PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kenji Matsuda (ranked 4962 p4p, 5315 weight class) and Tinashe Chukwuma (ranked 458 p4p, 484 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Matsuda
vs
Chukwuma

191 cm
19
210
1 - 2 - 0

194 cm
19
219
1 - 2 - 0

Counter fighter
Very strong

Counter fighter
Granite chin

White Gorilla

PWNAGE™
White Gorilla

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tinashe Chukwuma!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chukwuma uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Chukwuma steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matsuda.
Matsuda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chukwuma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Matsuda counters with a straight right hand.
Matsuda fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matsuda takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chukwuma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matsuda lands a jab to the nose.
Chukwuma throws a right hand that misses
and Matsuda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsuda swings widly with a right hand
letting Chukwuma counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Matsuda pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Matsuda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matsuda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matsuda throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chukwuma.

Chukwuma gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chukwuma fails to land.
Matsuda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matsuda scores with a shot to the side of Chukwuma's head.
A head punch on the inside from Matsuda fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Chukwuma.
Matsuda is breathing heavily.
Matsuda lands a right hand.
Chukwuma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matsuda swings wildly with an uppercut but Chukwuma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsuda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chukwuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda is leaning against Chukwuma and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matsuda works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Matsuda misses with a punch to the body.
Chukwuma misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Matsuda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chukwuma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matsuda counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot lands for Matsuda.

Chukwuma has Matsuda up against the ropes in a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Matsuda as Chukwuma tries to tie him up.
Chukwuma lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matsuda presses Chukwuma against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chukwuma is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Matsuda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chukwuma swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Matsuda as the two fighters clinch.

Matsuda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chukwuma misses with an uppercut. Matsuda saw that one coming.
Chukwuma misses with a hook to the body
enabling Matsuda to counter with a crisp jab.
Chukwuma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matsuda.
Matsuda throws a hook but Chukwuma avoids it easily.
Matsuda loads up on a big right hand but Chukwuma slips the punch.
Chukwuma swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matsuda throws a poor cross that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matsuda throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a nice uppercut.

Chukwuma cracks Matsuda with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Matsuda is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Matsuda is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9, he's up! Wow, he cut that one a bit fine!

Matsuda is rocked!

It looks like Kenji Matsuda has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Chukwuma misses with a hook. Matsuda ducked under it nicely.
Matsuda bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A quick step to the side and Matsuda tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Matsuda there.
Chukwuma throws a jab when Matsuda was well out of range.
Chukwuma might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chukwuma misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Matsuda misses the target.
Chukwuma throws a right hand that misses
and Chukwuma takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matsuda throws a poor cross that misses
and Chukwuma counters with a straight right hand.
Chukwuma lunges at Matsuda with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Matsuda's hand.
Chukwuma connects with a quick right hand that sends Matsuda tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tinashe Chukwuma!
A very excited looking Tinashe Chukwuma made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.