PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russel Paulman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshida Kotaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Paulman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to fight music . Kotaro is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dance Yourself Clean. Yoshida Kotaro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paulman
vs
Kotaro

190 cm
28
185 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

194 cm
24
177 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Russel Paulman !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yoshida Kotaro!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kotaro counters with a body kick that stops Paulman in his tracks momentarily.
Kotaro lands a nice looking body kick.

Kotaro clinches up against the cage.
Kotaro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kotaro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paulman 's face.
Kotaro crunches a lovely knee into Paulman 's ribcage.
Paulman is breathing heavily.
Paulman managing to block the knees to the body from Kotaro.
Paulman swings wildly with an uppercut but Kotaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kotaro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paulman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kotaro scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulman misses with an elbow over the top.
Kotaro landing knees to the head.

Paulman is rocked!
Kotaro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kotaro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Oh Paulman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kotaro continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

Kotaro breaks from the clinch.
Kotaro feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Paulman collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Yoshida Kotaro!