PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Amazing Yunoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demon Jin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demon Jin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Amazing Yunoz's chin.

Yunoz
vs
Jin

167 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

160 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amazing Yunoz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Demon Jin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yunoz cracks Jin with an open hand slap.
Yunoz could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Yunoz lands a jab-cross combination.

Jin is rocked!
Yunoz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yunoz misses with a head kick.
Yunoz cracks Jin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Yunoz.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jin checks a leg kick.
Yunoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yunoz tries a head kick but it misses.
Yunoz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yunoz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yunoz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jin checks a leg kick.
Yunoz misses with a wild combination.
Yunoz throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yunoz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yunoz cracks Jin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Yunoz misses with a head kick.
Jin ducks under a wild hook from Yunoz.
No joy there for Yunoz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Danga de danga de dang - Yunoz scores with a four punch combination!
Yunoz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Some wild striking there from Yunoz.
Yunoz misses with a few strikes there.
Yunoz misses with a head kick.
Yunoz is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yunoz swivels and escapes.
Jin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Yunoz misses with a wild combination.

Jin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jin tries to score a body lock takedown but Yunoz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Amazing Yunoz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demon Jin.
Yunoz is pressed up against the cage. Jin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yunoz down to the mat. Yunoz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yunoz misses with a low kick.
Yunoz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yunoz misses with a series of wild punches.
Yunoz lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Yunoz.
Yunoz misses with a double jab.
Yunoz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Yunoz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Amazing Yunoz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yunoz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yunoz misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Yunoz as Jin shoots in.
Yunoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Yunoz.
Yunoz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yunoz lands a nice hook to Jin's body. Jin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yunoz works over Jin's head and body with a nice combination.
Jin moves out of range as Yunoz throws a body kick.
Yunoz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yunoz.
Yunoz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Amazing Yunoz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yunoz throws a right hand that Jin ducks under and follows up with a left that Jin also avoids with ease.
No luck for Jin with that takedown attempt.
Jin staying out of range there.
Yunoz throws a hook but Jin avoids it easily.
Yunoz throws out a loose jab but Jin uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amazing Yunoz 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.

Jin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yunoz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yunoz is controlling Jin's posture.
Jin wants to control from the top but Yunoz keeps moving.
Yunoz looking to control.
Jin trying to control the position from guard on top but Yunoz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yunoz has his hands on Jin's head, controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jin looking to sit in guard and control but Yunoz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yunoz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yunoz trying to control but Jin is working from the bottom.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Amazing Yunoz just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yunoz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yunoz throws a right and a left that Jin avoids nicely.
Jin blocks a head kick by Yunoz.
Yunoz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yunoz throws a body punch but Jin moves out of range.
Jin throws a head kick that misses.
Yunoz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Decent striking displayed by Yunoz there.
Yunoz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Yunoz misses with a few strikes there.
Yunoz misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yunoz throws a right hand that Jin ducks under and follows up with a left that Jin also avoids with ease.
Jin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Yunoz's waist but Yunoz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jin off to one side.
Yunoz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Amazing Yunoz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yunoz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yunoz misses with a double jab.
Yunoz misses with a series of wild punches.
Jin avoids the body shot from Yunoz.
Jin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Yunoz tries to avoid it but Jin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Yunoz to the ground. Yunoz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Amazing Yunoz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demon Jin.
Jin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yunoz.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yunoz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jin trying to control the action but Yunoz is working from the bottom.
Yunoz regains half guard.
Yunoz is holding on to half guard well.
Yunoz is looking to improve his position.
Jin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yunoz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yunoz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jin is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Demon Jin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Yunoz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yunoz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Yunoz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yunoz throws a right hand that Jin ducks under and follows up with a left that Jin also avoids with ease.
Yunoz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yunoz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yunoz throws a front kick aimed at Jin's knee but Jin avoids it well.
Yunoz misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yunoz swinging wilding here.
A shot to de liver by Yunoz. Beautiful body shot.
Jin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yunoz throws out the jab.
Yunoz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yunoz takes a swing at Jin's ribcage but misses.
Yunoz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Yunoz keeps the fight on the outside.
Yunoz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yunoz swinging wilding here.
Horrible takedown by Jin or perhaps it was just good defense by Yunoz which made him look bad.
Yunoz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yunoz lands a lovely overhand right.
Yunoz misses with the combination.
Yunoz jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jin closes the distance and clinches up with Yunoz, looking for a takedown. Jin pushes Yunoz against the cage but Yunoz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Yunoz.
A bone on bone clash there as Jin blocks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Jin.
Yunoz lands a jab to Jin's midsection.
Jin checks a leg kick.
Yunoz misses with a wild combination.
Yunoz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yunoz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Yunoz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jin shoots in but Yunoz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Amazing Yunoz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Demon Jin.
Yunoz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Yunoz misses with the combination.
Yunoz throws a push kick but Jin slaps the foot to one side.
Amazing Yunoz is winning the standup battle so far.
Yunoz 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.
Nice uppercut lands for Yunoz. That snapped Jin's head back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yunoz.
Yunoz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Jin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jin controlling from mount.
Yunoz wants to control but Jin is having none of it.
Yunoz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jin with shots to the head and body - Yunoz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jin content just to control the position here.
Jin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yunoz is looking to escape.
Yunoz is working to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Demon Jin.
I think Jin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Demon Jin!