PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiachi Kazuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland McGregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kazuya
vs
McGregor

195 cm
23
206 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

192 cm
22
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiachi Kazuya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roland McGregor!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazuya misses with a double jab.
McGregor swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kazuya counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kazuya lands a knee to the body.
McGregor takes an elbow to the temple.

Kazuya manages to break the clinch.
McGregor closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Hiachi Kazuya has been cut.
Kazuya keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kazuya tries to clinch up but McGregor circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab lands there for McGregor.
Kazuya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McGregor throws a body punch but Kazuya moves out of range.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but McGregor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McGregor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Some wild striking there from McGregor.
Kazuya doesn't manage to clinch there - McGregor circles away.
A nice combination there by McGregor.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Kazuya closes the distance and clinches.
Kazuya stops a takedown attempt from McGregor.
McGregor can't get the takedown.
Hiachi Kazuya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland McGregor.
Kazuya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kazuya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McGregor changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kazuya fights it off and pushes away nicely.
McGregor looks gassed!
Kazuya is looking to clinch but McGregor is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Kazuya holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
McGregor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazuya pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kazuya doesn't manage to clinch there - McGregor circles away.
Kazuya looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hiachi Kazuya is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGregor dodges the punch combination from Kazuya.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kazuya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kazuya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McGregor lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kazuya tries to clinch but McGregor is having none of it.
Kazuya tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
McGregor connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McGregor scores with a punch to the head.
McGregor getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crunch! Kazuya slams his shin into McGregor's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGregor throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Kazuya counters by clinching up.

Kazuya breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McGregor wants to land a leg kick but Kazuya is out of range.
Nice cross by McGregor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Kazuya.
McGregor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Kazuya closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kazuya.
McGregor has Kazuya pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Kazuya manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kazuya tries a knee to the head but McGregor blocks it.

McGregor wants the takedown. Kazuya is fighting it off but McGregor persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Kazuya's guard against the ropes.
McGregor is looking to advance position but Kazuya has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
McGregor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazuya trying to control but McGregor is having none of it.
McGregor regains half guard.
McGregor throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
McGregor trying to control from the bottom.

McGregor looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
McGregor is looking to get back to full guard here but Kazuya has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McGregor is looking to get to half guard.
McGregor throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
McGregor gets back to half guard.
McGregor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McGregor wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McGregor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kazuya's guard.
Kazuya can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as McGregor controls the pace.
Kazuya knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGregor on the ground.
McGregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazuya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roland McGregor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hiachi Kazuya's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

McGregor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kazuya as he jumps to the side.

Kazuya has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGregor can't break the clinch.
Kazuya landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McGregor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazuya pulls his leg out and moves away.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Kazuya.
McGregor keeps the fight on the outside.
McGregor scores with a three punch combo!
Kazuya tries to clinch but McGregor is having none of it.
McGregor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kazuya has time to react.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Kazuya fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGregor, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kazuya misses with a knee strike.
Kazuya lands a nice knee to the body.
Kazuya trying to stall but McGregor improves his position.
Come on Kazuya - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kazuya gets underhooks to prevent McGregor's takedown attempt.
Hiachi Kazuya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland McGregor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazuya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kazuya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McGregor is looking to control Kazuya's arms but Kazuya gets an underhook and turns him. Now McGregor has his back to the ropes.
McGregor is working for takedown but Kazuya is calmly controlling the position for now.

Kazuya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McGregor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kazuya doesn't manage to clinch there - McGregor circles away.
Kazuya fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kazuya dodges the punch combination from McGregor.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Kazuya.
McGregor keeps the fight on the outside.
McGregor fails with a takedown attempt.

Kazuya forces McGregor back against the ropes and clinches.
Kazuya is pushing McGregor up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
McGregor takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kazuya is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Kazuya lands an elbow just above McGregor 's eye.
McGregor is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Kazuya gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
McGregor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kazuya prevents it.
Kazuya lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kazuya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGregor is keeping busy.
Nice elbow from Kazuya.
Kazuya is trying to stall.
McGregor wants a takedown.
McGregor is trying to drag Kazuya to the mat but Kazuya just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Knees to the body from Kazuya.
McGregor takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGregor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazuya pulls his leg out and moves away.
Roland McGregor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch but McGregor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kazuya ducks under a wild hook from McGregor.
McGregor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kazuya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McGregor blocks it with crossed arms.
McGregor goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kazuya prevents it.
McGregor drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kazuya pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kazuya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGregor.
Kazuya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGregor throws out the jab.
Kazuya avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kazuya is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Kazuya, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McGregor swats away the attempt to clinch by Kazuya.
Kazuya tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
An inside leg kick from Kazuya misses.
Kazuya tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kazuya moves in looking to clinch but McGregor pushes him off.
Kazuya tries to close the distance and clinch up but McGregor swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGregor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

McGregor shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McGregor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
McGregor lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
McGregor content just to control the position here.
McGregor dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiachi Kazuya dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hiachi Kazuya's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Kazuya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donk. McGregor catches Kazuya right on the button with a cross.
McGregor fails to land the takedown.
Kazuya tries to clinch there but McGregor circles away.
McGregor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McGregor shoots and misses

and Kazuya counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kazuya.
McGregor wants a takedown.
Hiachi Kazuya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland McGregor.
Stalling in the clinch from Kazuya.

McGregor turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
McGregor trying to control the position but Kazuya is working away.
McGregor tries to get to his feet but Kazuya is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with McGregor in his guard.
McGregor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McGregor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McGregor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGregor trying to control but Kazuya is working from the bottom.
McGregor throwing strikes but missing.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
McGregor misses with a takedown

and Kazuya counters by clinching up.
Kazuya lands a damaging elbow.
Kazuya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Kazuya manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McGregor throws a right and a left that Kazuya avoids nicely.
Kazuya has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Kazuya gets a clinch.
Kazuya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kazuya lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kazuya.
Kazuya tries to land a knee to the head but McGregor blocks with his arms.

Kazuya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kazuya takes one on the chin but seems OK.

McGregor scores with a takedown into Kazuya's guard.
McGregor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazuya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kazuya working a defensive guard here.

McGregor gets to his feet. Kazuya looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McGregor scores a takedown into full mount!
McGregor sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kazuya is squirming around, avoiding McGregor's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
McGregor looking to control and managing it successfully.
McGregor trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns Kazuya that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
McGregor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
McGregor with a couple of short strikes.
McGregor putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

And that's the end of the fight!
Roland McGregor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McGregor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Roland McGregor!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Roland McGregor!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Roland McGregor!

Roland McGregor wins by unanimous decision!