PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuya Kimura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimura comes to the cage accompanied by Inner Light by Shocking Lemon. Do has chosen The Godfather Theme Song as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Kimura
vs
Do

190 cm
30
196 lbs
19 - 13 - 1

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery

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 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tatsuya Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Do!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kimura lands a slapping body shot.
Kimura lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kimura.
Jab, jab by Kimura - just one landing.
Kimura misses with a hook

and Do decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kimura's guard.
Dois looking to pass into half guard but Kimura pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Kimura is in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Do is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kimura avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Do.
Kimura wants to control but Do is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Do wants to advance to full mount but Kimura doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Do throws an elbow that misses. Kimura uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do's guard. Nice move by Kimura!
Kimura is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the position here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Michael Do wasn't active enough on the ground.
Do swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kimura counters with a thumping low kick.
Kimura looks to land a left hand but Do moved out of range nicely.
Kimura throws a low kick, looking for Do's leg but Do calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kimura.
Kimura ducks under a wild hook from Do.
Kimura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Do takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Kimura. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kimura darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with an uppercut.
Do throws a right and a left that Kimura avoids nicely.

Do has managed to clinch.
Kimura has a couple of punches blocked by Do.
Kimura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Do drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kimura gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Do gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Kimura regains guard.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kimura is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kimura trying to keep a closed guard but Do is proving a slippery customer.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kimura lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Do!
Kimura sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do is in all sorts of trouble here.
Do is squirming around, avoiding Kimura's attempts to control the action.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kimura prevents Do from getting the reversal.
Kimura controlling from mount.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tatsuya Kimura.
Do walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kimura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kimura. Kimura obviously looking to wear him down.
Do finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Do throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kimura with a nice cross.
Do misses with a lunging right hand
and Kimura counters with a low kick, right behind Do 's knee.
Kimura lands a nice leg kick that just misses Do's sensitive parts.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura leaves Do with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Do tries to bum rush Kimura with a series of wild strikes but Kimura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A low kick from Do misses
and Kimura counters with a slapping leg kick.
Do takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A looping hook to the body misses from Do. Kimura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kimura tries to close the distance and clinch but Do swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tatsuya Kimura will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kimura's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kimura dodges the punch combination from Do.
Do throws a hook to the side of Kimura's head but Kimura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Do misses with the combination.
Do tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kimura lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kimura throws out a powerful jab.
Kimura moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kimura.
Do stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kimura.
Do falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kimura counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kimura counters with a nice leg kick.
Kimura lands a glancing blow to the side of Do's head.
Kimura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kimura scores with a punch to the head.
Kimura lands a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do throws an off balance right hand
and Kimura counters with a low kick, right behind Do 's knee.
Tatsuya Kimura is winning the standup battle so far.
Kimura scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kimura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A shot to the body from Do misses
and Kimura counters with a leg kick.
Do takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kimura scores with a sloppy right hand. Do should have avoided that one.
Kimura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimura looks to score with a jab to the body but Do is just out of range.
Do misses with a left hand
and Kimura counters with a nice low kick that buckles Do's knee momentarily.
Kimura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Do.
Do looks to throw the jab but Kimura is out of range.
Kimura throws out a leg kick but Do moves out of range and Kimura only half commits.
No joy there for Do, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kimura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Do.
Do waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kimura.
Nice body punch from Kimura.
Kimura lands a leg kick that knocks Do off balance momentarily.
Kimura connects with a solid leg kick.
Do takes one to the chin there.
Kimura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Do. That did some damage!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kimura scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Do misses with a hook
and Kimura counters with a thumping low kick.
Kimura moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Do takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Do shoots in looking for a takedown. Kimura tries to sprawl out of it but Do keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kimura manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Do misses with a straight left.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kimura with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice body punch from Kimura.
Do avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Do chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kimura can pounce on him.
Kimura connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kimura slips a jab from Do.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kimura.
Do takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kimura.
Do tries for a takedown but Kimura sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Do takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kimura scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Kimura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Do, pushing him back against the cage.
Do's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kimura struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Kimura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Do wants a takedown but no success here.
Tatsuya Kimura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Do.

Do gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Do throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kimura is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Do wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kimura keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Do throws a strike but Kimura avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tatsuya Kimura showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kimura has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Tatsuya Kimura!

Tatsuya Kimura wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Tatsuya Kimura thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.