PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Weed Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jun Kawasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weed Kush could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jun Kawasaki's chin.

Kush
vs
Kawasaki

225 cm
26
265 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

177 cm
25
170 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Weed Kush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jun Kawasaki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Kawasaki.

Kawasaki rushes Kush and presses him up against the ropes.
Kawasaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kush in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kush wants to take the fight to the mat but Kawasaki manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Kawasaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kawasaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kush backwards.
A short right from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Weed Kush has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawasaki slowing the pace effectively.
Kawasaki landing knees to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kawasaki.
Kush is working for takedown but Kawasaki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kush is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki scores with a knee to the head.
Kawasaki landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Kawasaki on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Kawasaki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kawasaki lands a body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Kawasaki.
A short right from Kawasaki.
Kush really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kawasaki pushes Kush back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kawasaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kawasaki digs a right hand into Kush's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kush's gas tank.
Kawasaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kawasaki unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kush lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki holding his opponent close, against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kawasaki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kawasaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kawasaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kush's face.
Kawasaki holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Kawasaki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kawasaki stalls.
Kawasaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kush's face.
Kawasaki lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kush or not.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kawasaki - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kawasaki receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A body shot lands from Kawasaki.
Good body shot from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kawasaki scores with a knee to the head.
Kawasaki lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kawasaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Kush backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki is trying to stall.
Kawasaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kawasaki pushes Kush back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kush takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice body punch from Kawasaki - that landed with a thud.
Kawasaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kawasaki.
Kawasaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Kawasaki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Kush is rocked!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kawasaki.
Oh Kush is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kush takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kawasaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting on Kawasaki's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Kush seems to have got his legs back now.
Kawasaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Kush won't want to take too many of those.
Kawasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Kawasaki lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kush's face.
Kawasaki lands a knee to the head.
Kawasaki lands a right hand.
Knees to the body from Kawasaki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kawasaki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kush backwards.
Kawasaki leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kawasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Kawasaki landing knees to the head.
Kawasaki has Kush pressed up against the ropes in a tight Thai clinch. Kush is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Kawasaki - that's hurt Kush badly! Oh, another knee lands and Kush is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Kush doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jun Kawasaki!
During a confident post fight interview, Jun Kawasaki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.