PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between el Rey (ranked 24336 p4p, 4328 weight class) and Yuta Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for el Rey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Rey
vs
Watanabe

180 cm
18
160
0 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, el Rey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yuta Watanabe!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe scores with a nice strike.

Watanabe gets a clinch.
A short right from Watanabe.
Watanabe lands an uppercut.

el Rey's cut is getting worse.
Rey's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Watanabe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watanabe scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rey is rocked!

Watanabe drops Rey onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Rey is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Rey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watanabe lands a big right hand that drops Rey! The killer instinct kicks in and Watanabe finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Watanabe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuta Watanabe!