PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hao Sawamura (ranked 472 p4p, 654 weight class) and Tim Horton (ranked 66 p4p, 100 weight class). Horton is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Canada National Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sawamura
vs
Horton

197 cm
22
190
5 - 0 - 0

187 cm
22
192
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hao Sawamura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Horton!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sawamura misses with a looping left.
Horton lands a jab to Sawamura's midsection.
Horton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sawamura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sawamura seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tim Horton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horton jabs Sawamura right on the nose. Sawamura blinks but takes it well.
Sawamura throws a hook but Horton avoids it easily.
Horton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sawamura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Horton darts in and clinches Sawamura up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horton tries to throw a body punch but Sawamura avoids it by throwing Horton back against the cage.
Horton throws a head punch that misses.
Sawamura really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sawamura.

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

Horton has Sawamura up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sawamura's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Sawamura.
Sawamura lands with a right to the head.
Horton has Sawamura pressed against the cage, preventing Sawamura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from Horton.
Horton struggles to land a body shot inside as Sawamura controls his hands.
Sawamura throws a head punch that misses.

Sawamura breaks from the clinch.
Sawamura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sawamura lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sawamura throws a leg kick which misses Horton's front leg but catches the back leg as Horton tries to avoid it.
Horton is looking to clinch.
Sawamura thinks about countering with a body kick.
Horton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sawamura at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sawamura counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Sawamura takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Hao Sawamura has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Horton.
A little jabbing left from Horton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sawamura misses with a shot to the body
and Horton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Sawamura tries to keep at a distance but Horton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Horton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Horton tries to work over Sawamura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Horton works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Horton.
Horton has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sawamura seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Horton can turn it around.
Sawamura misses with a body punch.
Horton misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sawamura.
Horton misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Horton.
Horton scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Horton.

Sawamura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horton misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Horton misses.
Sawamura keeps the fight on the outside.
A quick step to the side and Sawamura tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horton misses with a double jab.
Horton throws a body shot but no joy.
Sawamura throwing a counter right hand but Horton manages to avoid it.
Horton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sawamura moves away.
Sawamura was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice jab there from Horton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Sawamura misses its target.
Horton doesn't manage to clinch there - Sawamura circles away.
Horton slips under a jab from Sawamura.
Horton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sawamura misses with a hook
and Horton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Horton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sawamura rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sawamura connects with a nice looking jab.
Horton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sawamura swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sawamura feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Horton throws a lazy right hand but Sawamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Horton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hao Sawamura's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Horton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sawamura counters with a nice leg kick.
Horton just misses with a punch to the body.
Horton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Horton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Horton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sawamura counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Horton misses with a straight left.
Sawamura throws a counter high kick but Horton was just alert enough to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sawamura scoring well with a low kick there.
Sawamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horton tries to clinch up
and Sawamura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sawamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horton wants to clinch.
Horton just misses with a punch to the body.
Sawamura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horton.
Horton keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sawamura misses with a low kick.
Horton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A cross from Horton lands.

Sawamura is rocked!
Sawamura keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sawamura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Horton's sensitive parts.
Sawamura moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sawamura throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Horton counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Horton avoids the body shot from Sawamura.
Horton connects with a body shot.
Horton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Horton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And Sawamura counters with a quick kick to the body but Horton blocks it.
Horton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Oh Sawamura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sawamura throws a body punch but Horton moves out of range.
Sawamura seems to have got his legs back now.
Horton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sawamura was well out of range. Poor timing from Horton.
Sawamura looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Horton looks to score with a jab to the body but Sawamura is just out of range.
Horton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sawamura.
Sawamura throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Horton.
Horton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horton lands a big right hook! Sawamura looks hurt but is still standing! Horton lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Sawamura falls down and Horton dives in with a huge hammer fist! Sawamura's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Horton runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tim Horton!
Tim Horton is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Tim Horton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.