PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bocco Badz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Badz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is e-dubble - Be A King. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Badz
vs
Le

188 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bocco Badz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Le!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badz tries to clinch up.

Le closes the distance and clinches.

Le has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Badz regains guard immediately.
Badz has a closed guard, preventing Le from standing up.

Le stands and steps away. Badz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Le darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Le tries to stand but can't do so whilst Badz controls his leg.
Le wants to pass to mount but Badz is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badz wants to control but Le is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Badz gets full guard.
Badz controls Le momentarily but Le frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Badz uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Le scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Badz tries to buck Le off but Le is having none of it.

Le is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Badz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Badz is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Le is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badz working to try and regain half guard.

Le goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Badz turns into him and now he's in Le's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Le had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Badz defends it easily.
Le looks gassed!
Le trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Badz looking to pass the guard.
Le trying to control the position.
Badz trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Le looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Le keeping full guard, as Badz tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badz's corner is telling him to maintain position.

We're going to have a standup here because Bocco Badz wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Le lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Le.

Le is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Badz's half guard.
Le really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Badz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Le prevents Badz from improving his position.
Badz is concentrating on defense, preventing Le from advancing position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le trying to control the action but Badz is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Le dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Le gets the takedown into side control.
Le tries to advance to mount but can't.
Badz regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Badz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Le slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Badz struggling a bit here.
Badz is trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le stands up.

Le closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Le lands in his opponent's guard.
Badz tries to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badz keeping moving, preventing Le from controlling successfully.
Le is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Le postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Badz working a defensive guard here.
Badz being controlled here, momentarily.
Le must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Jay Le was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Badz tries to keep at a distance but Le has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A chopping leg kick lands by Le.
Le throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Badz's head.

Le shoots in and gets a takedown into Badz's guard.

Badz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Le throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Badz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Le works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Le not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Le slows the pace down in half guard.
Le trying to control from half guard but Badz is working away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Badz wants to control but Le is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Le closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Badz did well to prevent Le getting side control.
Le is looking to stall here but Badz recovers full guard.
Jay Le has got the better of the ground game so far.
Badz is trying to control the position but Le postures up.
Le working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Badz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le got a little sloppy there for a moment and Badz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Le has managed to get both his arms back between Badz's legs - danger averted.
Le looking to pass the guard.
Le is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Le not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Badz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a big elbow that misses.
Le wants to stand but Badz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Badz has momentary wrist control but Le slips an elbow through the middle.
Le wanted to stand there but Badz had control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Le accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Le content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Le missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Le stays in close to Badz's body and controls the position.
Le throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Badz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Le wanted to stand there but Badz had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Le accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Le scoring with punches to the head and body.
Badz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Le looking to pass the guard.

Badz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Le doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Le manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le tries to free his leg and advance position but Badz is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Le has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Jay Le!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Jay Le!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Jay Le!

Jay Le wins by unanimous decision!