PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Hamadha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naruto Uzumaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hamadha's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Slipknot - Duaity. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hamadha
vs
Uzumaki

170 cm
22
148 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
19
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiro Hamadha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naruto Uzumaki!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamadha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Uzumaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Uzumaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hamadha slips a jab and a cross from Uzumaki.
Hamadha fails with a takedown attempt.
Uzumaki scores with a nice strike.
Uzumaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hamadha moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Hamadha closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Uzumaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hamadha.
Hamadha passes the guard and advances to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hamadha lands a heavy elbow.
Hamadha throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Hamadha scoring with strikes but Uzumaki is staying in there.
Uzumaki is in a horrible position here. Hamadha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzumaki trying desperately to get to his feet.
Hamadha throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hamadha punching from mount but Uzumaki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hamadha thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Uzumaki wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Hamadha is landing with some decent strikes but Uzumaki is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hamadha misses with a head shot.
Hamadha looking to finish with strikes here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hamadha breaks from Uzumaki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hamadha looking to ground and pound but Uzumaki is blocking nicely.
Hamadha unloading with bombs!
Uzumaki blocking the ground and pound.
Hamadha unloads with some shots from mount but Uzumaki bucks and avoids them well.
Hamadha misses with a head shot.
Uzumaki is trying to stand.
Uzumaki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hamadha tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hamadha looking to finish with strikes here!
Uzumaki looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uzumaki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hamadha tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hamadha thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hamadha throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Uzumaki because Hamadha loaded up on that one.
Hamadha thowing shots but they're missing.
Uzumaki takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hamadha landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You get the feeling that Uzumaki really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hamadha sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hamadha landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hamadha looking to finish Uzumaki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Uzumaki!
Hamadha unloads with some shots from mount but Uzumaki bucks and avoids them well.
Hamadha throws some wild stikes that Uzumaki manages to avoid easily.
Uzumaki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hamadha lands a heavy elbow.
Hamadha thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hamadha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiro Hamadha dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Uzumaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Hamadha moves in looking to clinch but Uzumaki pushes him off.
Hamadha shoots for a takedown but Uzumaki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hamadha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hamadha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hamadha.
Uzumaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hamadha tries to clinch up but Uzumaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamadha has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiro Hamadha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uzumaki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Uzumaki.
Uzumaki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hamadha backs up against the cage.
Hamadha shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Uzumaki sprawls well. Uzumaki wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hamadha gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Uzumaki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hamadha backs up against the cage.
Uzumaki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Uzumaki sizes up Hamadha with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamadha doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Uzumaki lands a body shot.

Hamadha shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Uzumaki manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hamadha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hamadha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hamadha prevents Uzumaki from getting back to his feet.
Hamadha looking to pass the guard.
Hamadha is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamadha thows a big elbow that misses.
Hamadha has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hamadha ducks right into an uppercut from Uzumaki.
Uzumaki throws a combination. Hamadha tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Uzumaki scores with a jab to the body.
Uzumaki tests Hamadha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hamadha dives in and grabs Uzumaki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Uzumaki pushes down on Hamadha's head and hops out.
Hiro Hamadha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice straight punches there by Uzumaki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Uzumaki.
Nice body punch from Uzumaki.
Hamadha takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Uzumaki connects with a right hand. Hamadha shakes it off.
Hamadha needs to keep his hands up - Uzumaki had a free shot at his head there.
Uzumaki stalks Hamadha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hamadha's face. Hamadha staggers backwards, shaken.
Hamadha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Uzumaki.
Uzumaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Uzumaki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Uzumaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Hamadha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamadha tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Uzumaki smiles and moves away.
Hamadha shoots in but no luck this time.
Uzumaki punishes Hamadha's body with a nice straight punch.
Uzumaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hamadha has time to react.
Uzumaki digs a good hook to Hamadha's body.
Uzumaki thuds his right hand into Hamadha's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hamadha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hamadha shoots in for a takedown but Uzumaki shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice jab there from Uzumaki.
Hamadha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A punch lands to the side of Hamadha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hamadha is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamadha falls off balance throwing a combination
and Uzumaki counters with a series of strikes. Hamadha will be more careful next time no doubt.
Uzumaki scores with a one two! Hamadha had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Uzumaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hamadha takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Uzumaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A right-left combo lands from Uzumaki.
Uzumaki scores with a three punch combo!
Uzumaki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hamadha momentarily.
Hamadha takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Naruto Uzumaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Uzumaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Uzumaki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hamadha takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Uzumaki cracks Hamadha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hamadha takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Uzumaki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Uzumaki lands a nice looking body shot.

Uzumaki tries to keep at a distance but Hamadha has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naruto Uzumaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Uzumaki lands a jab-cross combination.
Uzumaki digs a good body shot into Hamadha's ribs.
Uzumaki lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Uzumaki lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Uzumaki.
Uzumaki scores with a hook.
Uzumaki throws a one two combo.
Hiro Hamadha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uzumaki slaps away a takedown attempt from Hamadha, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Uzumaki looks to land a combination. Hamadha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Uzumaki lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hamadha at a distance.
Uzumaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Uzumaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Hamadha off the cage and back into rage.
Uzumaki's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Uzumaki duly obliges.
Uzumaki lands a jab to Hamadha's midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hamadha fails to land the takedown.
Hamadha fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiro Hamadha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uzumaki scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uzumaki works over Hamadha's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice straight punches there by Uzumaki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Uzumaki.
Hamadha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Uzumaki, as that shot connected.
Hamadha tries for a takedown but Uzumaki circles away easily
and Uzumaki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Uzumaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Uzumaki stalks Hamadha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Hamadha's face. Hamadha staggers backwards, shaken.
Uzumaki throws a combination. Hamadha tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Uzumaki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hamadha looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Uzumaki is working the combinations to good effect here.
Uzumaki scores with a hook.
Uzumaki scores with a jab to the jaw.
Uzumaki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Uzumaki closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hamadha takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hamadha misses with a shot to the body
and Uzumaki counters with a left and a right that stings Hamadha.
Hamadha misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Uzumaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uzumaki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Uzumaki scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hamadha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Uzumaki.
Uzumaki connects with a crisp jab.
Uzumaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Uzumaki works the jab nicely.
Hamadha fails with a takedown attempt.
Uzumaki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Uzumaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hamadha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Uzumaki lands with a shot to the body.
Uzumaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Uzumaki connects with a right hand. Hamadha shakes it off.
Uzumaki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Uzumaki lands a head shot.
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!
Uzumaki jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamadha shoots in but Uzumaki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Uzumaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hamadha's head backwards.
Hamadha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hamadha tries to move into range but Uzumaki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Uzumaki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Uzumaki scores with a body shot.
Hamadha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Uzumaki but Uzumaki pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Uzumaki scores with a hook.
A shot to the liver by Uzumaki. Beautiful body shot.
Uzumaki lands with a nice body punch.
A right-left combo lands from Uzumaki.
Uzumaki digs a good hook to Hamadha's body.
Uzumaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Uzumaki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hamadha momentarily.
Hamadha takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Uzumaki looks to land a combination. Hamadha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uzumaki lands the left hand.
Uzumaki works Hamadha's body with a nice hook.
Naruto Uzumaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Uzumaki throws a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Uzumaki. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Uzumaki.
Uzumaki throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Uzumaki. That snapped Hamadha's head back.
Hamadha takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Uzumaki goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Uzumaki moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Uzumaki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hamadha doesn't seem phased though.
Uzumaki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hamadha doesn't seem bothered though.
Hamadha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Uzumaki lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy left from Uzumaki finds it's target.
Uzumaki's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Uzumaki duly obliges.
A left and a right from Uzumaki both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamadha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Uzumaki but Uzumaki pushes him off and we're back to square one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Naruto Uzumaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Uzumaki 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Naruto Uzumaki!