PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaharu Homma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jude Guieb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Homma
vs
Guieb

194 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaharu Homma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jude Guieb!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Homma has managed to clinch.
Homma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guieb's defenses.
Homma lands an elbow inside.
Guieb is trying to break the clinch but Homma is controlling him.
Guieb dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Guieb is trying to break the clinch but Homma has him pressed against the cage.
Homma lands an elbow just above Guieb 's eye.

Homma manages to break the clinch.
Guieb shoots for a takedown but Homma saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guieb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Homma tries a head kick but it misses.
Homma moves in looking to clinch but Guieb pushes him off.
Homma throws a head kick that misses.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guieb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Homma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Masaharu Homma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guieb lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Masaharu Homma has been cut.
Homma on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Guieb avoids the head kick by Homma.
Homma tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Homma lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Jude Guieb has been cut.
Homma slips a jab and a cross from Guieb.
Homma wants to clinch.
Guieb lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Homma circles away quickly and effectively.
Homma throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Guieb.
A head kick misses from Homma.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb moves out of range.
Homma moves in looking to clinch but Guieb pushes him off.
Homma is looking to clinch.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch but Guieb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb moves out of range.
Guieb swats away the attempt to clinch by Homma.
Homma throws a head kick that half lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Homma has managed to clinch.
Guieb tries to break the clinch but Homma is controlling the position.
Homma lands an elbow just above Guieb 's eye.
Homma lands an elbow inside that Guieb shrugs off.

Homma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homma pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Homma gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Guieb tries to pull guard but Homma won't allow it.
Guieb wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Homma has him pressed against the cage.

Homma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Homma is looking to clinch.
Homma scores with a head kick.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guieb paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb moves out of range.
Homma fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guieb swats away the attempt to clinch by Homma.
Homma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Homma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guieb is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Guieb fails to land with a series of punches.
Homma thuds his shin into the meat of Guieb's side.
Guieb looks gassed!
Homma throws a sloppy head kick and Guieb moves out of range easily.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Homma closes the distance and pushes Guieb back into the cage.
Guieb pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Homma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb moves away
and Guieb counters with a thumping low kick.
Homma fails with an attempt to clinch.

Homma closes the distance and clinches.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Homma lands a nice elbow.
Homma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guieb takes an elbow to the temple.
Homma lands an elbow inside.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Homma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Homma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Homma lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Homma is looking to clinch but Guieb is avoiding it.
Homma throws a front kick that sends Guieb stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Homma dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Guieb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guieb avoids the head kick by Homma.
Masaharu Homma is winning the standup battle so far.
Homma tries to clinch there but Guieb circles away.
Homma scores with a head kick.
Homma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guieb avoids the head kick by Homma.
Guieb circles away from the clinch attempt
and Guieb counters with an inside leg kick.
Guieb is looking to clinch but Homma is avoiding it.
Guieb wants to clinch
and Homma counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Guieb is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Guieb is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Homma fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma is looking to clinch but Guieb is avoiding it.
Homma tries to clinch there but Guieb circles away.

Homma clinches up with Guieb and pushes him back against the cage.
Guieb wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Homma has him pressed against the cage.
Guieb can't break the clinch.

Homma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homma tries to clinch there but Guieb circles away.
Guieb circles away from the clinch attempt
and Guieb counters with an outside leg kick.
Homma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Homma closes the distance but Guieb moves to the side
and Guieb counters with a two punch combo.
Masaharu Homma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Homma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Guieb does no damage.
Homma wants to clinch.
No joy there for Guieb, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Homma doesn't manage to clinch there - Guieb circles away.
A head kick by Homma misses
and Guieb counters with a three punch combo that has Homma backing up. Homma nods at Guieb to acknowledge the strikes.
Homma tries to clinch up.
Guieb avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Homma moves in looking to clinch but Guieb pushes him off.

Homma drives through and clinches with Guieb against the cage.
Guieb takes an elbow to the temple.

Homma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Homma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guieb can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb is having none of it.

Homma has Guieb up against the cage in a clinch.
Guieb takes an elbow to the forehead.

That has opened up Jude Guieb's cut even more.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guieb's brow.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.
Guieb wants to get back to striking at distance but Homma won't allow it.
Guieb has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Homma is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Guieb fails to pull guard.
Guieb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow just above Guieb 's eye.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Guieb in his tracks for a moment.
Homma lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Jude Guieb's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Homma breaks from the clinch.
Homma tries to clinch but Guieb is having none of it.
Homma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guieb paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Homma fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guieb misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homma tries to clinch there but Guieb circles away.

Homma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Homma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Guieb in his tracks for a moment.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Jude Guieb's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Guieb takes an elbow to the forehead.
Homma creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guieb's defenses.
Homma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Guieb in his tracks for a moment.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jude Guieb's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Masaharu Homma!