PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Danny Welds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floyd Mayweather will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Welds
vs
Mayweather

180 cm
22
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
173 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Combat Pro Design

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Welds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Floyd Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welds will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mayweather throws a nice looking combination but Welds bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Welds looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mayweather tries to kick Welds off but Welds keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Welds lands strikes from half guard.
Welds missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Welds there.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet.
Welds takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Welds is tying to control. Mayweather wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Welds prevents Mayweather from standing back up.
Welds scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mayweather is looking to escape.
Mayweather keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welds wants to control but Mayweather is keeping him busy.
Welds takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Welds working over Mayweather with some ground and pound. Mayweather looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Welds throwing shots but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
Mayweather avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Welds.
Mayweather scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Welds manages to mount him!
Welds scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mayweather?
Welds can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mayweather is looking to escape.
Welds has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mayweather's face.
Mayweather is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Mayweather looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Welds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mayweather taking shots to the head.
Welds scoring with strikes but Mayweather is staying in there.
Welds looking to finish Mayweather with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mayweather!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Welds controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Welds raining down shots from the mount!
Welds landing shots from mount.
Welds postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mayweather looks a forlorn figure.
Welds landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welds lands a nice shot to the head.
Welds with the ground and pound from mount.
Welds fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Welds landing strikes, looking to finish!
Welds lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Welds lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mayweather is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Welds connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Welds scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Welds lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mayweather hang on?
Welds raining down shots from the mount!
Welds pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welds cracks Mayweather with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mayweather trying desperately to get to his feet.
Welds scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mayweather?
The referee warns Mayweather that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Welds with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Welds cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Welds.
Welds with the ground and pound from mount.
Welds is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Mayweather can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Welds wants to control the pace but Mayweather is squirming around nicely.
Welds in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Welds dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mayweather throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Welds.
Mayweather misses with a two punch combination.
Welds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Welds dodges the punch combination from Mayweather.

Welds drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mayweather is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Welds is controlling him well.
Welds working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Welds working the body and head with strikes.
Mayweather is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Welds cracks Mayweather with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Welds cracks Mayweather with a big elbow.
Mayweather is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mayweather is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Welds has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Welds lands some shots froms side control.
Welds lands some shots froms side control.
Mayweather on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mayweather is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Welds gets a takedown into half guard.
Welds working Mayweather over with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather is refusing to be controlled, as Welds sits in half guard.
Mayweather pushes Welds off looking to stand but Welds dives back in and keeps control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Welds lands a nice short elbow.
Mayweather wants to get back to his feet.
Welds working over Mayweather with some ground and pound. Mayweather looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Welds is tying to control. Mayweather wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mayweather throws a series of punches but Welds moves out of range.

Welds feints and as Mayweather raises his hands in defense, Welds changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Welds pushes down on Mayweather's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Welds prevents Mayweather from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather blocking the ground and pound attempt from Welds.
Welds missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Welds scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Welds throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Welds missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Welds is tying to control. Mayweather wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Danny Welds overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Welds throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mayweather stalks Welds and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Welds's face. Welds staggers backwards, shaken.
Welds looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mayweather works Welds's body with a nice hook.
Mayweather keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Welds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Welds tries to move into range but Mayweather moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

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.
Mayweather stuffs the takedown attempt from Welds. Welds gets slowly back to his feet.
Mayweather misses with a series of wild punches.

Welds darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Welds throwing shots but Mayweather is blocking nicely.
Welds prevents Mayweather from standing back up.
Welds scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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. Welds connects with a nice short shot to Mayweather's temple.
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. Welds connects with a nice short shot to Mayweather's temple.
Welds wants to control but Mayweather is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Welds dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Welds shoots in but no luck this time.
Welds walks into a left hand.
Welds shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Welds fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Welds. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mayweather goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mayweather moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mayweather misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mayweather swinging wilding here.
Danny Welds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mayweather lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mayweather.
Welds tries for a takedown but Mayweather sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mayweather scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Welds shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Welds was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Welds fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Welds has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mayweather's face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Welds lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mayweather is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Welds unloading with bombs!
Welds cracks Mayweather with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Welds postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mayweather looks a forlorn figure.
Welds landing strikes from the mount.

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.
Welds scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Poor strikes thrown by Welds there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Welds has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mayweather's face.
Mayweather is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Welds landing strikes from the mount.
Mayweather is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Welds looking to finish Mayweather with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mayweather!
A nice elbow there by Welds.
Welds working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Welds looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Welds with good strikes from the mount here!
Welds lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welds looking to finish Mayweather with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mayweather!
Welds punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mayweather is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Welds cracks Mayweather with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Welds lands a big shot there that rocks Mayweather but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Welds breaks from Mayweather's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mayweather taking shots to the head.
Welds won't let Mayweather get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Welds trying to control but Mayweather is having none of it.
Mayweather is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Welds lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Welds sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Welds looking to finish with strikes here!
Mayweather trying desperately to get to his feet.
Welds lands a big elbow.
Welds landing shots from mount.
Welds scoring with strikes but Mayweather is staying in there.
Welds raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Welds connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Welds with a couple of short strikes.
Floyd Mayweather has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny Welds is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Welds landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Welds showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Welds, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Welds!