PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Pae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pae
vs
Ferreira

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Pae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Ferreira!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pae avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pae explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ferreira closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pae circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pae checks the leg kick.
Pae showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferreira.

Pae gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pae is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ferreira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ferreira trying to control the position from guard on top but Pae is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ferreira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ferreira won't allow Pae to get back to his feet.
Ferreira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Pae wriggles free and stands up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira misses with a double jab.
Pae lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Ferreira drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pae tries to escape but Ferreira is in control.

Ferreira working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pae is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ferreira has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Pae sneaks out the side door and pushes Ferreira away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Pae tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ferreira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferreira misses with an uppercut.
Pae slips a jab and a cross from Ferreira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pae dodges the punch combination from Ferreira.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ferreira lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pae has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pae and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Joe Pae is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pae rushes Ferreira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pae manages to break the clinch.
Ferreira throws a series of punches but Pae avoids them all with ease.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pae. That's going to slow Ferreira down.
Pae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pae feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ferreira's calf.
Pae throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ferreira looks winded!
Ferreira throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ferreira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Pae.
Pae moves out of range of the strikes.
Ferreira takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pae is looking to clinch but Ferreira is avoiding it.
Pae thows a body kick. Ferreira tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pae wants to clinch up but Ferreira keeps it at a distance.
Jose Ferreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pae.
Pae scores with a head kick.
Pae tries to close the distance and clinch but Ferreira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferreira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Ferreira misses the target.
Pae wants to clinch up but Ferreira keeps it at a distance.
Pae scores with a leg kick.
Pae is looking to clinch.
Ferreira avoids the head kick by Pae.
Pae wants to clinch.
Ferreira looks to land a combination but Pae avoids it well.
Pae connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferreira throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pae makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ferreira really felt that one!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pae fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ferreira, pushing him back against the cage.

Pae breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pae misses with a two punch combination.
Ferreira throws a combination that misses
and Pae counters with a straight right hand.
Ferreira looks to land a combination but Pae avoids it well.
Pae lands a high kick!
Pae throws a head kick that half lands.
Ferreira swats away the attempt to clinch by Pae.
Pae misses with a head kick.
Pae tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ferreira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pae tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ferreira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pae is looking to clinch.
Pae feints and then cracks Ferreira's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferreira down.
Ferreira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pae sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pae misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Pae dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pae delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Pae.
Some wild striking there from Ferreira.
Ferreira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pae circles away quickly and effectively.
Ferreira takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ferreira's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pae cracks the inside of Ferreira's front leg.
Pae looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pae dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pae!
Ferreira misses with a double jab
and Pae counters with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pae with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pae bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Pae.
Pae fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pae feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ferreiras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ferreira is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pae lands with a kick to the temple. Ferreira shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Ferreira is rocked!
Pae throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ferreira's head.
Ferreira is still on wobbly legs! Can Pae finish him?
Whack! Pae lands a heavy head kick that drops Ferreira. The ref tackles Pae to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ferreira was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Joe Pae!
An out of breath Joe Pae thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.