. Folgore pushes Oberdan against the cage but Oberdan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Oberdan connects with a right hand. Folgore shakes it off.
Oberdan throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oberdan throws a hook to the side of Folgore's head but Folgore sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Folgore fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oberdan swinging wilding here.
Folgore fails with a takedown attempt.
Oberdan connects with the punch.
Oberdan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oberdan misses with a two punch combination.
Folgore shoots for a takedown but Oberdan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch combination from Oberdan misses.
Folgore shoots in and drives through. Oberdan sprawls well.
Oberdan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Folgore on the side of the head.
Janders Oberdan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oberdan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oberdan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Folgore looks for a takedown but Oberdan sprawls well.
Oberdan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Oberdan misses with a wild combination.
Folgore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oberdan.
Folgore shoots for a double leg takedown but Oberdan sprawls well. He's pushed Folgore's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Oberdan throws a series of punches but Folgore moves out of range.
Oberdan throws the left hand but Folgore avoids the punch easily.
Oberdan misses with a wild combination.
Oberdan looks to land a left hand but Folgore moved out of range nicely.
Folgore will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oberdan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice sprawl there from Oberdan as Folgore shoots in.
Folgore showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oberdan.
Folgore throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Oberdan's waist but Oberdan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Folgore off to one side.

And that's the end of the fight!
Janders Oberdan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Oberdan has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Janders Oberdan!