PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel The Karate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and tbigg red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Daniel The Karate has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

The Karate
vs
red

185 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
179 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel The Karate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, tbigg red!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
red circles away from the clinch attempt.
red looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

The Karate instigates a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. red obliges.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
red looking to throw knees to the head but The Karate is blocking nicely.
The Karate lands a knee to the head.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
red takes a knee right on the jaw!
red landing knees to the head.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Karate.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
red is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Karate is defending well for now.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
red utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Karate dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The Karate landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
red with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Karate with a knee to the head.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
red misses with an elbow strike.
The Karate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
red throws an elbow but it misses.
The Karate with a knee to the head.
red takes a knee right on the jaw!
red throws an elbow but it misses.
red throws an elbow that misses.
red takes an elbow to the temple.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.
red looking to throw knees to the head but The Karate is blocking nicely.
red throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
red throws an elbow but it's blocked.
red misses with a knee strike.
The Karate tries to stall but red uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two 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.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
red tries to land knees in the clinch but The Karate avoids the damage to the body.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
red missing with knees to the body.
The Karate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but red is keeping busy.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but red blocks it.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
red throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Karate blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate blocks the elbow strike.
red looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Karate with a knee to the head.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Karate tries to stall but red uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate crunches a lovely knee into red's ribcage.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red scores a nice knee to the body.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
red with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
red missing with knees to the body.
The Karate dodges an elbow strike from red.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
A knee to the head by red.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.
red throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
red pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
red looking to throw knees to the head but The Karate is blocking nicely.
red misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate stalls.
red pushes off an throws an elbow but The Karate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
red tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
red misses with an elbow over the top.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red tries a knee to the head but The Karate blocks it.
The Karate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
red lands a damaging elbow.
The Karate dodges an elbow strike from red.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate taking a breather.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the fighters up against the cage, red throws an elbow but misses.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Karate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
red tries a knee to the head but The Karate blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel The Karate dominated that round.
That's time! The Karate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The fight stays on the outside here - The Karate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
red swats away the attempt to clinch by The Karate.
red avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Karate tries to clinch up.
The Karate tries to close the distance and clinch but red swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
red tries to clinch but The Karate moves away

and The Karate counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from The Karate.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
red with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate has red pushed against the cage.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
The Karate stalls.
The Karate looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
red tries to land knees in the clinch but The Karate avoids the damage to the body.
red looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate pressing his opponent against the cage.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
red pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Karate taking a breather.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate stalling in the clinch but red improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Daniel The Karate.
red circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Karate tries to clinch up.
red wants to clinch

and The Karate counters by moving into the clinch.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but red blocks it.
The Karate connects with a nasty looking knee right to red's face.
red trying to land knees to the body.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but red blocks it.
red throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Karate blocks it with crossed arms.
red pushes off an throws an elbow but The Karate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
red lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Karate taking a breather.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
red using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Karate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
red landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Karate scores with a knee to the head.
The Karate wants to stall.
red throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Karate blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
red tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
red tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Karate avoids it.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Karate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
red misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate taking a breather.
red trying to land knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from The Karate.
The Karate lands a knee to the head.
The Karate lands an elbow inside that red shrugs off.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
The Karate avoids a wild elbow strike from red.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
red lands an elbow that stopped The Karate in his tracks for a moment.
red tries a knee to the head but The Karate blocks it.
The Karate with a knee to the head.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
red takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red lands an elbow inside.
The Karate landing knees to the head.
red lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Karate.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
red tries to land a knee to the head but The Karate blocks with his arms.
The Karate is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
red trying to land knees to the body.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate takes an elbow to the forehead.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate trying to stall but red improves his position.
red lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
red trying to land knees to the body.
The Karate stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
red unloads a knee to the mid-section.
red working The Karate over with knees to the body.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
red misses with a knee strike.
The Karate managing to block the knees to the body from red.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel The Karate dominated that second round.
That's time! The Karate's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

The Karate is looking to clinch.
The Karate tries to clinch but red moves away
and red counters with a big head kick but The Karate shrugs it off.
red wants to clinch but The Karate slips to the side

and The Karate moves into the clinch.
The Karate connects with a nasty looking knee right to red's face.
red pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
red tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
red takes a knee right on the jaw!
The Karate tries a knee to the head but red blocks it.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, red just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Karate's brow.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
red misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Karate.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate avoiding damage as red throws knees to the body.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
red with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Karate with a knee to the head.
The Karate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Karate dodges an elbow strike from red.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
red throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
red with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
red throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Karate blocks an elbow strike.
red tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by red.
The Karate blocks an elbow strike from red.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
The Karate creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through red's defenses.
The Karate avoiding damage as red throws knees to the body.
The Karate is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
red throws a knee to the head but misses.
red takes a knee right on the jaw!
red with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
red pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Karate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
red using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Karate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate managing to block the knees to the body from red.
A knee to the head by The Karate.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate dodges an elbow strike from red.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
red connects with a knee to the head.
red using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Karate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red misses with a knee strike.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, red just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Karate's brow.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate blocks an elbow strike.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate is trying to maintain a safe position but red gets an underhook and turns The Karate into the cage.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
red throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
red throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
red connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but red blocks with his arms.
red is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Karate is defending well for now.
red tries to land knees in the clinch but The Karate avoids the damage to the body.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
red throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Karate blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate effectively controlling the action here.
The Karate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate looking to throw knees to the head but red is blocking nicely.
red pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Karate managing to block the knees to the body from red.
The Karate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but red blocks it with crossed arms.
The Karate connects with a knee to the head.
The Karate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
red pushes off an throws an elbow but The Karate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Karate misses with a knee to the head.
The Karate stalling the fight.
The Karate crunches a lovely knee into red's ribcage.
The Karate lands a knee to the head.
red tries to land a knee to the head but The Karate blocks with his arms.
Daniel The Karate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
red tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Karate avoiding damage as red throws knees to the body.
The Karate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The Karate dodges an elbow strike from red.
red misses with a knee strike.
red throws an elbow that misses.
The Karate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A knee to the head by The Karate.
The Karate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Karate misses with a knee strike.
tbigg red has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Karate with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel The Karate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Karate, 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel The Karate!