PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cm Punk (ranked 3285 p4p, 3783 weight class) and Rice Puto (ranked 340 p4p, 375 weight class). Rice Puto is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Punk
vs
Puto

182 cm
18
180
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
176
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Sakura Style

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cm Punk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rice Puto!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Punk throws a body punch but Puto moves out of range.
Puto scores with a jab.
Puto connects with a body shot that sends Punk's belly button to the back.
Puto scores with a jab. Punk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Punk fails with the takedown
and Puto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Punk throws a body punch but Puto moves out of range.
Puto slaps away a takedown attempt from Punk, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Puto throws a counter combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cm Punk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puto misses with a looping left.
Puto throws a body punch but Punk moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Puto.
Puto tests Punk's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puto connects with a looping right hand.
Punk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Punk fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Puto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Punk has his takedown stuffed
and Puto counters with a stiff right hand.
Punk fails with the takedown
and Puto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Punk fails to land with a series of punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Puto misses.
Puto lands a nice hook to Punk's body. Punk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Punk is breathing heavily.
Puto keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Punk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Punk defending well as Puto loads up on a big left hand.
Puto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Punk at a distance.
Puto lands with a right hand.
Puto throws out a powerful jab.
Puto lands a nice shot to the body.
Punk on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Punk is rocked!
Puto thuds his right hand into Punk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Oh Punk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puto steps in with a hook that catches Punk right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Puto follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Punk looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rice Puto!