PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Meatball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Golkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meatball comes into the arena with Spider ain't no sunshine blaring out of the sound system. Vincent Golkar is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Meatball
vs
Golkar

184 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Meatball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vincent Golkar!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Meatball rushes Golkar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Meatball gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Golkar.
Golkar drops down looking for an ankle pick but Meatball pulls his leg out and moves away.
Golkar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Meatball.
Golkar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Meatball is fending him off so far but Golkar persists. Nope, Meatball circles away and we're back to standing.
Michael Meatball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincent Golkar.

Golkar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Meatball's guard.

Golkar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Meatball has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Golkar has managed to get both his arms back between Meatball's legs - danger averted.
Golkar content to stall in guard here.

Meatball is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Golkar defends well.
Golkar sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meatball wants to stand up but Golkar is controlling him.
Meatball is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Meatball throws his legs up looking for a submission but Golkar uses it to pass to side control.
Golkar passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Meatball!
Meatball is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Golkar lands a big shot there that rocks Meatball but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Golkar looking to secure an arm triangle but Meatball defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meatball is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Meatball is working hard here to advance position.
Golkar avoids the attempt from Meatball to control.
Meatball taking shots to the head.
Golkar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Golkar tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Meatball is trying to escape the mount.
The referee warns Meatball that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Meatball is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golkar tries to control but Meatball wriggling away.
Meatball is looking to improve his position but Golkar isn't that keen on the idea.

Golkar looking for a guillotine from mount but Meatball is having none of it.
Meatball is wriggling around trying to escape.
Golkar controlling from the full mount.
Meatball throwing hammer fists to the chest of Golkar. What's that going to do exactly?
Golkar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Meatball wants to control but Golkar is having none of it.

That's four 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.
Golkar controlling the position easily from mount.
Golkar wants to control the pace but Meatball is squirming around nicely.
Golkar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Meatball really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Golkar controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Golkar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Golkar looks for a takedown but Meatball sprawls well.
Golkar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Meatball circles away.

Meatball shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

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

Meatball is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Golkar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Meatball tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Meatball wants to control but Golkar is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golkar is trying to get back to full guard.

Golkar makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Golkar fails with the takedown
and Meatball counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michael Meatball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincent Golkar.
Golkar is breathing heavily.
A head kick from Meatball lands but Golkar takes it in his stride.
Golkar fails with the takedown

and Meatball counters by clinching up.
Golkar wants a takedown but no success here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Meatball obliges.
Golkar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Meatball is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Meatball has Golkar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Golkar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Golkar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Meatball pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meatball lands a body shot in the clinch.
Golkar stops a takedown attempt from Meatball.
Meatball works on Golkar's body with a couple of short punches.
Meatball has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Golkar avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Meatball stalling in the clinch.

Meatball drags the fight down to the ground.
Golkar sitting in guard here, content to control.

Meatball looking for a guillotine here but Golkar defends easily.
Golkar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meatball works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Meatball wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Meatball working for a triangle but Golkar defends it easily.
Golkar is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Golkar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Golkar trying to control the position from guard on top but Meatball is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four 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.

Meatball throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Golkar stopping the sweep attempt from Meatball.
Meatball being controlled here, momentarily.
Golkar preventing the sweep.
Golkar scoring with some ground and pound.
Golkar wants to control from the top but Meatball keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Meatball dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Meatball tries a head kick but it misses.

Golkar feints and as Meatball raises his hands in defense, Golkar changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Meatball looking for a sweep. Not yet Meatball, not yet.
Meatball being controlled here, momentarily.

Meatball has an active guard here but Golkar has managed to pass into half guard.
Golkar prevents Meatball from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Golkar trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golkar takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Golkar in particular looking to stall.
Meatball gets back to full guard.

Meatball is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Golkar defends well.

Meatball working for a triangle but Golkar defends it easily.
Golkar sitting in guard, not really doing much.

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.
Meatball wants to sweep but no luck.
Golkar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Golkar taking a breather here.
Meatball tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Meatball is pushing Golkar's head away, looking to escape. Golkar manages to hold on to the position though.
Golkar is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Meatball's shoulder. That is not cool.
Meatball takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Meatball is trying to control Golkar's posture but Golkar avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meatball takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Golkar is trying to get an arm triangle but Meatball is defending well.
Meatball is looking for a sweep.
Meatball is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Golkar is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Meatball is working to get back to half guard.
Golkar scoring with strikes but Meatball is staying in there.
Meatball really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Golkar controlling from mount.
Meatball tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Golkar.
Golkar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Meatball tries to hold on but Golkar pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Golkar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Meatball is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vincent Golkar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Golkar 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Golkar!