PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chinese Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fujita has chosen Metallica-Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Guy
vs
Fujita

190 cm
24
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

195 cm
35
278 lbs
26 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chinese Guy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kazaki Fujita!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fujita pushes Guy up against the cage in a clinch.

Fujita escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fujita misses with a body shot.
Guy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fujita.
Fujita looks to land a combination but Guy avoids it well.
Guy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Fujita has closed the distance and engaged Guy in a clinch.

Fujita gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Guy is not content to let Fujita control the position.

Guy looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Guy taking some punishment here, with Fujita in his half guard.
Guy has hold of Fujita's hands but Fujita slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Guy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fujita pulls his head out easily.
Fujita is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Fujita throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fujita lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Guy actively working from the bottom here.

Guy looking for submissions off his back.
Guy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fujita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Guy has hold of Fujita's hands but Fujita slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Guy wants to get back to full guard.

Fujita stands up from half guard.
Guy swings widly with a right hand

and Fujita moves into the clinch.

Guy turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Guy manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy tries to advance to mount but Fujita denies him.

Guy tries for a kimura but Fujita is defending well.
Fujita is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Guy is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Guy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Guy goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Fujita rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Guy's guard! Nice work there by Fujita!
Guy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fujita!

Guy goes for an armbar but Fujita turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fujita.
Fujita working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Guy's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Guy looking for a guillotine here but Fujita defends easily.
Fujita lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Guy wants to sweep here but Fujita controlling him for the moment.
Fujita throws a big elbow that misses.

Guy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fujita doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fujita manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fujita wants to control from the top but Guy keeps moving.
Fujita makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Guy looking for a guillotine here but Fujita defends easily.
Guy is looking to sweep but instead, Fujita has passed into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guy looking for submissions off his back.
Guy wants to improve his position but Fujita is controlling well.
Guy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fujita scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Fujita is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Guy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Fujita.
Fujita scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy is trying to get back to full guard.
Fujita frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Guy is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazaki Fujita dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fujita swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fujita's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fujita scrambles back to his feet.
A shot to the liver by Fujita. Beautiful body shot.
Fujita lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guy circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Guy.
Fujita has a takedown stuffed.
Guy throws a lazy right hand but Fujita sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujita throws a series of punches but Guy avoids them all with ease.
Guy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Fujita or perhaps it was just good defense by Guy which made him look bad.
Guy throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Kazaki Fujita has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy throws a shot from downtown. Fujita moves away and avoids it.
Guy scores with a decent looking hook.
Guy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fujita moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fujita has a takedown stuffed.
Chinese Guy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazaki Fujita.
Fujita throws a series of punches but Guy moves out of range.
Kazaki Fujita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Fujita has taken the fight to the clinch.
Guy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fujita gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Guy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fujita fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Guy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fujita stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fujita looks to land a combination but Guy avoids it well.
Guy throws a head kick but Fujita moves out of range.

Guy waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Fujita. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Fujita to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fujita keeping full guard, as Guy tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy advances position into side control!
Fujita is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

Guy is looking for a kimura but Fujita is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Guy to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Guy seems to be working for a kimura but Fujita defends the submission attempt.

Guy is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fujita sees it coming and defends easily.

Guy is looking for a kimura here.
Guy is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Fujita reverses the position - he's now on top in Guy's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita tries to free his leg and advance position but Guy is retaining full guard.

Guy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Guy has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Fujita is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Guy.
Fujita lands a few punches from side control.

Fujita decides to stand back up.
Guy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fujita was well out of range. Poor timing from Guy.
Guy scores with a decent looking hook.

Fujita drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Guy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita slips nicely into half guard.
Fujita tries to pass the half guard into mount. Guy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Guy looking for submissions off his back.
Fujita seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Guy actively working from the bottom here.
Ground and pound from Fujita.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy wants to improve his position but Fujita is controlling well.
Fujita takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Guy actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chinese Guy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kazaki Fujita's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fujita lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fujita looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fujita tries to bum rush Guy with a series of wild strikes but Guy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guy misses with a looping left.

Fujita shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Guy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Guy working for a triangle but Fujita defends it easily.

Guy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fujita postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fujita throws a big right hand that misses.
Guy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fujita manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy preventing the sweep.
Fujita is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Guy trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Fujita manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Fujita connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fujita is one step ahead there.

Guy working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Fujita has passed into half guard!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Guy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Guy looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujita postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fujita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Guy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fujita gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fujita working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Guy's head.

Guy has his foot on Fujita's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fujita works his way back into a safe position though.
Fujita trying to control but Guy is working from the bottom.
Fujita lands a couple of elbows.
Guy keeping moving, preventing Fujita from controlling successfully.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fujita's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kazaki Fujita has got the better of the ground game so far.

Guy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fujita defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guy looking for a guillotine here but Fujita defends easily.
Fujita postures up and lands a big shot to Guy's brow.

Guy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fujita gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fujita postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Guy covers up, he's hurt! Fujita keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Fujita and the ref steps in to end the fight! Fujita can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazaki Fujita!
Post fight, Kazaki Fujita stared into the camera and said 'This is the last fight of my career, I have done everything I could have ever hoped to do. I have a family and I have made a living. It's time to be a father and a husband. Thank you for all the support!~'.