PBP Commentary

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

Matsubara
vs
Uleh

190 cm
19
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryuji Matsubara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Habbibi Uleh!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsubara swings for the body but Uleh moves out of range.

Uleh scores with a takedown into Matsubara's guard.
Uleh connects with a couple of short punches.
Uleh controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Matsubara wants to get back to his feet but Uleh is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Uleh looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Uleh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Uleh is in close to Matsubara's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Matsubara will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Uleh passes Matsubara's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Uleh lands with a punch from half guard.
Matsubara is trying to escape back to his feet but Uleh uses the scramble to pass into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uleh cracks Matsubara with a big right hand but Matsubara just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matsubara takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Uleh taking a breather here.
Uleh working the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsubara takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Uleh lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Matsubara down.
Uleh cracks Matsubara with a big elbow.

Matsubara is rocked!
Uleh working the head with strikes.
Oh Matsubara is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Uleh taking a breather here.
Uleh cracks Matsubara with a big right hand but Matsubara just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uleh has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Matsubara seems to have got his legs back now.
Uleh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Uleh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Uleh postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Matsubara out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Uleh goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Habbibi Uleh!