PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Te Shudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nico Roso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nico Roso has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Shudo
vs
Roso

150 cm
27
142 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
130 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Victory! Sports 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Te Shudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nico Roso!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shudo ducks under a wild hook from Roso.
Shudo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shudo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roso misses with a few strikes there.

Shudo closes the distance and clinches.

Shudo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Shudo clinches up against the cage.
Shudo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shudo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roso is trying to force a seperation but Shudo has the dominant position.

Roso manages to break the clinch.
Roso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shudo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roso.
As Roso looks to move away, Shudo throws a big counter combo but Roso just gets out of the way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Shudo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roso cracks Shudo with an open hand slap.
Roso throws a shot from downtown. Shudo moves away and avoids it.
Roso is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice defenses there by Shudo.
An inside leg kick lands from Shudo.
Shudo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shudo misses with a series of wild punches.
Roso misses with a left hand
and Shudo counters with a low kick, right behind Roso 's knee.
Roso misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Roso does no damage.
Nico Roso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roso swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shudo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roso lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shudo circles away quickly and effectively.
Roso misses with a double jab
and Shudo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roso thinking.
Roso swings widly with a right hand
and Shudo counters with a series of strikes. Roso will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shudo scores with a nice right hand.
Roso swinging wildly here.
Shudo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Roso throws a series of punches but Shudo moves out of range.
Shudo is looking for a counter combo.
Roso throws a combination that misses

and Shudo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shudo.
Roso tries to circle away but Shudo has him pinned against the cage.
Shudo lands a knee to the head.
Shudo misses with a knee strike.
Shudo stalls.

Shudo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roso falls off balance throwing a combination
and Shudo counters with a series of strikes. Roso will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roso throws a big shot that misses.

Shudo drives through and clinches with Roso against the cage.

Shudo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shudo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roso throws out the jab.
Roso misses with a straight left.
Roso misses with a hook
and Shudo counters with a good, hard body kick but Roso shrugs it off.
Shudo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Shudo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roso. That did some damage!
Roso misses with a double jab.
Shudo throws a hook but Roso blocks it.
Roso throws an off balance right hand
letting Shudo counter with a right hand.
Roso cracks Shudo with a right hand to the side of the head.

Shudo moves into range and clinches up with Roso.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Roso tries to break the clinch but Shudo is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roso's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shudo is pushing Roso up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Roso is trying to break free.
Shudo controlling the action here for a moment.
Shudo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roso blocks it with crossed arms.
Shudo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roso takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roso has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shudo finds it's way round the side to connect with Roso's head.
Shudo moves out of range as Roso strikes.
As Roso tries to get set, Shudo tries to push him back and clinch up but Roso manages to avoid the attempt.
Roso throws a right and a left that Shudo avoids nicely.
Shudo is looking to counter punch.
Roso might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Shudo throws a series of punches but Roso avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Roso misses.
Roso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A counter left hand to the body from Shudo misses its target.
Shudo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roso misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Roso, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shudo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Te Shudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roso misses with a double jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roso circles away from the clinch attempt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Shudo.

Shudo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Shudo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shudo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roso.
Roso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shudo.
Shudo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roso.
Shudo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Roso if he has to take too many more of those.
Roso misses with a few strikes there.
Shudo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Roso.
Some wild striking there from Roso.
Roso looks to land a combination but Shudo avoids it well.
Roso throws a lazy right hand but Shudo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shudo throws a right hand that Roso ducks under and follows up with a left that Roso also avoids with ease.
Roso misses with a two punch combination.

Shudo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shudo misses with some punches.
Shudo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shudo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roso blocks it with crossed arms.
Shudo lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roso blocks an uppercut.
Shudo trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Shudo.
Roso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roso blocking some punches.
Roso wants to break free but Shudo has control.
Shudo lands an elbow inside that Roso shrugs off.
Come on Shudo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shudo tries a knee to the head but Roso blocks it.
Roso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shudo misses with the head strike.
Roso has had enough of the clinch but Shudo keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Roso's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Shudo breaks the clinch.
Roso lands a jab.
Roso throws a hook to the side of Shudo's head but Shudo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shudo is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Roso.
Roso fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shudo slips a jab and a cross from Roso.
Shudo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Shudo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Shudo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roso.
Roso throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shudo.
Shudo throws a right and a left that Roso avoids nicely.
Roso looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roso fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shudo lands with a slapping head kick.
Shudo is looking to clinch.
Roso misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roso darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Roso throws a combination that misses

and Shudo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shudo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nico Roso will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Roso moves forwards but Shudo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shudo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Roso throws an overhand right that lands on Shudo's shoulder, as Shudo tries to avoid the shot.
Nico Roso seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shudo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roso.
Shudo throws a counter high kick but Roso was just alert enough to avoid it.
Roso jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shudo quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Roso throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Shudo counter with a right hand.
Roso throws a right hand that misses

and Shudo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shudo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shudo taking a breather.
Shudo's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shudo leaning his opponent against the cage.

Shudo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roso tries to bum rush Shudo with a series of wild strikes but Shudo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shudo tried to counter with a leg kick but Roso avoided it.
Shudo keeps Roso at a distance using the push kick.
Roso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shudo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roso throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shudo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shudo misses with a two punch combination.
Roso scores with a sloppy right hand. Shudo should have avoided that one.
Roso uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shudo has time to react.
Roso misses with a straight left.
Good exchange - Roso coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roso connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roso throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Shudo counters with a head kick. That will keep Roso thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Shudo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Roso misses.
Roso looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Roso throws a lazy right hand but Shudo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shudo is looking to counter the offense by Roso and move into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Shudo.
Roso pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roso is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Roso on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Shudo. Those never looked like landing.
Roso thuds his right hand into Shudo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shudo doesn't manage to clinch there - Roso circles away.
Roso misses with a left hand

and Shudo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A bit of stalling here from Shudo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shudo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shudo lands a body punch.
Te Shudo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roso wants to break the clinch but can't.
Come on Shudo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Shudo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roso throws a left and a right that both miss

and Shudo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shudo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roso takes an elbow to the temple.
Roso wants to get back to striking at distance but Shudo won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shudo.
Roso is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shudo prevents Roso from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shudo.
Shudo slows down the pace here.
Shudo lands an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Te Shudo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shudo 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 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Te Shudo!
Our winner, Te Shudo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.