PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Sen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sen has chosen AC/DC - TNT as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Giles
vs
Sen

165 cm
19
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Sen!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles checks the leg kick nicely there.
No luck for Giles with that takedown attempt.
Giles looks for a takedown but Sen sprawls well.
Sen scores with a spinning back kick!
Sen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sen slaps away a takedown attempt from Giles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Giles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Giles.
Sen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
John Giles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sen moves in looking to clinch but Giles pushes him off.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Giles.
Sen avoids the head kick by Giles.
Giles is breathing heavily.
Giles keeps the fight on the outside.
Sen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sen, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sen lands a big head kick that sends Giles tumbling to the mat! Sen takes a step backwards and waves Giles back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like John Giles has been cut.

Sen closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Giles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Sen pulls guard effortlessly.
Sen wants to stand but Giles is controlling the position.
Giles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Giles with a flurry of punches that miss.
Giles throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles looking to pass the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sen tries to clinch there but Giles circles away.
Giles fails with the takedown.
Giles throws a combination that misses
and Sen makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Giles really felt that one!

Sen clinches with his opponent.
Giles takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sen working Giles over with knees to the body.
Sen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Giles's face.
Knees to the body from Sen.

Sen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sen is looking to clinch.
Sen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Giles throws a sloppy head kick
and Sen counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sen tries a head kick but it misses.
Giles throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Sen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sen.
Giles tries for a takedown. No joy.

Sen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Giles lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Giles's face.

Sen manages to break the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sen!

Sen closes the distance and clinches.
Giles tries for a takedown. No joy.
Stalling in the clinch from Sen.

Sen successfully pulls guard.
Sen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sen keeping moving, preventing Giles from controlling successfully.
Sen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Giles is controlling him.
Giles is looking to work some ground and pound but Sen has wrist control.

Giles decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sen, up you get!
Sen leaves Giles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crunch! Sen slams his shin into Giles's torso.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sen tries to close the distance and clinch but Giles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Sen darts in and clinches Giles up against the ropes.
Sen slows down the pace here.

Sen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giles misses with a takedown
and Sen counters with an inside leg kick.
Sen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice body kick there by Sen.
Giles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sen throws a head kick that Giles semi-blocks.
Sen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Giles. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sen drives through and clinches with Giles against the ropes.
Sen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Giles in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Sen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sen scores with a head kick.
Giles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Giles misses with the combination.
Sen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good leg kick by Sen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Giles. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Giles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Sen darts in and clinches Giles up against the ropes.
Sen gets underhooks to prevent Giles's takedown attempt.

Sen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sen misses with a head kick.
Giles closes the distance but Sen moves to the side

and Sen counters by clinching up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sen prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Giles drops down looking for an ankle pick but Sen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Sen moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sen crunches a lovely knee into Giles's ribcage.
Giles goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sen prevents it.

Sen breaks from the clinch.
Sen doesn't manage to clinch there - Giles circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sen.
Sen throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Giles's head.
Sen scores with a nice body kick.
Sen tries to clinch there but Giles circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sen, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giles takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sen tries to clinch up.
Giles shoots in but no luck this time.
Sen tries a head kick but it misses.
Sen tries to clinch up
and Giles counters with a good low kick that Sen was not able to check.
Sen throws a head kick that half lands.
Sen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Giles.
Sen scores with a head kick.
Sen throws a head kick but Giles moves out of range.
Giles swinging wildly here.
Giles scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sen tries to clinch but Giles is having none of it.

Sen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Giles to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sen has a closed guard, preventing Giles from standing up.

Sen pushes Giles off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Giles fails with the takedown
and Sen counters with a good low kick that Giles was not able to check.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sen darts in trying to clinch

and Giles counters with a single leg into guard. Sen didn't expect that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Sen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Giles's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sen scoring well with a low kick there.
No luck for Giles with that takedown attempt.

Sen moves into the clinch.
Sen gets underhooks to prevent Giles's takedown attempt.
Sen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Giles lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Sen.

Sen breaks from the clinch.
Sen lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Giles tries to keep at a distance but Sen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sen lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sen - that will leave a mark!
Giles misses with a takedown

and Sen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Giles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sen scores a nice knee to the body.
Giles drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sen stalling in the clinch but Giles improves position.
Sen landing knees to the body.
Sen crunches a lovely knee into Giles's ribcage.
Sen is pressed up against the ropes. Giles has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sen down to the mat. Sen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sen connects with a solid leg kick.
Sen wants to clinch.
Giles blocks a head kick by Sen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles throws a lazy head kick
and Sen counters with a series of strikes. Giles will be more careful next time no doubt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Giles is defended easily by Sen.
Sen throws a head kick that Giles semi-blocks.
Sen stuffs the takedown attempt from Giles. Giles gets slowly back to his feet.
Sen tries to clinch up.
Sen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Giles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Giles sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Giles takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sen tries to clinch but Giles is having none of it.
Giles will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Sen moves into range and clinches up with Giles.
Giles takes a knee to the side of the body.
Giles is working for takedown but Sen is calmly controlling the position for now.

Sen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sen sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Giles swats away the attempt to clinch by Sen.

Sen instigates a clinch.
Sen just leaning against Giles, taking a breather.
Giles is trying to drag Sen to the mat but Sen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.

Sen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sen scores with a head kick.
Jin Sen seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Sen instigates a clinch.
Sen landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sen stalling in the clinch but Giles improves position.
Sen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sen unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Sen manages to break the clinch.
Sen tries to close the distance and clinch but Giles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giles blocks a low kick nicely.
Sen throws a leg kick but Giles sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Giles throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sen scoring well with a low kick there.
Giles misses with a combination
and Sen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Giles's knee momentarily.
Giles takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Giles fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sen instigates a clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Giles drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Giles takes a knee to the side of the body.

Sen pulls guard.
Giles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sen is looking to stand up but Giles isn't so interested in that idea.
Giles looking to pass the guard.
Giles wants to control from the top but Sen keeps moving.

That's six 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.
Giles stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sen swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Giles gets to his feet - Sen follows without any prompting.
Sen is looking to clinch but Giles is avoiding it.
Sen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Giles swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Giles walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sen.
Sen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sen thumps Giles with a low kick.

Sen rushes Giles and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Sen breaks from the clinch.
Sen with a nice cross.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Sen instigates a clinch.

Sen breaks the clinch.
Giles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sen avoids it really well and circles away.
Giles doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sen counters with an outside leg kick.
Giles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sen.
Giles closes the distance and clinches up with Sen, looking for a takedown. Giles pushes Sen against the ropes but Sen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sen throws a right and a left that both miss.
John Giles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sen moves in looking to clinch but Giles pushes him off.

Sen darts in and clinches Giles up against the ropes.
Giles can't get the takedown.
Sen crunches a lovely knee into Giles's ribcage.
Sen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sen crunches a lovely knee into Giles's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Sen.
Sen wants a takedown.

Sen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giles misses with a combination
and Sen counters with a nice low kick that buckles Giles's knee momentarily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sen avoids the head kick by Giles.
Jin Sen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sen, right into the meat.
Giles throws a right and a left that Sen avoids nicely.
Sen wants to clinch.

Sen forces Giles back against the ropes and clinches.
Sen lands a knee to the body.

Sen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Giles's head.
Sen leaves Giles with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Giles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Giles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sen.

Sen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Giles.

Sen breaks the clinch.

Sen takes the fight into the clinch.
Sen prevents the takedown attempt.
Sen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sen stalling in the clinch but Giles improves position.
Sen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Giles's face.
Sen lands a knee to the head.

Sen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A cross from Giles lands.
Sen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Giles counters with a one-two to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jin Sen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sen 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Jin Sen!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Jin Sen!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Jin Sen!

Jin Sen wins by unanimous decision!