PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gee AsPee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gojirra Onoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gojirra Onoda has the eye of the tiger tonight.

AsPee
vs
Onoda

180 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
22
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gee AsPee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gojirra Onoda!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
AsPee misses with a wild combination.
Onoda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Onoda moves forwards but AsPee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Onoda throws a series of punches but AsPee moves out of range.
Onoda lands a nice hook to AsPee's body. AsPee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
AsPee is looking to slow Onoda down with leg kicks.
Onoda thows a body shot but no joy.
AsPee misses with a few strikes there.
AsPee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Onoda 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.
AsPee throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Onoda throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck AsPee on the side of the head.
AsPee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Onoda. That did some damage!
Onoda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Onoda moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Onoda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and AsPee makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Onoda lands a two punch combo.
Onoda fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
AsPee throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

AsPee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Onoda taking some punishment here, with AsPee in his half guard.

AsPee is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Onoda defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Onoda avoiding damage under a succession of punches from AsPee.
Onoda wants to improve his position but AsPee is controlling well.
Onoda is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
AsPee is breathing heavily.

Onoda actively working from the bottom here.

AsPee gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
AsPee scores with a leg kick.
AsPee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Onoda.
Onoda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
AsPee takes a swing at Onoda's ribcage but misses.
AsPee throws a leg kick that misses.
Onoda lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

AsPee drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onoda sneaks back into half guard.
Onoda manages to get to full guard.

Onoda working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. AsPee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. AsPee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
AsPee wants to control from the top but Onoda keeps moving.
AsPee is looking to stand up but Onoda won't let him.
Onoda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
AsPee wants to control from the top but Onoda keeps moving.

AsPee decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
AsPee walks into a jab.
AsPee feints and then cracks Onoda's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Onoda down.
Onoda tries to bum rush AsPee with a series of wild strikes but AsPee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
AsPee avoids a punch combination nicely.
AsPee throws a right and a left that Onoda avoids nicely.
Onoda misses with a double jab
and AsPee counters with a slapping leg kick.
AsPee moves forwards but Onoda connects with a nice, crisp jab.
AsPee tries to move into range but Onoda moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Onoda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Onoda dodges the punch combination from AsPee.
Onoda throws a combination that misses
and AsPee counters with a nice kick to the body.
Onoda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

AsPee drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Onoda regains half guard.
Onoda is looking for a sweep. AsPee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Onoda slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

AsPee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
AsPee trying to control but Onoda is working from the bottom.

Onoda is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
AsPee makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
AsPee lands a couple of elbows.
AsPee throwing strikes from guard but Onoda blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Onoda is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
AsPee is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Onoda is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Onoda passes easily into side control. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gee AsPee dominated that round.
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.

AsPee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Onoda.
Gee AsPee is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Onoda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from AsPee.
AsPee misses with a two punch combination.
Onoda avoids the head kick by AsPee.
Gojirra Onoda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Onoda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from AsPee.
AsPee keeps Onoda at a distance using the push kick.
Onoda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Onoda swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and AsPee counters with a left and a right... And another left! Onoda is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gee AsPee!