PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Idi Ota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takuji Kawashima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawashima has chosen Colossal - Wolfmother as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Ota
vs
Kawashima

184 cm
27
287 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

190 cm
21
280 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]

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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Idi Ota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takuji Kawashima!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ota. Kawashima does a little dance to reset his feet.

Ota clinches with his opponent.
Kawashima goes for a takedown attempt but Ota pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kawashima circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ota tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kawashima paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kawashima missing with a left hand there. Ota was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ota is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ota is looking to clinch but Kawashima is avoiding it.
Kawashima looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ota moves in looking to clinch but Kawashima pushes him off.
Kawashima swats away the attempt to clinch by Ota.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ota takes the fight into the clinch.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kawashima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ota scores with a hook to the body.
Ota lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ota lands a damaging elbow.
Kawashima looking for a takedown.
Kawashima takes an elbow to the temple.
Ota lands an elbow inside that Kawashima shrugs off.

It looks like Takuji Kawashima has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ota.
Kawashima looks winded!
Ota scores a nice knee to the body.
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Ota scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Ota.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Kawashima's ribcage.
Ota with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ota landing knees to the body.
Ota lands a nice elbow.
Ota lands a knee to the body.
Ota using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ota landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ota with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ota lands a nice knee to the body.
Ota putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kawashima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ota lands an elbow just above Kawashima 's eye.
A body shot lands from Ota.
Kawashima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Kawashima's ribcage.
Ota unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kawashima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kawashima takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ota scores with a knee to the head.
Ota lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Ota.
Ota working Kawashima over with knees to the body.
Ota working Kawashima over with knees to the body.
Ota landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Kawashima's ribcage.
Ota crunches a lovely knee into Kawashima's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ota lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ota.
Ota landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kawashima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Idi Ota has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takuji Kawashima.
Kawashima takes a knee right on the jaw!

Kawashima is rocked!
Ota lands an elbow that stopped Kawashima in his tracks for a moment.
Kawashima is still on wobbly legs! Can Ota finish him?
Ota lands a big right hand that drops Kawashima! The killer instinct kicks in and Ota finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Ota!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Idi Ota!
An out of breath Idi Ota thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Takuji Kawashima was interviewed post fight and said 'Team Goroshi - Kore Fight Nutrition - Sydney Elite Systems - Extreme MMA'.