PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between BJJAndWrestling Trainer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damarcus Musasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musasi has chosen Daft Punk - Aerodynamic as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. BJJAndWrestling Trainer could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Damarcus Musasi's chin.

Trainer
vs
Musasi

185 cm
22
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
235 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, BJJAndWrestling Trainer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damarcus Musasi!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Musasi stuffs the takedown attempt from Trainer. Trainer gets slowly back to his feet.

Trainer fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Musasi sprawls well initially but Trainer persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Trainer tries to pass to full mount but Musasi defends it.
Musasi is looking to control Trainer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Musasi avoid being mounted?
Trainer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Trainer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Musasi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Trainer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Musasi defending well though.
Trainer wants to advance to full mount but Musasi doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Trainer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Musasi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Trainer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Musasi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Musasi connects with a high kick.
Musasi stuffs the takedown attempt from Trainer. Trainer gets slowly back to his feet.
Musasi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Trainer is breathing heavily.
Musasi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
BJJAndWrestling Trainer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trainer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJJAndWrestling Trainer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trainer fails to land the takedown.
Musasi is looking to slow Trainer down with leg kicks.
Musasi goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trainer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Musasi. That one must have hurt.
Trainer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Musasi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Musasi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Musasi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Musasi lands a knee to the head.

Trainer is rocked!

It looks like BJJAndWrestling Trainer has been cut.

Musasi lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Trainer goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Musasi in side control.
Oh Trainer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trainer is looking to reverse the position.
Trainer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Musasi working the body and head with strikes.
Trainer tries to buck Musasi off but Musasi is having none of it.
Trainer looking for a sweep but Musasi has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Musasi should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Musasi trying to control but Trainer is having none of it.
Trainer is trying to reverse the position but instead Musasi has taken his back - oops!
Trainer seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Musasi manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Trainer is having to fend off submission attempts from Musasi, who is looking to sink in the choke. Musasi doesn't have the hooks in though and Trainer manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
Musasi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Trainer lands a couple of elbows.
Trainer trying to control but Musasi is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Musasi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Trainer looking to sit in guard and control but Musasi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Musasi trying to control but Trainer is working from the bottom.

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.
Musasi stays in close to Trainer's body and controls the position.
Musasi trying to control but Trainer is working from the bottom.
Trainer pulls Musasi in to control the position.
Trainer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Trainer wants to improve his position but instead Musasi has moved into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trainer is staying active underneath Musasi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Musasi prevents Trainer from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damarcus Musasi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BJJAndWrestling Trainer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trainer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Trainer shoots for a takedown but Musasi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Trainer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Musasi is fending him off so far but Trainer persists. Nope, Musasi circles away and we're back to standing.
Musasi connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice sprawl there from Musasi as Trainer shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJJAndWrestling Trainer. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Musasi gets a clinch.
Trainer tries to pull guard but Musasi holds him up against the cage and eventually Trainer drops back down to his feet.
Trainer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Musasi just stands there and leans against the cage.
Musasi with a knee to the head.

Musasi manages to break the clinch.
Trainer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice takedown defense from Musasi. No joy for Trainer on that attempt.
Trainer closes the distance and clinches up with Musasi, looking for a takedown. Trainer pushes Musasi against the cage but Musasi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Musasi is looking to slow Trainer down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Musasi darts in and clinches Trainer up against the cage.
Musasi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trainer's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Musasi lands an elbow inside.

Musasi connects with a massive knee from the clinch and Trainer goes down! Musasi jumps into full mount looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trainer tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Musasi with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Musasi looking to control but Trainer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Musasi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Trainer is looking to get to half guard.
Trainer looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Musasi is trying to stick to Trainer's back but Trainer is turning into Musasi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Musasi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Trainer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trainer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Trainer is in close to Musasi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Musasi keeping moving, preventing Trainer from controlling successfully.
Trainer with a flurry of punches that miss.
Trainer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Trainer thows a big elbow that misses.
Trainer is looking to work some ground and pound but Musasi has wrist control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Trainer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Musasi is fending him off so far but Trainer persists. Nope, Musasi circles away and we're back to standing.
Musasi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trainer's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick from Musasi.
Musasi throws a nice outside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Musasi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Musasi gets a clinch.
Musasi lands a nice elbow.
Musasi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Musasi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Musasi tries to stall but Trainer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Trainer has Musasi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Musasi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Musasi prevents the takedown attempt.
Trainer jumps guard but Musasi stands there with Trainer around his waist. Trainer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Musasi lands an elbow just above Trainer 's eye.
Trainer tries to pull guard but Musasi won't allow it.
Trainer tries to pull guard but Musasi won't allow it.
Musasi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trainer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Musasi lands a nice elbow.

Musasi manages to break the clinch.
Musasi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Trainer shoots for a takedown but Musasi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Trainer looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Musasi!
Trainer cracks Musasi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Trainer lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trainer working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Musasi slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Musasi makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Musasi.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Musasi is on top in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Trainer throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Musasi escapes and throws Trainer's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Trainer is looking for a sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Musasi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Trainer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Musasi off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damarcus Musasi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on BJJAndWrestling Trainer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Trainer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Musasi pinned against the cage. Musasi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Trainer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Musasi but Musasi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Trainer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Musasi as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJJAndWrestling Trainer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Musasi lands with a slapping head kick.
Musasi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Musasi lands a head kick!

Musasi pushes Trainer up against the cage in a clinch.
Musasi with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Musasi landing knees to the head.
Musasi lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musasi scores a nice knee to the body.
Musasi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trainer's face.
Knees to the body from Musasi.
Musasi tries a knee to the head but Trainer blocks it.
Musasi tries to land a knee to the head but Trainer blocks with his arms.
Musasi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trainer's face.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Musasi.
Trainer tries to score a body lock takedown but Musasi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Trainer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Musasi tries to land a knee to the head but Trainer blocks with his arms.
Trainer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Musasi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Musasi lands an elbow inside.
Musasi unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked Trainer out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted Trainer off his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Damarcus Musasi!