PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Ladeia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Da Baller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ladeia
vs
Baller

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Ladeia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Da Baller!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ladeia shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Baller's guard.
Baller manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ladeia manages to get himself to full guard.
Baller sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ladeia's guard.
Baller stops Ladeia from getting back to his feet.
Baller is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baller sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ladeia defending well though.
Baller is pressing down on Ladeia's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ladeia is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baller stops Ladeia from getting back to his feet.
Baller frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Baller unloads with some shots from mount but Ladeia bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baller wants to control the pace but Ladeia is squirming around nicely.
Baller looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ladeia is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Baller trying to control but Ladeia is having none of it.
Ladeia wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Baller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ladeia has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Baller throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Baller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ladeia covering up well and avoiding damage.
Ladeia has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Baller has good solid back control here.

Baller looking for the choke from the back.
Ladeia controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Ladeia showing good submission defense here.
Baller struggling to land strikes to the head as Ladeia covers up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baller is looking to control Ladeia but Ladeia is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Ladeia holding both Baller 's hands and preventing any damage.
Ladeia is breathing heavily.
Baller misses with an elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Baller is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Ladeia is defending well though. Baller let's go of the attempt for now.
Ladeia is trying to stand back up.
Well, with Baller on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Ladeia is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Baller misses with punches from the back.
Even with his hooks in, Baller manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Ladeia holding both Baller 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Da Baller dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ladeia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baller controlling the action here for a moment.

Ladeia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ladeia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Baller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ladeia leaves Baller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ladeia throws a series of punches but Baller moves out of range.
Ladeia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ladeia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ladeia throws a series of punches but Baller moves out of range.

Ladeia takes the fight into the clinch.

Ladeia breaks the clinch.

Ladeia gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Baller to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Baller stops Ladeia from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ladeia works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ladeia is looking to stand back up but Baller counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Ladeia.

Baller stands up out of the half guard.
Ladeia swats away the attempt to clinch by Baller.
Baller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baller closes the distance and clinches up with Ladeia, looking for a takedown. Baller pushes Ladeia against the cage but Ladeia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Baller is breathing heavily.

Ladeia looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Baller is trying to control but can't.
Baller is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Ladeia is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia wants to stand but Baller has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Ladeia is thwarting Baller's attempts to control the position.
Ladeia tries to stand but can't do so whilst Baller controls his leg.
Baller is looking to control Ladeia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Baller avoid being mounted?

Ladeia decides to return to a standing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia throws a hook to the side of Baller's head but Baller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Baller drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Baller has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Ladeia is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Baller there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Baller looking to control but Ladeia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ladeia avoids a series of strikes thrown by Baller.
Poor strikes thrown by Baller there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Ladeia tries to buck Baller off but he can't manage it.

Baller has hold of Ladeia's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ladeia manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Baller won't let Ladeia get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Ladeia trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Baller takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Baller wants to control the pace but Ladeia is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Da Baller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ladeia throws a right and a left that both miss.

Ladeia feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ladeia trying to stand up but can't free himself from Baller's guard.

Baller working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ladeia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ladeia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ladeia stopping the sweep attempt from Baller.

Baller is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ladeia defends well.
Da Baller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladeia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Baller throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ladeia wanted to stand there but Baller had control of the position.
Baller controls Ladeia momentarily but Ladeia frees himself.
Jose Ladeia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Baller is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Baller has his feet on Ladeia's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ladeia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ladeia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Baller looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ladeia!
Ladeia is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Baller has taken his back!
Baller lands a shot to the head.
Baller biding his time, controlling Ladeia.

Baller looking for the choke from the back.
Ladeia trying to get back to his feet but Baller is in full control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Ladeia wants to get back to his feet.
Da Baller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Da Baller comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Baller winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Da Baller!