PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yehuda Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ozawa is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: cannibal corpse-make them suffer. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Newton
vs
Ozawa

185 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Global Empire MMA Gear

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yehuda Ozawa!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ozawa has Newton up against the cage in a clinch.

Newton pulls Ozawa into guard.
Newton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ozawa is one step ahead there.
Newton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ozawa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Ozawa drops back looking for a leg! Newton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Newton manages to kick Ozawa off! Ozawa jumps back into Newton's guard.
Ozawa preventing the sweep.
Ozawa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Newton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Newton looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozawa wants to control from the top but Newton keeps moving.
Ozawa tries to free his leg and advance position but Newton is retaining full guard.
Newton keeping moving, preventing Ozawa from controlling successfully.
Newton trying to control the position.
Newton is really struggling to control Ozawa but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Jimmy Newton has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Newton shoots in and drives through. Ozawa sprawls well.
Newton tries for a takedown but Ozawa circles away easily
and Ozawa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Yehuda Ozawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Newton is breathing heavily.
Ozawa throws a series of punches but Newton avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ozawa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Jimmy Newton has been cut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Newton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ozawa cracks Newton with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ozawa has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Newton to stand back up!

Newton is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ozawa closes the distance and clinches.
Ozawa presses Newton against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short right from Ozawa on the inside.
Oh Newton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ozawa scores with a shoulder strike.
Ozawa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ozawa lands with a light punch inside.
Ozawa lands a big right hand that drops Newton! The killer instinct kicks in and Ozawa finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ozawa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yehuda Ozawa!
After the big win, Yehuda Ozawa made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Global Empire MMA Gear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.