PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryuga Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bench Press (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hideki
vs
Press

185 cm
23
212 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

165 cm
23
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuga Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bench Press!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Press fails with a takedown attempt.
A combination from Hideki does no damage.
Hideki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Press fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Press swats away the attempt to clinch by Hideki.
Hideki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Press is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hideki.
Hideki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good exchange - Hideki coming out on top.

It looks like Bench Press has been cut.
A combination from Hideki does no damage.
Press circles away from the clinch attempt.
Press slips a jab and a cross from Hideki.
Hideki throws a series of punches but Press avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Hideki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Press avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hideki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Hideki misses.
Ryuga Hideki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hideki wants to clinch.
Hideki scores with a shot to the body.
Hideki wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Press keeps the fight on the outside.
Ryuga Hideki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hideki wants to clinch up but Press keeps it at a distance.
Hideki lands with a nice combination. Press backs away looking to recover.
Press misses with a takedown attempt - Hideki sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ryuga Hideki has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bench Press.
Press shoots in for a double leg but Hideki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki tries to clinch up.
Hideki tries to clinch up but Press circles away and keeps his distance.
Press shoots in but no luck this time.
Press slips a jab and a cross from Hideki.
Press looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hideki is fending him off so far but Press persists. Nope, Hideki circles away and we're back to standing.
Hideki misses with a head kick.
Hideki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Press.
Hideki lands a head kick. Press smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuga Hideki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bench Press'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.

Press dodges the punch combination from Hideki.
Press avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hideki tries to clinch up.
Hideki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Press manages to avoid it.
Press fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hideki tries to clinch there but Press circles away.
Hideki swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hideki doesn't manage to clinch there - Press circles away.
Hideki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Press at a distance.
Hideki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Press swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hideki.
A right-left combo lands from Hideki.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hideki.
Press is trying desperately to land a takedown but Hideki is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Press.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki stuffs the takedown attempt from Press. Press gets slowly back to his feet.
Hideki tries to clinch there but Press circles away.
Press avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hideki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hideki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Press moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki lands a two punch combo.
Hideki scores with a body shot.
Hideki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Press swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hideki wants to clinch up but Press keeps it at a distance.
Hideki misses with a few strikes there.
Ryuga Hideki is winning the standup battle so far.
Hideki tries to clinch but Press is having none of it.
Hideki moves in looking to clinch but Press pushes him off.
Hideki tries to clinch but Press is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Press throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hideki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hideki tries to clinch but Press is having none of it.
Hideki wants to clinch.
Press slips a jab and a cross from Hideki.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hideki tries to bum rush Press with a series of wild strikes but Press uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryuga Hideki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bench Press's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hideki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Press stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hideki tries to clinch there but Press circles away.
Hideki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Press looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hideki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Press can do to turn this around?
Hideki is looking to stand up but Press isn't so interested in that idea.
Press trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki wants to stand and escape but Press is having none of it.
Press in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Press loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Press has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Press there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hideki digs a good body shot into Press's ribs.
Hideki misses with a double jab

and Press counters with a single leg into guard. Hideki didn't expect that.
Press content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Press stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hideki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hideki is looking to stand up but Press isn't so interested in that idea.
Press lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Press with a flurry of punches that miss.
Press throws a strike but Hideki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Hideki gets to his feet. Press looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Press takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hideki throws the left hand but Press avoids the punch easily.
Hideki is looking to wear down Press with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hideki takes a swing at Press's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hideki.
Press circles away from the clinch attempt.
Press fails with the takedown
and Hideki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hideki tries to clinch but Press is having none of it.
Press fails with the takedown
and Hideki counters with a head kick. That will keep Press thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hideki throws out a loose jab but Press uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki misses with a two punch combination.
Hideki misses with a two punch combination.
Hideki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hideki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hideki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bench Press has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hideki tries to clinch there but Press circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ryuga Hideki.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hideki, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Sano scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryuga Hideki!