PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pimp Of Uberness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Uberness might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hail Mary. Makunouchi has chosen Pretender as his entrance music. Ippo Makunouchi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Of Uberness
vs
Makunouchi

164 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
138 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pimp Of Uberness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ippo Makunouchi !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uberness is looking to clinch.
Uberness ducks right into an uppercut from Makunouchi .
Uberness moves out of range as Makunouchi strikes.
Makunouchi misses with an uppercut.
A shot to de liver by Makunouchi . Beautiful body shot.
Uberness bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Makunouchi 's head backwards.
Uberness moves away from the strike by Makunouchi .
Pimp Of Uberness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makunouchi misses with a straight right.
Uberness is looking to clinch.
Makunouchi slips a jab and a cross from Uberness.
Makunouchi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Makunouchi .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi misses with the combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Uberness as he connects with a hook.
Uberness swinging wildly here.

Uberness closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Makunouchi did well to prevent Uberness getting side control.
Uberness prevents Makunouchi from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Uberness lands a nice short elbow.
Makunouchi wants to get back to full guard.
Uberness throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Makunouchi wants to get back to his feet.
Makunouchi is looking for a sweep. Uberness is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi wants to control but Uberness is keeping busy.
Makunouchi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Uberness. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Uberness prevents Makunouchi from standing back up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Uberness is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Makunouchi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Uberness in his tracks.
Uberness throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uberness lands a right hook to the body.
Ippo Makunouchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makunouchi . Uberness does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makunouchi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Makunouchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Uberness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Uberness was well out of range. Poor timing from Makunouchi .
Uberness throws a series of punches but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Uberness throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makunouchi counters with a straight right hand.
Uberness lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Makunouchi at a distance.
Uberness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makunouchi .
Uberness scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Makunouchi .
Uberness moves out of range of the strikes.
Uberness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Makunouchi .
Uberness tries to close the distance and clinch but Makunouchi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Uberness closes the distance and clinches.
Makunouchi is looking to break free of the clinch but Uberness has double underhooks.

Uberness gets control of Makunouchi 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Uberness will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Uberness controls Makunouchi momentarily but Makunouchi frees himself.
Makunouchi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Makunouchi tries to stand but Uberness is controlling from the bottom.
Uberness working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi throws a big right hand that misses.
Makunouchi is looking to stand up but Uberness won't let him.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Makunouchi stands up and waves to Uberness to follow him.
Makunouchi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makunouchi staying out of range there.
Makunouchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Uberness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the side of Uberness's head but Uberness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Uberness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Makunouchi misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's six 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.
Uberness shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Makunouchi defends it nicely.
Uberness throws a series of punches but Makunouchi avoids them all with ease.
Uberness swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Makunouchi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Uberness thinking.
Makunouchi misses with a series of wild punches.
Uberness throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Makunouchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Uberness misses with a body shot.
Uberness just misses with a punch to the body.
Makunouchi throws a hook but Uberness blocks it.
Makunouchi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Makunouchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A shot to the body from Uberness misses
and Makunouchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Uberness misses with a series of wild punches.
Uberness fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makunouchi manages to avoid it.
Makunouchi misses with an uppercut. Uberness saw that one coming.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Makunouchi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Uberness doesn't seem phased though.
Makunouchi thuds a left hand into Uberness's body.
Uberness is breathing heavily.
Uberness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uberness avoids a punch combination nicely.
Uberness slips under a jab.
Makunouchi slips a jab and a cross from Uberness.
Makunouchi swings for the body but Uberness moves out of range.
Uberness steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Makunouchi .

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi misses with a looping right.
Uberness misses with a body shot.
Makunouchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Uberness.
Uberness drops his hands momentarily and Makunouchi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Makunouchi misses with a hook.
Uberness just misses with a punch to the body.
Uberness misses the body punch
and Makunouchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Uberness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makunouchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ippo Makunouchi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Makunouchi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Uberness circles away quickly and effectively.
Uberness wants to clinch up but Makunouchi keeps it at a distance.
Uberness swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Makunouchi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Makunouchi throws an overhand right that lands on Uberness's shoulder, as Uberness tries to avoid the shot.
Makunouchi slips a straight right by Uberness.
A big right from Uberness misses.
A jab from Makunouchi misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the side of Uberness's head but Uberness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pimp Of Uberness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Uberness throws a combination that misses
and Makunouchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Makunouchi avoids the body shot from Uberness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uberness swings away with a body shot that misses
and Makunouchi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Makunouchi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Uberness counters with a nice double leg into side control. Makunouchi won't be happy with that.
Makunouchi wants to control but Uberness postures up.

Uberness looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Makunouchi is trying to get back to his feet.
Makunouchi is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Uberness wants to lay and pray for a moment but Makunouchi keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi bucks up and tries to throw Uberness off but instead Uberness has got his back!
Makunouchi tries to break free.
Uberness trying to control momentarily.
Makunouchi holding both Uberness 's hands and preventing any damage.
Makunouchi trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Uberness looking to break Makunouchi 's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Makunouchi remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Uberness will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Makunouchi is covering up but some of the strikes from Uberness are getting through and doing damage.
Uberness thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Uberness throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Makunouchi manages to reverse the position and now he's in Uberness's guard. Nice work there by Makunouchi .

Makunouchi stands and steps away. Uberness gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Uberness throws a jab when Makunouchi was well out of range.
Uberness wants to clinch.
Uberness avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Makunouchi .
Makunouchi moves away from the strike by Uberness.
Uberness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uberness is looking to clinch but Makunouchi is avoiding it.
Makunouchi scores with a nice head shot.
Makunouchi staying out of range there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Uberness looks to score with a jab to the body but Makunouchi is just out of range.
Ippo Makunouchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Makunouchi looks to land a right hand but Uberness moved out of range.
A leg kick checked by Uberness.
Makunouchi slips under a jab from Uberness.
Uberness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Makunouchi .
Uberness swings for the body but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Uberness throws a sloppy body shot
and Makunouchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Makunouchi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Makunouchi staying out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Makunouchi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Uberness has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Uberness and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Uberness ducks under a wild hook from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Uberness thows a left - swing and a miss!
Makunouchi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Uberness.
Uberness looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Uberness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Makunouchi misses with a looping left.
Uberness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uberness comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Uberness takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A punch combination from Makunouchi misses.
Uberness avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uberness throws a series of punches but Makunouchi avoids them all with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Makunouchi . No joy for Uberness on that attempt.
Uberness takes a swing at Makunouchi 's ribcage but misses.
Makunouchi throws a hook but Uberness avoids it easily.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Uberness avoids them all with ease.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Makunouchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Uberness throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uberness falls off balance throwing a combination
and Makunouchi counters with a two punch combo.
Makunouchi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Uberness.
Makunouchi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Makunouchi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Makunouchi looks to score with a jab to the body but Uberness is just out of range.
Makunouchi ducks under a wild hook from Uberness.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Uberness lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makunouchi circles away quickly and effectively.
Uberness tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Makunouchi finds it's target.
Uberness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Makunouchi .
Nice defenses there by Uberness.
Uberness slips a jab from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No luck for Uberness with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pimp Of Uberness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makunouchi looks to land a right hand but Uberness moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ippo Makunouchi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Makunouchi misses with a straight left.
Uberness throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makunouchi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uberness scores with a body shot.
Uberness throws a nice looking combination but Makunouchi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Uberness wants to clinch.
Uberness misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makunouchi lands a jab to the nose.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi misses with the combination.
Makunouchi throws a right hand that Uberness ducks under and follows up with a left that Uberness also avoids with ease.
Uberness throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Makunouchi throws a series of punches but Uberness moves out of range.
Uberness throws a right hand that Makunouchi ducks under and follows up with a left that Makunouchi also avoids with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Makunouchi misses the target.
Makunouchi misses with a looping right.
Makunouchi throws a hook but Uberness blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Uberness walks into a left hand.
Uberness tries to clinch there but Makunouchi circles away.
Makunouchi tries to move into range but Uberness moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Uberness wants to clinch but Makunouchi slips to the side
and Makunouchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Makunouchi throws a combination that misses
and Uberness counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Uberness slips a jab and a cross from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi lands with a nice body punch.
Makunouchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uberness tries to clinch up but Makunouchi circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uberness swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Uberness throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makunouchi counters with a two punch combo.
Makunouchi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makunouchi throws the left hand but Uberness avoids the punch easily.
Uberness shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Uberness misses with a hook.
Makunouchi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uberness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uberness tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Makunouchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Uberness is looking to clinch.
Makunouchi lands a jab.
Makunouchi lands a right hook to the body.
Uberness throws the left hand but Makunouchi avoids the punch easily.
Uberness misses the jab.
Makunouchi throws a combination that misses
and Uberness counters with a nice body shot.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi misses with a few strikes there.
Uberness looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Uberness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Makunouchi .
Uberness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Uberness throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makunouchi counters with a one-two to the body.
Makunouchi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Uberness doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Makunouchi .
Makunouchi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Uberness.
Makunouchi throws a series of strikes that have Uberness backpedaling.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Uberness looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Makunouchi is fending him off so far but Uberness persists. Nope, Makunouchi circles away and we're back to standing.
Makunouchi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Uberness to counter with a crisp jab.
Makunouchi with a nice cross.
Makunouchi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Uberness.
Makunouchi throws a hook to the side of Uberness's head but Uberness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Makunouchi .
Makunouchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Uberness moves away.
A left and a right from Makunouchi both land. Nice combination.
Makunouchi swings for the body but Uberness moves out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Uberness shoots and misses
and Makunouchi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pimp Of Uberness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Makunouchi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Uberness.
Uberness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Uberness tries to clinch but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Makunouchi swings for the body but Uberness moves out of range.
Makunouchi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Uberness.
Uberness throws a lazy right hand but Makunouchi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Uberness throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Makunouchi counter with a right hand.
Uberness walks into a straight right hand from Makunouchi .
Makunouchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uberness misses with a combination
letting Makunouchi counter with a right hand.
Ippo Makunouchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A jab from Uberness misses.
Uberness throws a series of punches but Makunouchi avoids them all with ease.
Makunouchi swinging wildly here.
Uberness looks to throw the jab but Makunouchi is out of range.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Uberness looks to land a right hand but Makunouchi moved out of range.
Makunouchi misses with a combination
and Uberness counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pimp Of Uberness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Makunouchi missing with a left hand there. Uberness was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Uberness misses the jab.
Uberness throws a body punch but Makunouchi moves out of range.
Uberness falls off balance throwing a combination
and Makunouchi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ippo Makunouchi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Makunouchi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 for Ippo Makunouchi !
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Ippo Makunouchi !
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Ippo Makunouchi !

Ippo Makunouchi wins by unanimous decision!