PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Martin Philippe Njewel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barack Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Philippe Njewel
vs
Obama

170 cm
36
145 lbs
26 - 15 - 3

170 cm
26
142 lbs
10 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Philippe Njewel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Barack Obama!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Obama closes the distance and clinches.
Obama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Obama pulls guard.
Njewel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Obama is keeping the position for now.
Njewel has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Obama is proving hard to escape from.
Njewel with a nice head shot there.
Njewel preventing the sweep.

Obama is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Njewel is aware though and is defending well.
Njewel slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama has a closed guard, preventing Njewel from standing up.
Njewel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Obama is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Njewel wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.

Obama is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Obama bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Njewel's guard.

Njewel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Obama passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Njewel is trying to control but can't.
Obama is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Njewel is looking for a sweep. Obama is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Njewel looking for submissions off his back.
Obama trying to mount his opponent but Njewel defends it.

Obama is looking for a kimura here.
Njewel wants to control but Obama is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njewel is controlling Obama's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Obama stops Njewel from getting back to his feet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Obama moves nicely into side control.
You can see the frustration on Njewel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Obama thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Obama is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Njewel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

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

Njewel moves into the clinch.
Obama is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Njewel is defending well.

Njewel breaks the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Obama.
Njewel feinted with a counter takedown.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Njewel drives through and clinches with Obama against the cage.
Njewel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Obama's efforts to push away.
Obama is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Njewel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barack Obama dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Njewel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Barack Obama has been cut.
Njewel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Obama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Njewel.
Obama looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Njewel misses with a jab, cross combination.

Njewel gets a double leg takedown into Obama's guard.
Njewel wants to pass the guard but Obama is keeping the position.
Njewel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Njewel is looking to stand up but Obama won't let him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Obama lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama is looking to stand up but Njewel won't let him.
Njewel is pulling down on Obama's head. It's preventing any offense from Obama, at least for the moment.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Obama passes into half guard.
Njewel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Njewel.
Obama is fighting to break Njewel's control of his arms but Njewel is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Njewel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Obama is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Njewel throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Njewel controls Obama momentarily but Obama frees himself.
Obama pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Njewel is keeping the position for now.
Njewel is trying to keep Obama in close.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Njewel scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama misses with a takedown attempt
and Njewel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A jab from Njewel finds it's way through Obama's defenses.
Njewel fails with the takedown.
Obama throws a counter combo.

Njewel closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Njewel is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Obama will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Obama is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Njewel working the ground and pound from side control.

Njewel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Obama, who protects the arm well.
Njewel trying to control the position but Obama is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Obama has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Njewel taking a breather here.
Obama manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Obama is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Njewel regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Philippe Njewel dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Barack Obama's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Some wild striking there from Njewel.
Njewel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obama avoids a punch combination nicely.
Njewel fails to land with a series of punches.
Obama throws out a counter right but Njewel avoids it with no problem.
Obama cracks Njewel with a good jab.
Njewel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Obama fails with a takedown attempt.
Obama looks for a takedown but Njewel sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Obama drives through with a takedown into guard.

Obama drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Njewel dives on top into guard.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Njewel stands up over Obama, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Njewel is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Obama looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Njewel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Njewel forces his way into half guard.
Obama regains full guard. Nicely done.

Obama had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Njewel defends it easily.
Njewel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Obama swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Njewel slips nicely into half guard.
Njewel keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Obama looking for submissions off his back.
Njewel is taking a breather. Obama says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Obama is looking to get back to full guard here but Njewel has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Njewel tries to stand but Obama is controlling his head.
Barack Obama has got the better of the ground game so far.
Obama manages to get back to half guard.
Well, if Njewel is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Njewel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Njewel is keen to just control but Obama is a slippery customer.
Obama is pressing down on Njewel's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Njewel tries to stand but Obama is controlling from the bottom.
Obama wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Njewel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Obama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Obama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Njewel went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

Njewel instigates a clinch.
Njewel working aggressively here.

Njewel breaks from the clinch.
Martin Philippe Njewel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Njewel stuffs the takedown.
Martin Philippe Njewel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Barack Obama.
Njewel stuffs the takedown.
Obama is trying hard to land a takedown here. Njewel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Obama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Njewel misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Njewel throws the kick towards the body but Obama avoids it.
Njewel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Obama circles away quickly and effectively.
Njewel swings for the body but Obama moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Philippe Njewel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Njewel has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Philippe Njewel!
Martin Philippe Njewel very nearly forgot to thank KAISER amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.