PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kodokan Judan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judan has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Kodokan Judan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Sloan
vs
Judan

161 cm
24
346 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
299 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Sloan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kodokan Judan!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judan shoots in looking for a takedown. Sloan tries to sprawl out of it but Judan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sloan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Sloan darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Judan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sloan scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Sloan decides to stand up.

Judan gets tackled into the cage by Sloan. Sloan maintains the clinch.
Sloan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Judan looks winded!
Sloan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sloan really is a fat lump.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sloan gets control of Judan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Sloan will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sloan pulls Judan in to control the position.
Sloan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sloan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sloan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Judan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Sloan.

Sloan decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Judan tries to sprawl but Sloan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sloan lands a nice short elbow.
Sloan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Judan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sloan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Sloan working the head and body with strikes.
Sloan is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Sloan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sloan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sloan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Judan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sloan scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sloan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sloan scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Sloan decides to stand and escape the position.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sloan.
Judan doesn't manage to clinch there - Sloan circles away.
Sloan seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Sloan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sloan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Judan was covering up waiting for the punch and Sloan finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Sloan gets to his feet. Judan looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nice sprawl there from Sloan as Judan shoots in.
As Judan looks to move away, Sloan throws a big counter combo bu Judan just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Sloan dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Judan slips a jab from Sloan.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Judan.
Sloan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Judan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sloan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sloan wants it to stay on the feet.
Sloan throws a right hand that Judan ducks under and follows up with a left that Judan also avoids with ease.
As Sloan backs off Judan throws a huge counter combo but Sloan manages to avoid it all.
Sloan is looking to slow Judan down with leg kicks.
Judan dodges the punch combination from Sloan.
Judan steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sloan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Judan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sloan is able to avoid easily.
Judan is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan throws a jab but it's blocked by Judan.

Sloan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sloan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sloan lands a couple of elbows.
Sloan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sloan is in close to Judan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sloan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sloan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloan postures up and lands a big shot to Judan's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan landing some decent shots from guard.
Sloan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Judan can do to turn this around?

Sloan stands up and waves to Judan to follow him.
Sloan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sloan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Judan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sloan is fending him off so far but Judan persists. Nope, Sloan circles away and we're back to standing.
Sloan is looking for a counter combo.
Erwin Sloan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kodokan Judan.
Sloan throws a right hand that Judan ducks under and follows up with a left that Judan also avoids with ease.
Sloan throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Judan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Sloan. Those never looked like landing.
Sloan throws a right and a left that Judan avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sloan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Judan is working for takedown but Sloan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sloan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Sloan pulls guard effortlessly.
Sloan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sloan connects with a nice short shot to Judan's temple.
Sloan stalling.

Sloan escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sloan.
Kodokan Judan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Sloan manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Judan on his heels. He'll look to pass Judan's guard now, I'm sure.
Sloan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sloan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Sloan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erwin Sloan dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Judan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Judan looks to clinch
and Sloan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Judan looks to land a left hand but Sloan moved out of range nicely.

Sloan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Judan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Check out the look on Sloan's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sloan remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Sloan cracks Judan with a big elbow.
Judan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sloan lands a nice forearm strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan working the ground and pound from side control.
Sloan just content to control the position.
Sloan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Judan for as long as he can get away with.
Sloan lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sloan scoring with punches and elbows.
Sloan grinds an elbow into Judan's temple.
Judan taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sloan cracks Judan with a big elbow.
Sloan landing a few strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sloan looks up at the clock and then as Judan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sloan smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sloan controls the position from side control.
Judan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Judan is letting Sloan control him for a moment.
Sloan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
A lull in the action here as Sloan stalls from top position.

Sloan stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Judan.

Sloan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Judan sprawls well initially but Sloan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Sloan gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Sloan misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Sloan misses.
Judan only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Judan misses with a looping right.

Sloan moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Sloan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Sloan. No joy for Judan on that attempt.
Sloan throws a big counter combination but Judan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sloan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Sloan is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Judan's half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloan controlling the pace.
Sloan scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Erwin Sloan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Sloan decides to stand up.
Sloan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Judan's calf.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erwin Sloan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sloan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erwin Sloan!