PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yakin Sanjimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura has chosen Inner Light by Shocking Lemon as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Yakin Sanjimoto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Yakin Sanjimoto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Sanjimoto
vs
Kimura

185 cm
27
194 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
196 lbs
15 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yakin Sanjimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura tries a low kick but Sanjimoto avoids it.
Kimura walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sanjimoto checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sanjimoto misses with a body punch
and Kimura counters with a nice uppercut.
Sanjimoto throws a looping overhand right but Kimura ducks down to avoid it.
Kimura looks to land a body kick but Sanjimoto moved away.
Tatsuya Kimura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kimura!
Sanjimoto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Kimura.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot.
Kimura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kimura swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sanjimoto misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanjimoto checks a leg kick.
Kimura tries to clinch
letting Sanjimoto counter with a right hand.
Kimura misses with a hook.
Kimura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanjimoto throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kimura counters with a nice body kick.
Kimura wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto misses with a wild combination.
Sanjimoto lands a nice hook to Kimura's body. Kimura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Sanjimoto does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanjimoto misses with a lunging right hand
and Kimura counters with a nice body kick.
Kimura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sanjimoto's sensitive parts.
Kimura throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sanjimoto checks a low kick from Kimura.
Sanjimoto's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kimura connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sanjimoto scrambles back to his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a low kick.
Sanjimoto swinging wildly here.
Kimura tries to clinch but Sanjimoto is having none of it.
Kimura looks to throw a body kick
letting Sanjimoto counter with a right hand.
Kimura shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kimura throws a low kick but Sanjimoto moves out of range easily.
Kimura misses with a jab to the body
and Sanjimoto counters with a nice uppercut.
Kimura misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sanjimoto moves out of range as Kimura throws a body kick.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanjimoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kimura bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kimura counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanjimoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanjimoto throws a jab but it's blocked by Kimura.
A low kick from Kimura misses
enabling Sanjimoto to counter with a crisp jab.
Kimura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanjimoto manages to avoid it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanjimoto with a nice cross.
Sanjimoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kimura throws a wild body kick that Sanjimoto sees coming a mile off.
Kimura connects with a solid leg kick.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanjimoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanjimoto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throws a low kick, looking for Sanjimoto's leg but Sanjimoto calmly moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto throws an overhand right that lands on Kimura's shoulder, as Kimura tries to avoid the shot.
Kimura throws a leg kick which misses Sanjimoto's front leg but catches the back leg as Sanjimoto tries to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kimura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanjimoto is able to avoid easily.
Kimura throws a low kick but Sanjimoto avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatsuya Kimura dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Sanjimoto misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kimura.
Kimura defending well as Sanjimoto loads up on a big left hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Kimura finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A clash of legs there as Sanjimoto blocks the low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanjimoto blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kimura does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanjimoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanjimoto throws a right hand that Kimura ducks under and follows up with a left that Kimura also avoids with ease.
Kimura showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanjimoto.
Kimura takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

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.
Sanjimoto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kimura counters with an outside leg kick.
Kimura throws a leg kick but Sanjimoto moved away.
Kimura cracks Sanjimoto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kimura on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kimura. Sanjimoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanjimoto misses with the combination.
Yakin Sanjimoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kimura.
Kimura wants to clinch up but Sanjimoto keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kimura misses with a body kick.
Kimura throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanjimoto.
Sanjimoto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanjimoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanjimoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Kimura.
Kimura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanjimoto's calf.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sanjimoto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanjimoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanjimoto misses with a hook. Kimura ducked under it nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kimura.

That's six 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.
Kimura misses with a wild body shot.
Sanjimoto moves out of range of the leg kick from Kimura.
Kimura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanjimoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kimura looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanjimoto is just out of range.
Kimura is looking to slow Sanjimoto down with leg kicks.
Sanjimoto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kimura.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a leg kick
and Sanjimoto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kimura.
Kimura pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kimura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanjimoto lands a nice hook to Kimura's body. Kimura takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kimura tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sanjimoto is able to avoid easily.
Sanjimoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Kimura.
Sanjimoto dips to his left and cracks Kimura with an uppercut!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kimura lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sanjimoto has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sanjimoto and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura throws a sloppy body shot
and Kimura takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kimura misses the shot to the body.
Kimura throws a push kick but Sanjimoto slaps the foot to one side.
Sanjimoto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Kimura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kimura jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tatsuya Kimura.
Well Kimura has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!

Tatsuya Kimura wins by unanimous decision!