PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kintarou Ooe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kintarou Ooe has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ooe
vs
Lovelair

185 cm
27
175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

192 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kintarou Ooe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Lovelair!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decent striking displayed by Ooe there.
Lovelair looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lovelair slips under a jab.
Ooe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lovelair at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lovelair tries to keep at a distance but Ooe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ooe takes a shot to the head.
Ooe wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lovelair throws a head punch that misses.
Lovelair swings wildly with an uppercut but Ooe uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ooe manages to break the clinch.
Ooe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Ooe has closed the distance and engaged Lovelair in a clinch.
Ooe tries to circle away but Lovelair has him pinned against the cage.
Ooe lands a left hand.
Lovelair throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ooe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lovelair backwards.
Lovelair misses with some punches.
Lovelair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lovelair misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ooe.
Lovelair misses with the head strike.
Ooe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lovelair backwards.
Lovelair swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ooe manages to break the clinch.
Ooe connects with a right hand. Lovelair shakes it off.
Kintarou Ooe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lovelair throws a head kick but Ooe moves out of range.
Ooe comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ooe bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lovelair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Lovelair is rocked!
Ooe looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lovelair walks straight into a right hand from Ooe - that's dropped him! Ooe jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Lovelair from any more punishment! Lovelair complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kintarou Ooe!
After winning the bout, Kintarou Ooe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.