PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muddy In The Mirrors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Read (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

In The Mirrors
vs
Read

194 cm
25
241 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

205 cm
25
290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Muddy In The Mirrors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Read!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
In The Mirrors throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
In The Mirrors fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Read throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Read looks to score with a jab to the body but In The Mirrors is just out of range.
In The Mirrors gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Read throws a right and a left that both miss.
Read throws a sloppy body shot
and In The Mirrors makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Read really felt that one!
Read connects with a nice looking jab.
Read connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Read.
Read looks to land a left hand but In The Mirrors moved out of range nicely.
Read throws a right hand that misses
and In The Mirrors counters with a left and a right that stings Read.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Read looks to score with a jab to the body but In The Mirrors is just out of range.
Read throws a lazy right hand but In The Mirrors sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Read lands with a shot to the body.
In The Mirrors ducks under a wild hook from Read.
Read misses with the combination.
Read will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
In The Mirrors swats away the attempt to clinch by Read.
Read uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before In The Mirrors has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read digs a good hook to In The Mirrors's body.
Read misses with a body shot.
Read throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
In The Mirrors is looking to land body kicks.
Read misses with an uppercut. In The Mirrors saw that one coming.
In The Mirrors keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
In The Mirrors keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Read misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from In The Mirrors.
Read looks to throw the jab but In The Mirrors is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
In The Mirrors lands a nice looking body shot.
Read fakes high and swings low for a body shot but In The Mirrors manages to avoid it.
Read is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
In The Mirrors uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Read.
Read thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Read misses.
In The Mirrors fails to land the takedown.
Read is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Read takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nice defenses there by In The Mirrors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
In The Mirrors tries to score a power double leg takedown but Read sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten In The Mirrors somewhat.
In The Mirrors ducks right into an uppercut from Read.
Read misses with a body shot.
Read is looking to clinch but In The Mirrors is avoiding it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Read. Those never looked like landing.
Read on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Read rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but In The Mirrors moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Read throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Read cracks In The Mirrors with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Read throws a lazy right hand but In The Mirrors sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Read misses its intended target.
In The Mirrors misses with an uppercut
and Read counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
In The Mirrors blocks a jab.
In The Mirrors avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
In The Mirrors takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
In The Mirrors misses with the combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
In The Mirrors walks into a jab.
Read misses with a hook

and In The Mirrors counters with a nice double leg into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Read can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
In The Mirrors passes Read's left leg - he's now in half guard.
In The Mirrors thows a huge punch but Read dodges it nicely.
Read is refusing to be controlled, as In The Mirrors sits in half guard.
In The Mirrors thows a huge punch but Read dodges it nicely.
In The Mirrors is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Read avoiding damage under a succession of punches from In The Mirrors.
In The Mirrors content to control rather than advance.
In The Mirrors throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from In The Mirrors there.
Read is trying to get back to full guard.
In The Mirrors throwing shots but Read is blocking nicely.
Read really doesn't want to stay on the ground with In The Mirrors. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
In The Mirrors scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. In The Mirrors connects with a nice short shot to Read's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
In The Mirrors thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Read's head.
In The Mirrors thows a huge punch but Read dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from In The Mirrors there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Read trying to hold on to In The Mirrors's head to control him but In The Mirrors postures up.
In The Mirrors frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
In The Mirrors raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
In The Mirrors with shots to the head and body - Read looks very uncomfortable down there.
In The Mirrors lands with some strikes.
Read looks gassed!
In The Mirrors working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
In The Mirrors working Read over with strikes here.
In The Mirrors fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
In The Mirrors lands with some strikes.
In The Mirrors working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
In The Mirrors unloading with bombs!

And that's the end of the fight!
Muddy In The Mirrors showed his dominance in that final round.
I think In The Mirrors has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Muddy In The Mirrors!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Muddy In The Mirrors!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Muddy In The Mirrors!

Muddy In The Mirrors wins by unanimous decision!