PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikki Hiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musaka Kawasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musaka Kawasaki will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hiiri
vs
Kawasaki

185 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikki Hiiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Musaka Kawasaki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kawasaki stuffs the takedown.
Kawasaki throws a shot from downtown. Hiiri moves away and avoids it.
Kawasaki tries to clinch there but Hiiri circles away.

Hiiri shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hiiri showed some decent athleticism there.
Kawasaki is trying to control but Hiiri passes into side control!
Kawasaki stops Hiiri from passing to mount.
Kawasaki is trying to control Hiiri's posture but Hiiri avoids it.
Kawasaki is trying to keep from getting into a worse position than he's already in but Kawasaki is working away and isn't letting himself get tied up.
Kawasaki is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Hiiri is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawasaki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hiiri lands a big elbow.
Hiiri pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Hiiri postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kawasaki looks a forlorn figure.

Kawasaki is rocked!
Hiiri pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kawasaki is still in real trouble! Can Hiiri finish him?
Hiiri lands with some strikes.

Hiiri working for a guillotine from mount but Kawasaki is in no mood to give up.
Hiiri lands a big shot there that rocks Kawasaki but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Hiiri connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kawasaki regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hiiri prevents Kawasaki from improving his position.
Kawasaki looks gassed!
Hiiri wants to pass to mount but Kawasaki is defending the position.
Hiiri is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Hiiri lands a heavy elbow.
Hiiri with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawasaki taking shots to the head.
Kawasaki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hiiri landing strikes from the mount and Kawasaki is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiiri with a couple of short strikes.

Hiiri working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Kawasaki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kawasaki is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Hiiri with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Hiiri has hold of Kawasaki's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Kawasaki manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kawasaki is looking to improve his position but Hiiri isn't that keen on the idea.
Kawasaki seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki taking shots to the head.
Kawasaki is trying desperately to improve position.
Kawasaki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Hiiri working for a submission but Kawasaki is keeping him at bay.
Hiiri has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kawasaki's face.
Hiiri controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kawasaki tries to reverse the position but Hiiri maintains control.
Hiiri scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kawasaki?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikki Hiiri dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kawasaki missing with a left hand there. Hiiri was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hiiri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kawasaki throws the kick towards the body but Hiiri avoids it.
Kawasaki throws a solid leg kick but Hiiri takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kawasaki.
Kawasaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hiiri throws a right and a left that Kawasaki avoids nicely.
Kawasaki misses with a looping left.
Hiiri wants to clinch but Kawasaki slips to the side

and Kawasaki counters with a takedown into side control.
Kawasaki trying to control the position but Hiiri is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiiri manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hiiri is refusing to be controlled, as Kawasaki sits in half guard.
Kawasaki is breathing heavily.
Hiiri has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kawasaki is working away from the top position though.
Hiiri is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Kawasaki stalling.
Hiiri tries to roll over but Kawasaki keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Kawasaki fails with the takedown

and Hiiri decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kawasaki's guard.
Hiiri slips nicely into half guard.
Kawasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kawasaki is in trouble now - Hiiri has advanced to mount!
Hiiri content just to control the position here.
Hiiri scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Hiiri throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Kawasaki!
Kawasaki rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Kawasaki is positioning himself well to prevent Hiiri advancing to mount.
Hiiri blocks the strikes from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kawasaki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hiiri is working away from the top position though.
Kawasaki is trying to get back to full guard.
Kawasaki regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kawasaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hiiri is one step ahead there.
Hiiri tries to free his leg and advance position but Kawasaki is retaining full guard.
Mikki Hiiri overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hiiri content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Kawasaki gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Hiiri decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kawasaki's guard.
Hiiri trying to control but Kawasaki is working from the bottom.
Hiiri works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kawasaki wants to improve his position but Hiiri is controlling well.
Kawasaki is staying active underneath Hiiri, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikki Hiiri dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Kawasaki tests Hiiri's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kawasaki thows a body shot but no joy.
Hiiri doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Kawasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hiiri falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Kawasaki to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kawasaki waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Hiiri.
Kawasaki misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiiri darts in trying to clinch

and Kawasaki counters by moving into the clinch.
Kawasaki tries to break the clinch but Hiiri is controlling the position.

Hiiri successfully pulls guard.

Hiiri working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kawasaki doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kawasaki manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kawasaki is looking to stand up but Hiiri won't let him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kawasaki postures up.
Kawasaki preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kawasaki wanted to stand there but Hiiri had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hiiri looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kawasaki passes into half guard.
Kawasaki working Hiiri over with strikes.
Hiiri preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Kawasaki controlling the pace.
Hiiri wants to improve his position but Kawasaki is controlling well.
Hiiri wants to control but Kawasaki is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kawasaki is looking for a kimura but Hiiri is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kawasaki to get the leverage.
Kawasaki is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Kawasaki is looking for a kimura but Hiiri is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kawasaki to get the leverage.
Kawasaki passes to side control.
Hiiri is looking to regain half guard here but Kawasaki keeps moving and retains side control.
Hiiri gets back to half guard.
Hiiri wants to get back to full guard.

Hiiri is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Kawasaki pulls his head out easily.
Kawasaki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hiiri keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hiiri looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Kawasaki is working for a submission of some sort.
Musaka Kawasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hiiri fails with the takedown
and Kawasaki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kawasaki fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hiiri throws a body kick that misses.
Hiiri tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kawasaki counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kawasaki.

And that's the end of the fight!
Musaka Kawasaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hiiri has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikki Hiiri!