PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ichigho Kurosaki (ranked 24350 p4p, 23872 weight class) and Chinza Machida (ranked 521 p4p, 528 weight class). Machida has chosen Best Way To Die as his entrance music. Chinza Machida acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Kurosaki
vs
Machida

186 cm
23
195
10 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
186
3 - 0 - 1

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World class MT
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ichigho Kurosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chinza Machida!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kurosaki instigates a clinch.
Kurosaki lands a nice knee to the body.
Kurosaki lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Kurosaki's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kurosaki cracks Machida with a nice body shot.
Machida being controlled against the ropes.

Kurosaki breaks from the clinch.
Kurosaki blocks a low kick nicely.
Machida fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kurosaki with the inside leg kick.
Machida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick which misses Machida's front leg but catches the back leg as Machida tries to avoid it.
Machida misses the jab.
Machida throws a looping overhand right but Kurosaki ducks down to avoid it.
Kurosaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kurosaki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Kurosaki misses.
Machida ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kurosaki scores with a nice body kick.
Machida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki punishes Machida's body with a nice straight punch.
Kurosaki staying out of range there.
Machida throws a hook but Kurosaki avoids it easily.
Machida slips a straight right by Kurosaki.
Machida buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kurosaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Machida.
A low kick from Kurosaki misses
and Machida counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kurosaki slips a straight right by Machida.
Kurosaki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Machida misses with a wild body shot.
Kurosaki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Machida connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kurosaki scrambles back to his feet.
Kurosaki avoids the body shot from Machida.
Kurosaki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Machida takes a swing at Kurosaki's ribcage but misses.
Machida takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Machida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machida misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki throws a body punch but Machida moves out of range.
Kurosaki throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Chinza Machida has been cut.
Machida throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kurosaki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Machida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurosaki.
Machida throws a wild body kick that Kurosaki sees coming a mile off.
Kurosaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Machida.
Kurosaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Machida.
Kurosaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Machida.
Jab by Kurosaki.
Kurosaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Kurosaki. That snapped Machida's head back.
Kurosaki cracks Machida with a right hand to the side of the head.

Machida is rocked!
Machida misses with a looping left.
Machida with the inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Machida blocks a jab.
Chinza Machida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kurosaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Machida throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kurosaki on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ichigho Kurosaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chinza Machida's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Kurosaki swings for the body but Machida moves out of range.
Machida digs a good hook to Kurosaki's body.
Machida misses with a wild body shot.
Kurosaki connects with a looping right hand.
Kurosaki scores with a decent looking hook.
Kurosaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Machida.
Machida connects with a body shot.
Kurosaki walks into a jab.
Kurosaki misses with a straight right.
Kurosaki throws a hook to the side of Machida's head but Machida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Machida misses the jab.
Machida throws the left hand but Kurosaki avoids the punch easily.
Machida throws a chopping leg kick but Kurosaki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Machida misses with a right hand
and Kurosaki counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurosaki throws out a loose jab but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kurosaki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Machida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kurosaki with a body shot.
Kurosaki blocks a head kick by Machida.
Ichigho Kurosaki is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kurosaki.
Chinza Machida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki connects with a body shot that sends Machida's belly button to the back.
Kurosaki misses with a few strikes there.
Machida misses with a hook.
Machida throws the left hand but Kurosaki avoids the punch easily.
Kurosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Machida swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kurosaki ducks under a wild hook from Machida.
Nice jab there from Machida.
Kurosaki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A slow jab from Machida misses its intended target.
Machida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Machida lands with a hook. Kurosaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Machida misses with a low kick.
Kurosaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Machida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kurosaki manages to avoid it.
Machida looks to land a left hand but Kurosaki moved out of range nicely.
Kurosaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurosaki missing with a left hand there. Machida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kurosaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Kurosaki thumps Machida with a low kick.
Kurosaki lunges at Machida with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Machida's hand.
Machida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kurosaki cracks Machida with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kurosaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Machida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kurosaki. That did some damage!
Machida takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Machida is still on wobbly legs! Can Kurosaki finish him?
Kurosaki weaves into range and cracks Machida right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Machida goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Kurosaki is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ichigho Kurosaki!
A very excited looking Ichigho Kurosaki rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.