PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takumi Fujiwara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kris Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kris Coleman told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Fujiwara
vs
Coleman

150 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Takumi Fujiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kris Coleman!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujiwara paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fujiwara throws a jab but it's blocked by Coleman.
Coleman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Donk. Fujiwara catches Coleman right on the button with a cross.
Fujiwara misses with an uppercut. Coleman saw that one coming.
Fujiwara throws a jab when Coleman was well out of range.
Fujiwara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coleman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Coleman tries to clinch up but Fujiwara circles away and keeps his distance.
Coleman has a takedown stuffed.
Fujiwara scores with a one two! Coleman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fujiwara misses with a body shot.
Fujiwara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fujiwara throws out a loose jab but Coleman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujiwara slaps away a takedown attempt from Coleman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Takumi Fujiwara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kris Coleman.
Coleman tries to clinch up but Fujiwara circles away and keeps his distance.
Takumi Fujiwara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujiwara throws a right hand that Coleman ducks under and follows up with a left that Coleman also avoids with ease.
Coleman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Coleman slips a jab from Fujiwara.
Fujiwara misses with an uppercut.
Fujiwara swats away the attempt to clinch by Coleman.
Coleman shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fujiwara but Fujiwara pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Coleman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fujiwara fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Coleman on the side of the head.
Fujiwara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coleman manages to avoid it.
No luck for Coleman with that takedown attempt.
Fujiwara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara misses with a few strikes there.
Fujiwara throws a looping overhand right but Coleman ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Fujiwara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coleman shoots in but no luck this time.
Fujiwara works Coleman's body with a nice hook.
Coleman looks gassed!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coleman.
Fujiwara lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Coleman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fujiwara sprawls well initially but Coleman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman is thwarting Fujiwara's attempts to control the position.
Fujiwara tries to get to full guard but Coleman has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara is trying to maintain the position but Coleman is very close to passing his half guard.
Fujiwara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fujiwara trying to hold on to Coleman's head to control him but Coleman postures up.
Fujiwara tries to roll over but Coleman keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fujiwara regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fujiwara tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fujiwara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Coleman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fujiwara throws out the jab.
Fujiwara lands a lovely overhand right.
Fujiwara scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fujiwara scores with a decent looking hook.
Coleman shoots for a double leg takedown but Fujiwara sprawls well. He's pushed Coleman's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fujiwara closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Coleman moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takumi Fujiwara dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Coleman staying out of range there.
Coleman misses with a takedown attempt - Fujiwara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fujiwara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coleman moves away.
Coleman moves out of range as Fujiwara strikes.
Fujiwara swats away the attempt to clinch by Coleman.
Coleman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Coleman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fujiwara throws the left hand but Coleman avoids the punch easily.
Coleman is breathing heavily.
Coleman ducks under a wild hook from Fujiwara.
Fujiwara throws out a loose jab but Coleman uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Fujiwara misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujiwara scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fujiwara scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fujiwara lands a nice hook to Coleman's body. Coleman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fujiwara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Coleman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Coleman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coleman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fujiwara.
Fujiwara missing with a left hand there. Coleman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fujiwara lands a nice hook to Coleman's body. Coleman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Fujiwara as he connects with a hook.
Coleman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takumi Fujiwara is winning the standup battle so far.
Fujiwara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coleman was well out of range. Poor timing from Fujiwara.
Fujiwara keeps the fight on the outside.
Kris Coleman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman tries a head kick but it misses.
Coleman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fujiwara misses with a hook. Coleman ducked under it nicely.
Fujiwara lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Coleman backs up against the cage.
Fujiwara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Coleman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fujiwara misses with a body shot.
Coleman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Takumi Fujiwara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujiwara throws a big shot that misses.
Fujiwara throws a right hand that Coleman ducks under and follows up with a left that Coleman also avoids with ease.
Coleman doesn't manage to clinch there - Fujiwara circles away.
Fujiwara throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coleman on the side of the head.

Coleman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara trying to control the position.
Fujiwara might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fujiwara looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Coleman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Coleman passes the guard and advances to mount!
Coleman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fujiwara is bucking up trying to escape but Coleman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Coleman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Coleman lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fujiwara hang on?
Coleman prevents Fujiwara from getting the reversal.
Coleman scores with a couple of good head shots there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coleman looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takumi Fujiwara 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!

Fujiwara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fujiwara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Coleman shoots for a takedown but Fujiwara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fujiwara throws a lazy right hand but Coleman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coleman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fujiwara.
Coleman looks for a takedown but Fujiwara sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujiwara misses with an uppercut. Coleman saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Fujiwara.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fujiwara tests Coleman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fujiwara is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fujiwara misses with a hook. Coleman ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujiwara misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by Coleman.

Coleman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Coleman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fujiwara sees it coming and defends easily.
Fujiwara is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fujiwara is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujiwara keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Coleman tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Fujiwara has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Coleman is working away from the top position though.
Fujiwara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coleman can do to turn this around?
Fujiwara is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Coleman slips a jab and a cross from Fujiwara.
A shot to the body from Coleman misses
and Fujiwara counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Coleman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fujiwara throws out a loose jab but Coleman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujiwara ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fujiwara misses with a series of wild punches.
Coleman moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fujiwara misses with a few strikes there.
Fujiwara displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Coleman tries to clinch up
letting Fujiwara counter with a right hand.
Coleman shoots for a takedown but Fujiwara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Takumi Fujiwara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kris Coleman.
Fujiwara lands a right hook to the body.
Fujiwara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Fujiwara comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Coleman fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kris Coleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Fujiwara finds it's way through Coleman's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takumi Fujiwara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fujiwara, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takumi Fujiwara!