PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between BumbleBee Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Man might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Why can't we be friends?. Jin Kazama acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Man
vs
Kazama

180 cm
27
202 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

179 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, BumbleBee Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Kazama!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kazama clinches up against the cage.
Kazama throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mans head.
Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazama pulls his leg out and moves away.

Kazama closes the distance and clinches.
Kazama stops a takedown attempt from Man.
Kazama misses with an elbow over the top.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Kazama is controlling him.
Man drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazama pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BumbleBee Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kazama has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kazama tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Kazama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kazama gets through Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Man drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kazama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazama swings wildly with an uppercut but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kazama tries to throw a body punch but Man avoids it by throwing Kazama back against the cage.
Kazama working Man over with knees to the body.
Kazama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Kazama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kazama misses with a knee to the head.
Kazama taking a breather.
Kazama is pressed up against the cage. Man has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kazama down to the mat. Kazama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Kazama darts in and clinches Man up against the cage.
Kazama misses with a knee strike.
Kazama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kazama lands a nice uppercut.
Kazama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Man has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kazama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A bit of stalling here from Kazama.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man working hard to break the clinch.
Man tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kazama with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kazama looking to slow down the pace here.
Kazama misses with a body punch.
Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kazama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Kazama looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kazama keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kazama tries a knee to the head but Man blocks it.
Kazama with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kazama wants to stall.
Man looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazama misses with a knee to the head.
Kazama misses with the head strike.
Man tries to pull guard but Kazama holds him up against the cage and eventually Man drops back down to his feet.
Kazama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man is trying to force a seperation but Kazama has the dominant position.
Man fails to pull guard.
Man changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kazama fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Man has Kazama up against the cage in a clinch.
Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kazama has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man looking to slow down the pace here.
Kazama lands an elbow inside that Man shrugs off.
Man taking a breather.
Man has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kazama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kazama using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Man has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man tries to break free but Kazama pushes him back against the cage.
Man is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Man jumps into guard, dragging Kazama to the mat.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Kazama wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Man's closed guard. He's half up but Man has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Man pivots and extends the arm, Kazama falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Man! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). BumbleBee Man!