PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kusunoki Masakado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heiwajima Shizuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shizuo has chosen Trollhammaren as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Masakado
vs
Shizuo

180 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kusunoki Masakado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heiwajima Shizuo!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Masakado throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decent striking displayed by Masakado there.
Masakado keeps the fight on the outside.
Masakado loads up on a big right hand but Shizuo slips the punch.
Shizuo throws a quick inside leg kick.

Shizuo rushes Masakado and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Masakado tries to break the clinch but Shizuo is controlling the position.
Masakado jumps guard but Shizuo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stalling in the clinch from Shizuo.
Masakado takes a knee to the side of the body.
Masakado tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Shizuo manages to break the clinch.

Shizuo moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shizuo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shizuo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Masakado's face.
Shizuo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shizuo lands a good knee to the midsection. Masakado won't want to take too many of those.
Masakado fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shizuo scores with a knee to the head.

Shizuo breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Masakado - just one landing.

Shizuo is rocked!
Masakado looks to land a right hand but Shizuo moved out of range.
Shizuo is still on wobbly legs! Can Masakado finish him?
Masakado misses with a hook.
Shizuo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Shizuo tries to clinch up.
Masakado throws a hook but Shizuo avoids it easily.
Shizuo moves away from the strike by Masakado.
Shizuo slips under a jab.
Shizuo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Masakado misses with a straight right.
Shizuo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shizuo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shizuo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shizuo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masakado.
Shizuo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Masakado counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Shizuo looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shizuo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masakado.
Masakado misses with an uppercut. Shizuo saw that one coming.
Masakado looks to land a left hand but Shizuo moved out of range nicely.
Shizuo ducks under a wild hook from Masakado.
Masakado misses with a hook. Shizuo ducked under it nicely.
Masakado throws a big shot that misses.
Masakado missing with a left hand there. Shizuo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Shizuo.
Masakado throws a hook to the side of Shizuo's head but Shizuo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shizuo moves away from the strike by Masakado.
Masakado is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shizuo.
Masakado misses with a hook.
Shizuo blocks a jab.
Shizuo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big right from Masakado misses.
Masakado throws a jab when Shizuo was well out of range.
Masakado throws a big shot that misses.
Masakado throws the left hand but Shizuo avoids the punch easily.
Kusunoki Masakado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big left from Masakado misses.
Masakado throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shizuo moves away from the strike by Masakado.
Shizuo moves out of range of the strikes.
Shizuo slips under a jab.
Masakado throws a jab but it's blocked by Shizuo.
Masakado throws the left hand but Shizuo avoids the punch easily.
Masakado looks to land a left hand but Shizuo moved out of range nicely.
Masakado throws a lazy right hand but Shizuo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Masakado throws a shot to the body.
Shizuo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masakado.
Shizuo moves away from the strike by Masakado.
Shizuo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Masakado.
Shizuo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Masakado lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Masakado misses.
Masakado throws a hook to the side of Shizuo's head but Shizuo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Shizuo.
Masakado is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Masakado looks to throw the jab but Shizuo is out of range.
Masakado throws a jab but it's blocked by Shizuo.
A telegraphed right hand from Masakado misses the target.
A big right from Masakado misses.
A swing and a miss from Masakado.
Shizuo slips a jab from Masakado.
Shizuo is looking to clinch but Masakado is avoiding it.
Masakado throws the left hand but Shizuo avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Masakado misses.
Shizuo wants to clinch.
Heiwajima Shizuo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masakado connects with a body shot that sends Shizuo's belly button to the back.
Masakado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Masakado digs a good body shot into Shizuo's ribs.
Masakado misses with an uppercut.
Shizuo tries to clinch there but Masakado circles away.
Shizuo moves away from the strike by Masakado.
Shizuo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masakado.
Masakado throws a shot from downtown. Shizuo moves away and avoids it.
Masakado looks to land a left hand but Shizuo moved out of range nicely.
Shizuo seems to have recovered his senses.

Shizuo clinches up against the cage.
Shizuo stalling.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Masakado fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kusunoki Masakado. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masakado tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Shizuo smiles and moves away.
Masakado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Masakado misses

and Shizuo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shizuo.
Masakado looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Shizuo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left lands for Masakado.
Masakado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masakado bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shizuo is looking to clinch but Masakado is avoiding it.
Masakado jabs Shizuo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Masakado connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Masakado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shizuo was well out of range. Poor timing from Masakado.
Decent striking displayed by Masakado there.
Masakado lands a right hook to the body.
Masakado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Masakado lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Shizuo has Masakado up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shizuo trying to stall but Masakado improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masakado.
Masakado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Masakado is trying to pull guard but Shizuo has him pressed against the cage.

Shizuo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shizuo gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Masakado gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Shizuo is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kusunoki Masakado!