PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Watanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Caveman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Captain Caveman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Watanabe
vs
Caveman

172 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

150 cm
22
141 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenji Watanabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Captain Caveman!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watanabe lands the left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Watanabe.
Watanabe fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Caveman is out of range.
Caveman misses with an uppercut.
Caveman wants to slow Watanabe down by chopping away at his legs.
Kenji Watanabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watanabe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Watanabe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watanabe is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Watanabe scores with a nice body kick.
Caveman misses the shot to the body.
Caveman misses with a combination
and Watanabe counters with a nice leg kick.
Watanabe lands with a kick to the ribs.
Watanabe throws a low kick but Caveman moves out of range easily.
Watanabe misses with a low kick.
Caveman throws a lazy uppercut
and Watanabe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caveman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watanabe counters with a thumping low kick.
Caveman misses with a body shot.

Watanabe rushes Caveman and presses him up against the cage.
Caveman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Watanabes head.
Caveman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Caveman is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe works on Caveman's body with a couple of short punches.
Watanabe prevents Caveman from breaking the clinch.
Watanabe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caveman's efforts to push away.
Watanabe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Caveman tries to break free but Watanabe pushes him back against the cage.
Caveman tries to stall but Watanabe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caveman has Watanabe pressed against the cage.
Caveman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Watanabe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caveman is defending well for now.
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Captain Caveman has been cut.
Caveman is trying to force a seperation but Watanabe has the dominant position.
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe presses Caveman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Caveman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Watanabe scores a nice knee to the body.
Watanabe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Caveman or not.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caveman.
Watanabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Watanabe throws a punch but it's blocked by Caveman.
Watanabe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe has Caveman pressed against the cage, preventing Caveman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Caveman working hard to break the clinch.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watanabe presses Caveman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Caveman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Watanabe has him pressed against the cage.
Caveman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stalling in the clinch from Watanabe.
Watanabe scores a nice knee to the body.
Caveman looks gassed!
Watanabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Caveman's face.
Watanabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caveman lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caveman can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Watanabe - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Watanabe.
Caveman wants to break free but Watanabe has control.
Caveman blocking some punches.
Watanabe with a knee to the head.
Watanabe connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caveman is trying to break the clinch but Watanabe is controlling him.
A short left from Watanabe.
Watanabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Watanabe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caveman backwards.
Watanabe misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Caveman won't want to take too many of those.
Watanabe lands a right hand.
Watanabe lands a left hand.
Watanabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caveman blocks it with crossed arms.
Watanabe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caveman can't break the clinch.
Caveman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watanabe keeps control of Caveman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watanabe lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watanabe.
Nice body punch from Watanabe - that landed with a thud.
Watanabe lands a body punch.
Watanabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Caveman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caveman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Caveman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Watanabe has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Watanabe scores with a nice short uppercut.
A knee to the head by Watanabe.
Watanabe tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Caveman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Watanabe has him pressed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caveman has had enough of the clinch but Watanabe keeps him there for the moment.
Watanabe tries to land knees in the clinch but Caveman avoids the damage to the body.
Watanabe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Caveman or not.
Caveman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caveman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Watanabe is keeping busy.
Caveman takes a knee to the side of the body.
Watanabe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Caveman is looking to break free of the clinch but Watanabe has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Caveman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watanabe scores with a shot to the side of Caveman's head.
Watanabe keeps control of Caveman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Watanabe on the inside.
Watanabe doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caveman wants to get back to striking at distance but Watanabe won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caveman wants to break free but Watanabe has control.
Watanabe lands a knee to the body.
Caveman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Caveman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Watanabe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Watanabe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Captain Caveman's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Watanabe lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Watanabe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watanabe throws a head kick that misses.
Watanabe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Caveman's calf.
Watanabe thuds his shin into the meat of Caveman's side.
Watanabe fakes the leg kick and cracks Caveman in the body.
Watanabe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Watanabe works over Caveman's head and body with a nice combination.
Watanabe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Caveman's sensitive parts.
Caveman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watanabe counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Watanabe lands with a right hand.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Watanabe!
Watanabe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caveman lands a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Watanabe.
Watanabe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caveman circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caveman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watanabe. Watanabe obviously looking to wear him down.
Caveman throws a sloppy body shot
and Watanabe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Caveman's knee momentarily.
Watanabe is looking to score with low kicks.
Watanabe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Watanabe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watanabe is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Caveman moves out of range of the leg kick from Watanabe.
Watanabe slips a straight right by Caveman.
Caveman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice body kick there by Watanabe.
Watanabe connects with a solid leg kick.
Watanabe tries to work over Caveman's front leg with a kick but Caveman checks it.
Watanabe lands a leg kick that knocks Caveman off balance momentarily.
Caveman has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Watanabe.
Caveman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A shot to the liver by Watanabe. Beautiful body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watanabe.
Watanabe swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Caveman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caveman connects with a body shot that sends Watanabe's belly button to the back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Watanabe.
Watanabe ducks under a wild hook from Caveman.
Watanabe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A bone on bone clash there as Caveman blocks the leg kick.
Caveman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watanabe.
Watanabe connects with an inside leg kick.
Caveman uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Caveman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Caveman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Caveman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watanabe was well out of range. Poor timing from Caveman.
Caveman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watanabe uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Caveman has time to react.
Watanabe keeps Caveman at a distance using the push kick.
Caveman cracks a nice hook into Watanabe's ribs.
Watanabe scores with a leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watanabe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe throws a sloppy head kick and Caveman moves out of range easily.
Watanabe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caveman.
A big left from Caveman misses.
Caveman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Watanabe's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Watanabe.
Watanabe lands a two punch combo.
Caveman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watanabe. Watanabe obviously looking to wear him down.
Watanabe connects with a high kick.
Caveman misses with an uppercut.
A good leg kick by Watanabe.
Watanabe takes a swing at Caveman's ribcage but misses.
Watanabe lands a glancing blow to the side of Caveman's head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watanabe.
Caveman throws an overhand right that lands on Watanabe's shoulder, as Watanabe tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Caveman misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe motions for Caveman to come forward. Watanabe throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watanabe throws a poor cross that misses
and Caveman counters with a right hand to the body.
Watanabe tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Caveman counters with a stiff right hand.
Caveman looks to land a right hand but Watanabe moved out of range.
Caveman digs a good hook to Watanabe's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Caveman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Watanabe - the referee stops the clock and Caveman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Watanabe. Caveman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watanabe misses with a low kick.
Watanabe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Caveman in his tracks.
Caveman cracks Watanabe with an open hand slap.
Caveman checks the leg kick.
Caveman misses with a hook.
Caveman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A leg kick checked by Caveman.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caveman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Watanabe moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watanabe.
Watanabe feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Caveman's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenji Watanabe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Captain Caveman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Watanabe with a jab.
A slow jab from Caveman misses its intended target.

Watanabe has Caveman up against the cage in a clinch.
Watanabe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Caveman can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Watanabe lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caveman can't break the clinch.

Caveman manages to break the clinch.
Caveman takes a swing at Watanabe's ribcage but misses.
Watanabe lands a leg kick that knocks Caveman off balance momentarily.
Caveman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caveman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watanabe manages to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watanabe.
Watanabe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Caveman throws a series of punches but Watanabe avoids them all with ease.
Caveman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watanabe. Watanabe obviously looking to wear him down.
Watanabe ducks under a wild hook from Caveman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with the combination.
Watanabe throws a combination. Caveman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Caveman lands a lovely overhand right.
Caveman misses with a straight right.
A clash of legs there as Caveman blocks the low kick.
Caveman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watanabe throws out a powerful jab.
Caveman lands a jab to Watanabe's midsection.
Watanabe throws a looping overhand right but Caveman ducks down to avoid it.
Watanabe throws an off balance right hand
and Caveman counters with a three punch combo that has Watanabe backing up. Watanabe nods at Caveman to acknowledge the strikes.
Kenji Watanabe is winning the standup battle so far.
Watanabe lands with a straight right. Caveman didn't see that one coming.
Watanabe moves out of range as Caveman strikes.
Caveman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watanabe.
Watanabe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Caveman throws a hook but Watanabe avoids it easily.
Kenji Watanabe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caveman cracks Watanabe with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Caveman throws a right and a left that Watanabe avoids nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Watanabe there.
Watanabe digs a good hook to Caveman's body.
Watanabe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Watanabe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick from Watanabe lands but Caveman takes it in his stride.
Watanabe pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Caveman back to the cage. Watanabe follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Caveman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watanabe.
Caveman lands a body shot.
Watanabe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caveman misses with a jab to the body
and Watanabe counters with a body kick.
Caveman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watanabe at a distance.
Caveman throws a looping overhand right but Watanabe ducks down to avoid it.
Watanabe throws a head kick that half lands.
Caveman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watanabe throws a hook but Caveman avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabe misses with a leg kick.
Caveman misses with a shot to the body

and Watanabe moves into the clinch.
Caveman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Caveman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Watanabe misses with some punches.
Caveman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Caveman is pushing Watanabe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A frustrated look appears on Caveman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Caveman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caveman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

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.
Caveman tries to break free but Watanabe pushes him back against the cage.
Watanabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Caveman controls his hands.
Watanabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caveman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Caveman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabe lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Watanabe throws a jab when Caveman was well out of range.
Watanabe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Watanabe sizes up Caveman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A shot to the body from Caveman misses

and Watanabe holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Caveman working hard to break the clinch.
Captain Caveman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caveman tries to break the clinch but Watanabe is controlling the position.
Watanabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenji Watanabe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Watanabe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenji Watanabe!