PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyuzo Shichinin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ares Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shichinin
vs
Summers

188 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyuzo Shichinin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ares Summers!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Shichinin moves into the clinch.
Summers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Shichinin working Summers over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin prevents the takedown attempt.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin lands an elbow just above Summers 's eye.
Summers fails to pull guard.
Kyuzo Shichinin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ares Summers.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.

Summers is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Summers is still on wobbly legs! Can Shichinin finish him?
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Summers looks gassed!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Summers seems to have recovered his senses.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.
Shichinin landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shichinin landing knees to the body.
Shichinin is leaning against Summers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shichinin taking a breather.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summers is defending well for now.
Summers goes for a takedown attempt but Shichinin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Summers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Shichinin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shichinin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kyuzo Shichinin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Summers.
Shichinin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Summers shoots for a takedown but Shichinin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shichinin tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shichinin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Shichinin lands a jab to the head.
Shichinin lands a lovely overhand right.
Shichinin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Summers shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shichinin tests Summers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Shichinin. That's going to slow Summers down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shichinin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Summers.
Shichinin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Summers's calf.
Shichinin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Summers's head.
Kyuzo Shichinin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Shichinin has managed to clinch.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Summers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Summers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shichinin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Summers's face.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin effectively controlling the action here.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Shichinin prevents the takedown attempt.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shichinin landing knees to the body.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands with a left to the head.
Shichinin connects with a knee to the head.
Shichinin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Summers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shichinin connects with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Shichinin.
Shichinin missing with knees to the body.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Summers tries to pull guard but Shichinin won't allow it.
Summers fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Shichinin.
Summers wants a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shichinin throws an elbow but misses.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Shichinin walks away with a smile on his face. Summers gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Shichinin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Summers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyuzo Shichinin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Shichinin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jab, jab by Shichinin - just one landing.
Shichinin misses with a low kick.
Shichinin throws a front kick aimed at Summers's knee but Summers avoids it well.
Shichinin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Summers's sensitive parts.
Shichinin lands a head kick!
Shichinin throws a sloppy head kick and Summers moves out of range easily.
Shichinin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Summers misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Summers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Shichinin stuffs the takedown attempt from Summers. Summers gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Shichinin misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Shichinin.

Shichinin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Summers is breathing heavily.
Shichinin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shichinin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shichinin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shichinin cracks Summers with a nice body shot.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Shichinin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers takes an elbow to the temple.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Shichinin working Summers over with knees to the body.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Summers.
Kyuzo Shichinin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ares Summers.
Shichinin working Summers over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Shichinin.
Shichinin lands an elbow inside that Summers shrugs off.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Summers tries to score a body lock takedown but Shichinin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Shichinin lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shichinin.
Shichinin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Kyuzo Shichinin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Summers wants a takedown but no success here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin lands a good knee to the midsection. Summers won't want to take too many of those.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Summers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Summers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shichinin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Summers can do to turn this around?

Summers is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Shichinin can't fight it off and eventually Summers manages to take the fight to the floor. Shichinin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shichinin controls Summers momentarily but Summers frees himself.
Summers trying to control the position from guard on top but Shichinin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shichinin controls Summers momentarily but Summers frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin being controlled here, momentarily.
Shichinin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Shichinin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Summers trying to control the position from guard on top but Shichinin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Shichinin gets a clinch.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Summers avoids the elbow strike from Shichinin, against the cage.
Summers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Summers goes for a takedown attempt but Shichinin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Shichinin clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyuzo Shichinin dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Shichinin throws a head kick but Summers moves out of range.
Shichinin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Summers.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shichinin.

Shichinin moves into range and clinches up with Summers.
Shichinin lands a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin crunches a lovely knee into Summers's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shichinin obliges.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands a knee to the body.
Shichinin works on Summers's body with a couple of short punches.
Shichinin has Summers pushed against the cage.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Summers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shichinin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Summers wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers avoiding damage as Shichinin throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Summers is trying to drag Shichinin to the mat but Shichinin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kyuzo Shichinin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ares Summers.
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Summers is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Shichinin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shichinin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shichinin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shichinin lands an elbow that stopped Summers in his tracks for a moment.
Shichinin scores with a knee to the head.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Summers tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shichinin just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shichinin gets underhooks to prevent Summers's takedown attempt.
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Summers gets control of Shichinin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Summers will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Shichinin is looking to stand up but Summers won't let him.
Summers is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Shichinin being controlled here momentarily.
Shichinin wants to control from the top but Summers keeps moving.
Shichinin preventing the sweep.
Summers is trying to control the position but Shichinin postures up.
Summers controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Summers drops his hands momentarily and Shichinin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shichinin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Shichinin scoring well with a low kick there.

Shichinin moves into the clinch successfully.
Shichinin scores a nice knee to the body.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shichinin tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Shichinin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Summers managing to block the knees to the body from Shichinin.
Shichinin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Summers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Shichinin smiles and moves away.
Shichinin wants to slow Summers down by chopping away at his legs.
Shichinin wants to clinch.
Shichinin stuffs the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shichinin is looking to chop away at Summers's legs.
Summers looks for a takedown but Shichinin sprawls well.
Summers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shichinin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Shichinin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Summers is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shichinin with a knee to the head.
Shichinin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shichinin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shichinin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Summers is defending well for now.
Shichinin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Summers is working for takedown but Shichinin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ares Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shichinin trying to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyuzo Shichinin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shichinin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyuzo Shichinin!