PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dredd Nought (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emperor Hirohito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Dredd Nought has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Dredd Nought seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Nought
vs
Hirohito

180 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dredd Nought!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nought looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Nought trying to control but Hirohito is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nought pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hirohito is keeping the position for now.

Hirohito looking for a guillotine here but Nought defends easily.
Nought postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hirohito keeping moving, preventing Nought from controlling successfully.
Nought is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Hirohito looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Nought with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nought looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nought with a nice head shot there.
Nought working some strikes from top position.
Nought throwing strikes but missing.
Nought trying to control the position from guard on top but Hirohito is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hirohito is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hirohito working a defensive guard but Nought manages to pass into side control anyway.
Nought trying to control the position but Hirohito is working away.
Hirohito prevents Nought from improving position.
Hirohito is trying to improve his position.
Nought throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nought remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Hirohito manages to get back to half guard.
Nought winds up and cracks Hirohito with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nought wants to stand up but Hirohito has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Nought seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hirohito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hirohito looking for submissions off his back.
Nought wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hirohito keeps working.
Nought is thwarting Hirohito's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nought wants to control but Hirohito is keeping him busy.
Nought controlling the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because Dredd Nought wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Nought shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hirohito's guard.
Nought looking to pass the guard.
Hirohito working a defensive guard here.
Hirohito working a defensive guard but Nought manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hirohito wants to control but Nought postures up.
Nought wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hirohito keeps working.
Hirohito struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nought stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hirohito fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nought avoids it really well and circles away.
Hirohito looks gassed!
Nought scores with a push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Nought shoots in and gets a takedown into Hirohito's guard.
Nought has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nought tries to free his leg and advance position but Hirohito is retaining full guard.
Nought postures up and lands a big shot to Hirohito's brow.
Nought working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nought trying to control but Hirohito is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nought is looking to stand up but Hirohito won't let him.
Nought stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hirohito swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nought lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dredd Nought dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nought shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hirohito napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nought trying to control the action but Hirohito is working from the bottom.
Hirohito manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Nought is looking for a kimura but Hirohito is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Nought to get the leverage.
Nought seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hirohito does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Hirohito looking for submissions off his back.
Hirohito trying to control here.
Nought wants to control but Hirohito is keeping him busy.
Hirohito wants to control but Nought is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hirohito is breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Nought there.
Nought trying to control the action but Hirohito is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirohito is looking to control Nought's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hirohito avoid being mounted?
Still in half guard, Nought seems content to control.
Hirohito gets back to full guard.

Nought gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Emperor Hirohito seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nought closes the distance and clinches.
Nought is working Hirohito over against the cage.

Nought breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hirohito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Nought dives in and scores a takedown into Hirohito's guard.

Hirohito has his foot on Nought's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nought works his way back into a safe position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hirohito is trying to control the position but Nought postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nought trying to control but Hirohito is working from the bottom.
Nought slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hirohito has a closed guard, preventing Nought from standing up.
Hirohito is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Nought connects with a couple of short punches.
Nought with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hirohito is trying to control the position but Nought postures up.
Nought wants to stand but Hirohito is controlling his posture from full guard.
Hirohito keeping full guard, as Nought tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hirohito with a lazy takedown attempt

and Nought counters with a shoot takedown. Hirohito fights it but they end up in guard.
Nought is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hirohito manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hirohito avoids the attempt from Nought to control.
Nought is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Hirohito jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Nought manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Hirohito trying to control the position but Nought is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nought tries to buck Hirohito off but Hirohito is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nought is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nought is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Nought is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Nought is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Hirohito tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hirohito has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nought is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dredd Nought dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nought fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hirohito, pushing him back against the cage.
Hirohito has Nought pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nought manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Nought manages to break the clinch.
Hirohito shoots in but Nought avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hirohito tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nought sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hirohito somewhat.
Dredd Nought has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emperor Hirohito.
Hirohito gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nought counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nought.
Nought is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hirohito can do to turn this around?
Hirohito keeping moving, preventing Nought from controlling successfully.
Nought wants to stand but Hirohito is controlling his posture from full guard.
Nought trying to control but Hirohito is working from the bottom.
Hirohito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nought slips nicely into half guard.
Hirohito wants to control but Nought passes into side.

Nought is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hirohito is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Nought stands up.
Hirohito shoots and misses

and Nought counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nought working Hirohito over with strikes.
Nought is pressing down on Hirohito's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hirohito is holding on for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nought perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirohito is looking to control Nought's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hirohito avoid being mounted?
Nought passes into side control, despite Hirohito's attempt to control the position.
Nought scores with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Nought's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hirohito wants to control but Nought postures up.
Nought working the ground and pound from side control.
Hirohito trying his best to control but Nought has mounted him.
Nought looking to control but Hirohito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Nought is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hirohito to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hirohito shrugs it off.
Nought raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nought postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hirohito looks a forlorn figure.
Hirohito tries to hold on but Nought pushes him away.
Nought wants to control the pace but Hirohito is squirming around nicely.
Nought avoids the attempt from Hirohito to control.
Nought looking to control but Hirohito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hirohito is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nought controlling from mount.
Nought tries to control but Hirohito wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nought lands a heavy elbow.
Nought looking to control but Hirohito is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Nought swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dredd Nought!
Our winner, Dredd Nought, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.