PBP Commentary

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

Kazuya
vs
McGee

205 cm
18
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
212 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshimitsu Kazuya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bang McGee!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGee tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kazuya swivels and escapes.

Kazuya moves into range and clinches up with McGee.
McGee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McGee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McGee is trying to break the clinch but Kazuya has him pressed against the cage.
McGee tries to break the clinch but Kazuya is controlling the position.
Kazuya missing with knees to the body.
McGee is trying to break free.
Kazuya prevents McGee from breaking the clinch.

McGee breaks the clinch.
Kazuya scores with a one two! McGee had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Kazuya darts in and clinches McGee up against the cage.
Kazuya comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kazuya tries to land a knee to the head but McGee blocks with his arms.
Kazuya keeps control of McGee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McGee dodges an elbow strike from Kazuya.
McGee is looking to break free of the clinch but Kazuya has double underhooks.
McGee blocks an elbow strike.
Kazuya throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kazuya has him pressed against the cage.
Kazuya really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kazuya has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. McGee avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
McGee avoiding damage as Kazuya throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from McGee.
McGee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kazuya has him pressed against the cage.

McGee drags the fight down to the ground.
Kazuya wants to control from the top but McGee keeps moving.
Kazuya has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kazuya wants to pass the guard but McGee is keeping the position.
Kazuya in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazuya is looking to advance position but McGee has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
McGee controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazuya throwing hammer fists to the chest of McGee. What's that going to do exactly?
McGee looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kazuya keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McGee tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
McGee's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Kazuya is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGee content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazuya keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McGee controlling the pace for now.
Let's hope that McGee has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bang McGee just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kazuya dodges the punch combination from McGee.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McGee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGee closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McGee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kazuya's head.

Kazuya shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kazuya was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McGee really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Poor strikes thrown by Kazuya there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
McGee is squirming around, avoiding Kazuya's attempts to control the action.
Kazuya is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because McGee is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Kazuya misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bang McGee dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kazuya shoots in looking for a takedown. McGee tries to sprawl out of it but Kazuya keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McGee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Kazuya or perhaps it was just good defense by McGee which made him look bad.
McGee misses with a wild combination.
Kazuya lands with a nice body punch.
Kazuya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kazuya fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshimitsu Kazuya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McGee throws an overhand right that has Kazuya reeling! McGee follows up with a more punches and Kazuya is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bang McGee!