PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Veidt (ranked 1772 p4p, 3408 weight class) and Morioka Shigemasa (ranked 245 p4p, 427 weight class). Shigemasa has chosen Seek and Destroy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Veidt
vs
Shigemasa

198 cm
22
212
5 - 1 - 0

192 cm
23
203
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Victor Veidt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Morioka Shigemasa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shigemasa instigates a clinch.
Veidt working aggressively here.
Shigemasa wants a takedown but no success here.
Shigemasa controlling the action here for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Veidt fails to land.
Nice body punch from Veidt.
Veidt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shigemasa misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Veidt fails to land.
Veidt lands an uppercut.
Veidt can't find room to land a body shot as Shigemasa controls the action.
Veidt has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Shigemasa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Veidt up against the cage.
Shigemasa can't get the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veidt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Veidt swings wildly with an uppercut but Shigemasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shigemasa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Veidt has a couple of punches blocked by Shigemasa.
Shigemasa is looking to take this one to the mat.
Victor Veidt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morioka Shigemasa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Veidt.

Shigemasa breaks the clinch.
Veidt just misses with a punch to the body.
Veidt misses with a hook. Shigemasa ducked under it nicely.
Shigemasa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Veidt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Veidt fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shigemasa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shigemasa walks into a straight right hand from Veidt.
Veidt walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Shigemasa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Veidt swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Shigemasa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Veidt!