PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Soylent Green (ranked 208 p4p, 33 weight class) and Kagekatsu Uesugi (ranked 354 p4p, 54 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Green
vs
Uesugi

188 cm
28
184 lbs
20 - 9 - 0

182 cm
25
174 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Soylent Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kagekatsu Uesugi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uesugi tries to move into range but Green moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Uesugi moves away from the strike by Green.
Uesugi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Uesugi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Green forces Uesugi back against the cage and clinches.
Uesugi taking a breather.

Green breaks the clinch.
Green loads up on a big right hand but Uesugi slips the punch.
Uesugi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Uesugi swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Green uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Uesugi.
Uesugi tries to move into range but Green moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Green misses with a lunging right hand
and Uesugi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Soylent Green has been cut.
Green avoids the body shot from Uesugi.
Uesugi misses with an uppercut.
Green throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uesugi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Green is looking to score with low kicks.
Green moves out of range as Uesugi strikes.
Uesugi defending well as Green loads up on a big left hand.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uesugi.
Green moves away from the strike by Uesugi.
Green throws out a loose jab but Uesugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Green getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Uesugi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Uesugi slips under a jab from Green.
Green looks to score with a jab to the body but Uesugi is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Green
and Uesugi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Green tries to close the distance and clinch but Uesugi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Uesugi misses with a lunging right hand
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green throws a leg kick but Uesugi moved away.
Green avoids the body shot from Uesugi.
Uesugi scores with a punch to the head.
Green with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Green attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Uesugi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uesugi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Green misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Uesugi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uesugi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Green was well out of range. Poor timing from Uesugi.
Uesugi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Green throws out a loose jab but Uesugi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Uesugi looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Green gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Uesugi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Green throws a body kick that misses.
Jab from Green.
Uesugi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it.
Green misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Uesugi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Green.
Soylent Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uesugi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Green.
Green throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Green tries to work over Uesugi's front leg with a kick but Uesugi checks it.
Uesugi misses with a wild body shot.
Green is looking to counter the offense by Uesugi and move into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uesugi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Uesugi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Uesugi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Green lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soylent Green dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Soylent Green's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Green misses with a body shot.
Uesugi throws out a counter right but Green avoids it with no problem.
Green's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Uesugi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Green scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Green.
Uesugi throws a body shot but no joy.
Uesugi throws a hook but Green avoids it easily.
Green fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Uesugi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Green counters with a stiff right hand.
Uesugi slips a jab from Green.
A nice side step and Uesugi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uesugi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green's corner calls for a 1-2. Green obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Uesugi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Green.
It looks like Green has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green slips under a jab from Uesugi.
Uesugi throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A jab from Green misses.
Uesugi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Green. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Green.
Uesugi looks to land a left hand but Green moved out of range nicely.
Uesugi moves out of range of the strikes.
Uesugi lands the left hand.
Green misses with a body shot.
Uesugi moves out of range of the strikes.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Uesugi moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green swings away with a body shot that misses
and Uesugi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Green tries to land a leg kick but Uesugi saw it coming and moves away.
Green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Uesugi moves out of range of the strikes.
Uesugi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Uesugi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Green takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Uesugi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Green stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Green rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Uesugi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Green connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green misses the jab.
Uesugi throws a sloppy body shot
and Green counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Green lands a front kick.
Uesugi connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Green! He's out on his feet! Uesugi rushes in and drops Green with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kagekatsu Uesugi!
Kagekatsu Uesugi very nearly forgot to thank Vikai Gear 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.