PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samurai Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuya Kawajiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jack
vs
Kawajiri

170 cm
33
156 lbs
24 - 10 - 1

172 cm
27
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Samurai Jack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatsuya Kawajiri!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kawajiri.
Samurai Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Jack.
Kawajiri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Kawajiri throws a poor cross that misses
and Kawajiri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jack looks to throw the jab but Kawajiri is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Kawajiri slips a straight right by Jack.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Jack wants to clinch.
Jack connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kawajiri. Kawajiri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack takes one on the button.

It looks like Samurai Jack has been cut.
Jack has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ground Zero London in the buildup to the fight.
Jack throws a hook but Kawajiri blocks it.
Jack keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jack.

Jack clinches up with Kawajiri and pushes him back against the cage.
Jack misses with a knee strike.
Jack tries to work over Kawajiri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kawajiri lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kawajiri can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri blocking some punches.
Knees to the body from Jack.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kawajiri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kawajiri wants to break free but Jack has control.

Kawajiri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Kawajiri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kawajiri loads up on a big right hand but Jack slips the punch.
Jack throws a hook but Kawajiri blocks it.
Jack is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jab from Kawajiri.
Jack connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kawajiri momentarily.
Jack lands with a cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jack connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kawajiri's hands.
Kawajiri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kawajiri misses with a looping left.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kawajiri moves out of range as Jack strikes.
Kawajiri connects with the punch.
Jack connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jack scores with a punch to the head.
Jack looks to land a right hand but Kawajiri moved out of range.
Jack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawajiri.
A jab from Kawajiri finds it's way through Jack's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kawajiri takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jack is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kawajiri scores with a jab. Jack acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jack looks to throw the jab but Kawajiri is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Kawajiri's shoulder, as Kawajiri tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samurai Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samurai Jack's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Kawajiri uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jack.
Jack throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Jack.
Jack connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jack showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kawajiri.
Jack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawajiri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Jack misses.
A jab from Jack misses.
Kawajiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kawajiri throws the left hand but Jack avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack tries to clinch but Kawajiri is having none of it.
Jack throws a hook but Kawajiri avoids it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jack.
Jack scores with a nice head shot.
Jack fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jack is looking to clinch but Kawajiri is avoiding it.
Kawajiri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jack. Kawajiri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawajiri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack avoids a punch combination nicely.
Samurai Jack is winning the standup battle so far.
A big right from Jack misses.
Kawajiri slips under a jab.
Jack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawajiri counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kawajiri ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kawajiri in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kawajiri.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Jack as he connects with a hook.
Kawajiri cracks Jack with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jack throws out the jab.
Kawajiri throws out a loose jab but Jack uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kawajiri misses with a hook to the body
and Jack counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jack lands the left hand.
Jack lands with a hook. Kawajiri tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jack throws an off balance right hand
and Kawajiri counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jack thinking.
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kawajiri.
Kawajiri throws a lazy uppercut
and Jack counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jack scores with a jab to the jaw.

Kawajiri is rocked!
Jack blocks a jab.
Kawajiri is still on wobbly legs! Can Jack finish him?
Kawajiri bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kawajiri seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice shot by Jack.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Jack.
A lazy left from Jack finds it's target.
Jack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack thows a body kick. Kawajiri tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kawajiri on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samurai Jack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Samurai Jack's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Jack tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kawajiri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack lands a slapping body shot.
Jack throws a hook but Kawajiri blocks it.
Kawajiri ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Jack lands an overhand right.
Kawajiri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
A jab from Jack misses.
Jack tries to move into range but Kawajiri moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Jack misses.
Kawajiri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jack.
Kawajiri throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jack is looking to slow Kawajiri down with leg kicks.
Kawajiri blocks a head kick by Jack.
Jack thows a body shot but no joy.
Jack misses with an uppercut
and Kawajiri counters with a left to the body.
Jack connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jack misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack misses with a hook.
Jack misses with a looping left.
Jack buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kawajiri.
Jack tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kawajiri throws a hook but Jack blocks it.
Kawajiri just misses with a punch to the body.
Jack rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kawajiri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Jack misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Kawajiri looks to land a right hand but Jack moved out of range.
Jack scores with a punch to the head.
Jack scores with a leg kick.
Jack ducks under a wild hook from Kawajiri.
Jack slips a jab from Kawajiri.
Jack throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kawajiri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jack misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kawajiri misses with a hook
and Kawajiri takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kawajiri defending well as Jack loads up on a big left hand.
Kawajiri looks to land a left hand but Jack moved out of range nicely.
Jack moves out of range of the strikes.
Kawajiri staying out of range there.
Jack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kawajiri manages to avoid it.
Kawajiri throws a jab when Jack was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kawajiri tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kawajiri ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samurai Jack clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Samurai Jack'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. This is the final round!

Jack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kawajiri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jack misses with an uppercut
and Kawajiri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Jack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kawajiri has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Jack closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kawajiri wants to break free but Jack has control.
Jack tries a body shot but Kawajiri blocks it.
Kawajiri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kawajiri taking a breather.
Kawajiri managing to block the knees to the body from Jack.
Jack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kawajiri avoids it.
Jack misses with a knee to the head.

Kawajiri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jack fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kawajiri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jack misses with a hook.
Kawajiri tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jack was well out of range. Poor timing from Kawajiri.
Jack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kawajiri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Jack moves into range and clinches up with Kawajiri.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jack missing with knees to the body.
Jack with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jack tries a knee to the head but Kawajiri blocks it.

Kawajiri breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jack misses with a body shot.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Kawajiri.
Jab by Kawajiri.

Jack is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kawajiri ducks under a wild hook from Jack.
Oh Jack is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kawajiri swings widly with a right hand
and Jack counters with a straight right hand.
Jack throws a lazy uppercut
and Kawajiri counters with a huge left! Jack is in big trouble! He's backing up but Kawajiri isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jack from any more damage. A dominating finish by Kawajiri!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tatsuya Kawajiri!
Tatsuya Kawajiri gave a mention to GREEN!160 in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).