PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zero Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kazama
vs
Johnson

171 cm
20
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

174 cm
24
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zero Kazama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ian Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama takes one to the chin there.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Kazama throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Johnson's waist but Johnson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kazama off to one side.
Johnson throws a head kick but Kazama moves out of range.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Kazama steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Kazama closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kazama looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johnson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Johnson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kazama.
Kazama prevents Johnson from standing back up.
Kazama is pressing down on Johnson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Johnson is holding on for now.
Kazama is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Johnson!
Johnson tries to buck Kazama off but he can't manage it.
Johnson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kazama putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kazama putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazama lands a big shot there that rocks Johnson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Johnson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Kazama connects with a bit shot that sees Johnson covering up! More strikes from Kazama and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kazama is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zero Kazama!