PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orange Joe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Perez
vs
Joe

171 cm
21
155 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

179 cm
22
165 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

KAISER
KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manuel Perez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Orange Joe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez throws a poor cross that misses
and Joe counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Perez misses.
Joe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez throws a jab when Joe was well out of range.
Joe throws a sloppy head kick and Perez moves out of range easily.
Joe throws out a loose jab but Perez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joe shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perez sprawls well. Perez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Joe gets slowly back to his feet.
Perez throws out a loose jab but Joe uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Joe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Joe fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Perez avoids it really well and circles away.
Perez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Perez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Perez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Joe is rocked!
Joe lands with a nice body punch.
Joe is still on wobbly legs! Can Perez finish him?
Perez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Joe seems to have recovered his senses.
Joe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joe throws a body kick that misses.
Perez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Joe.
Nice defenses there by Joe.
Perez throws a jab when Joe was well out of range.
Joe throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Perez throws a big shot that misses.
Joe takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Joe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Joe throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Perez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice takedown defense from Perez. No joy for Joe on that attempt.
Manuel Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orange Joe.
Joe takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Perez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joe.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joe throws an overhand right that lands on Perez's shoulder, as Perez tries to avoid the shot.
Perez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Perez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joe.
Perez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe is looking to land body kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Perez, as that shot connected.
Joe misses with a looping right.
Perez misses with a body shot.
Perez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Joe throws a push kick but Perez slaps the foot to one side.
Perez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perez lands with a right hand.
Joe lands with a kick to the temple. Perez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Perez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Joe misses with a low kick.
Joe throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perez drops his hands momentarily and Joe takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Joe chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Manuel Perez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Joe. That's going to slow Perez down.
Joe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perez doesn't seem bothered though.

Joe shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Perez manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Perez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Perez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Joe is controlling him.
Perez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Manuel Perez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A nice leg kick lands there from Joe.
Perez misses with a looping left.
Perez misses with a lunging right hand

and Joe decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Perez's guard.
Joe trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.
Joe seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Joe looking to sit in guard and control but Perez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez tries to stand but Joe is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Joe is pulling down on Perez's head. It's preventing any offense from Perez, at least for the moment.
Perez wanted to stand there but Joe had control of the position.
Joe tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Joe working for a triangle but Perez defends it easily.
Perez is looking to stand up but Joe won't let him.

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.
Joe has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Perez has passed into side control.
Joe tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Joe is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Perez wants to stand but Joe is controlling his arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe is looking to regain half guard here but Perez keeps moving and retains side control.
Joe regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Joe looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Joe gets back to full guard.
Joe looking for a sweep. Not yet Joe, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Perez cracks Joe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perez throws a leg kick

and Joe counters with a takedown into side control.
Joe tries to score with some ground and pound. Perez controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Joe scores with a couple of short elbows.
Joe postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Perez avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Joe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perez avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Joe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orange Joe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Perez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joe lands a right hook to the body.
Perez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Perez looks to land a left hand but Joe moved out of range nicely.
Joe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manuel Perez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Perez. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheers as Perez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Joe doesn't seem phased though.
Joe is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Perez rather than just go for the knockout.
Joe cracks Perez with an open hand slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Joe is out of range.
Perez misses the shot to the body.
Perez loads up on a big right hand but Joe slips the punch.
Perez blocks a head kick by Joe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perez. Joe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joe.
Perez ducks under a wild hook from Joe.
A chopping leg kick lands by Joe.
Perez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Perez throws out a loose jab but Joe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Perez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Joe is out of range.
Joe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Perez.
Joe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Perez checks it well.
Perez throws a jab but it's blocked by Joe.
Joe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Perez is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe scores with a hook to the body. Perez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Joe gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joe trying to control the position but Perez is working away.
Joe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The strikes coming from Joe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Joe is looking to take a break and control but Perez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Perez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Joe connects with a decent elbow.
Orange Joe has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez parries the strikes from Joe easily there. Joe is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Perez to escape.
Joe in side control, throwing shots but Perez defends.
The ground and pound from Joe seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Joe is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Joe creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sloppy strikes there by Joe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Perez is not content to let Joe control the position.
Joe taking a breather here.
Joe misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
A lull in the action here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Perez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Joe in his tracks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orange Joe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Joe 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 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orange Joe!
Orange Joe seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.