PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mika Huima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes into the arena with Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rose
vs
Huima

179 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mika Huima!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose scores with a shot to the body.
Rose throws a hook but Huima avoids it easily.
No joy there for Huima, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Huima tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rose fakes the leg kick and cracks Huima in the body.
No joy there for Rose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Huima uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rose.
Rose fails to land with a series of punches.
Rose is looking to land body kicks.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Huima swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Rose gets a takedown into half guard.
Rose prevents Huima from improving his position.

Huima is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rose pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huima is controlling Rose's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Huima looks gassed!
It looks like Rose is going to stand back up.
Huima is looking to improve his position.
Huima trying to hold on to Rose's head to control him but Rose postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Huima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Huima.
Huima throws the left hand but Rose avoids the punch easily.
Rose swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Huima.
Rose rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Huima counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rose's guard now.
Rose wants to stand but Huima is controlling the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Huima pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rose is keeping the position for now.
Rose could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rose wants to get back to his feet but Huima is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Huima trying to control but Rose is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huima tries to free his leg and advance position but Rose is retaining full guard.
Huima postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Huima looking to pass the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rose tries to clinch there but Huima circles away.
Huima throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rose.
Huima avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huima lands with a thumping leg kick.
Huima shoots in for a takedown but Rose shows good takedown defense.
Rose misses with an uppercut. Huima saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huima defending well as Rose loads up on a big left hand.
Huima staying out of range there.
Rose loads up on a big right hand but Huima slips the punch.
Rose throws a half hearted mid kick.
Huima shoots for a double leg takedown but Rose sprawls well. He's pushed Huima's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Huima throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rose.
Rose misses with a takedown attempt

and Huima counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Huima thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Huima sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Huima trying to control the action but Rose is working from the bottom.
Huima is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Huima passes to side control.
Rose wants to control but Huima postures up.
Huima moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Huima sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Rose is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Huima tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rose dodges the ground and pound from Huima.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Huima laying and praying for a moment but Rose takes advantage and regains half guard.
Huima is trying to control the action in half guard but Rose is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Huima prevents Rose from standing back up.

Huima wants to work for an arm triangle but Rose is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Huima is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rose is just riding it out for now. Huima eventually gives up the hold.
Huima missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Huima is keen to just control but Rose is a slippery customer.
Huima slows the pace down in half guard.
Huima is trying to control the action in half guard but Rose is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Despite being in the dominant position, Mika Huima just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice shot lands for Huima.
Rose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Huima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Huima drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Huima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rose swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Huima trying to control but Rose is working from the bottom.
Huima might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rose kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Rose is trying to keep Huima in close.
Huima stops Rose from standing up.
Rose seems keen to control Huima's posture.
Rose wants to stand but Huima is controlling the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rose throws a left and a right that both miss

and Huima counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rose is trying to control but can't.
Rose controlling the position for now.
Rose avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Huima.
Huima wants to control but Rose is keeping him busy.
Rose moves into full guard.
Huima advances to half guard.
Huima uses his free foot to push down on Rose's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mika Huima dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Huima scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rose doesn't seem bothered though.
Huima is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Huima cracks a nice hook into Rose's ribs.
Rose stuffs the takedown.
Rose misses with a takedown attempt
and Huima counters with a left to the body.
Rose tries to clinch up

so Huima counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Rose wriggles free and stands up.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
A shot to de liver by Huima. Beautiful body shot.
Rose misses with a lunging right hand

and Huima counters with a single leg into guard. Rose didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Huima trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Huima is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is looking to stand up but Huima isn't so interested in that idea.
Huima throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Huima with a flurry of punches that miss.
Huima pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rose is keeping the position for now.
Rose controlling Huima's posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rose looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hunter Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rose swinging wilding here.
Rose throws a right hand that Huima ducks under and follows up with a left that Huima also avoids with ease.
Good exchange - Rose coming out on top.

Rose instigates a clinch.

Rose breaks the clinch.
Huima scores with a leg kick.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Rose.
Huima is trying to get back to half guard.

Rose stands up.
Huima slips a jab from Rose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huima misses with a two punch combination.
Huima is looking to clinch.
Rose scores with a crisp jab that stopped Huima in his tracks.
Rose closes this distance looking for a takedown but Huima circles away.
Huima defending well as Rose loads up on a big left hand.
A punch combination from Huima misses.

Huima shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Huima tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Huima is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Rose misses with the combination.
Huima lands the left hand.
Rose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huima misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rose throws a lazy uppercut
and Huima counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rose jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rose misses with a straight left.
Huima moves out of range as Rose strikes.
Huima connects with a nice looking jab.
Huima fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rose misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rose misses with a takedown
and Huima counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Huima slips under a jab from Rose.
Huima has his takedown stuffed
enabling Rose to counter with a crisp jab.
Rose waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Huima.
Rose throws a predictable looking body shot

and Huima counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Huima seems to be working for a kimura but Rose defends the submission attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rose has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Huima is working away from the top position though.
Huima is tying to control. Rose wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Huima throwing shots but Rose is blocking nicely.
Huima throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Huima throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Huima is just content to waste time from the top position. Rose takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Rose wants to stand and escape but Huima is having none of it.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

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

Rose gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rose breaks from the clinch.
Huima tries to clinch but Rose moves out of range.
Rose throws a looping overhand right but Huima ducks down to avoid it.
Huima avoids a punch combination nicely.
Huima gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Huima.
Huima ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away.
Rose misses with a right hand

and Huima counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Huima is working for a submission of some sort.

Rose makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Huima takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Huima moves into the clinch successfully.

Huima breaks the clinch.
Rose throws an overhand right that lands on Huima's shoulder, as Huima tries to avoid the shot.
Rose swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Huima counters with a straight right hand.
Rose thuds his shin into the meat of Huima's side.

Huima scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Huima is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Rose is just riding it out for now. Huima eventually gives up the hold.
Rose is trying is best to control the position here.
Huima missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rose pushes Huima off looking to stand but Huima dives back in and keeps control.
Huima trying to control from half guard but Rose is working away.
Huima prevents Rose from standing back up.
Rose is holding on to half guard well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rose clinches with his opponent.

Rose manages to break the clinch.
Rose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Huima doesn't seem bothered though.
Rose missing with a left hand there. Huima was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunter Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose wants to clinch
and Huima counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Huima is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Huima takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Huima gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Rose counters with a single leg into guard. Huima didn't expect that.
Rose controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Huima has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rose has passed into side control.
Huima tries to bench press Rose off him but Rose keeps the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huima taking a bit of punishment here - Rose scoring with strikes.
Mika Huima has got the better of the ground game so far.

Rose stands up and we're back to a striking position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mika Huima.
I think Huima has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Mika Huima!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Mika Huima!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Mika Huima!

Mika Huima wins by unanimous decision!