PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crusher Breaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crusher Breaker looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Breaker
vs
Kazama

187 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Crusher Breaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jin Kazama!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Breaker shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Breaker stops Kazama from standing up.
Breaker with a nice head shot there.
Kazama utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Breaker wanted to stand there but Kazama had control of the position.
Breaker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Breaker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Breaker with a flurry of punches that miss.
Breaker slips nicely into half guard.
Breaker thows a huge punch but Kazama dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Breaker thows a huge punch but Kazama dodges it nicely.
Breaker trying to control from half guard but Kazama is working away.
Breaker has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Breaker throwing shots but Kazama is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Breaker is looking for a kimura but Kazama is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Breaker to get the leverage.
Breaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Breaker is looking for a kimura here.
Breaker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Breaker throwing shots but Kazama is blocking nicely.
Breaker seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kazama does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kazama is looking to escape.
Breaker wants to stand up but Kazama has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Kazama tries to kick Breaker off but Breaker keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breaker thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kazama's head.
Kazama really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Breaker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kazama looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kazama avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Breaker.
We've been hearing that Breaker has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kazama looks like he's trying to stand up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Kazama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kazama throws a chopping leg kick but Breaker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Breaker takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jin Kazama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kazama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Breaker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kazama stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Breaker changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kazama looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Breaker sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Kazama is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Breaker postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazama dodges the ground and pound from Breaker.

Breaker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kazama knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Breaker thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kazama defending against the ground and pound.

Breaker tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kazama is trying to buck Breaker off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Breaker is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kazama has escaped the position, nice work there.
Breaker creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Kazama sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

Breaker is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kazama is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kazama is looking to get back to his feet here but Breaker is keeping cool and he's managed to take Kazama's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Breaker is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Kazama knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Kazama for a finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Crusher Breaker dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kazama misses with a low kick.
Kazama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kazama looks to land a combination but Breaker avoids it well.
Kazama throws a lazy head kick
and Breaker counters with a nice leg kick.

Breaker darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Breaker is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Breaker has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Kazama defend it? Breaker steps over the head and cranks it - Kazama is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Breaker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Crusher Breaker!
A relieved looking Crusher Breaker thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.