PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jun Mizuno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Cena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cena is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Champ is Here. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mizuno
vs
Cena

194 cm
24
280 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

185 cm
29
250 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Mizuno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Cena!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mizuno closes the distance and clinches.
Cena is looking to break free of the clinch but Mizuno has double underhooks.
Mizuno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cena has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cena looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cena looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mizuno using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cena has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cena avoids it.
Cena wants to break free but Mizuno has control.
Cena tries to break free but Mizuno pushes him back against the cage.
Cena is looking to break free of the clinch but Mizuno has double underhooks.
Cena wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mizuno misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cena.
Mizuno working Cena over with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mizuno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cena lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cena looks winded!
Mizuno tries a knee to the head but Cena blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mizuno obliges.
Mizuno lands a knee to the head.
Mizuno looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizuno landing knees to the body.
Mizuno connects with a knee to the head.
Mizuno landing knees to the body.
Mizuno looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.
Mizuno keeps control of Cena as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mizuno missing with knees to the body.
Mizuno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cena is defending well for now.
Mizuno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cena is defending well for now.

Cena breaks from the clinch.
Cena avoids the head kick by Mizuno.
Cena swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cena crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mizuno - the referee stops the clock and Cena gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mizuno. Cena manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cena misses with the combination.
Mizuno dodges the punch combination from Cena.
Cena misses with a hook. Mizuno ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mizuno.
Cena is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mizuno with a body shot.

Cena closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mizuno to the mat! Mizuno manages to get full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cena throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mizuno is trying to control the position but Cena postures up.
Mizuno wants to get back to his feet but Cena is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mizuno utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mizuno is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cena won't allow Mizuno to get back to his feet.
Cena throws an elbow that misses. Mizuno uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cena's guard. Nice move by Mizuno!

Mizuno tries to stand but Cena is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mizuno won't allow Cena to get back to his feet.
Cena is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Mizuno controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cena wants to slow Mizuno down by chopping away at his legs.
Mizuno is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cena.
Mizuno throws a head kick that Cena semi-blocks.
Cena staying out of range there.
Mizuno is looking to land body kicks.
Nice takedown defense from Mizuno. No joy for Cena on that attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cena looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mizuno is fending him off so far but Cena persists. Nope, Mizuno circles away and we're back to standing.
Mizuno thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cena scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mizuno in his tracks.
Mizuno on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

It looks like Jun Mizuno has been cut.
Mizuno thuds his shin into the meat of Cena's side.
Cena throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jun Mizuno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cena throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mizuno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cena lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mizuno pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Mizuno rushes Cena and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mizuno scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Felix Cena has been cut.
Mizuno lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Mizuno.
Mizuno is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cena is defending well for now.
Mizuno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizuno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cena's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Mizuno dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A solid body kick from Mizuno.

Mizuno gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mizuno connects with a knee to the head.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cena avoids it.
Cena is trying to push Mizuno away but Mizuno has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Cena escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mizuno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mizuno tries to counter by clinching up but Cena breaks away and moves out of range.
Cena throws a solid leg kick but Mizuno takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cena.
Mizuno tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cena throws a hook to the side of Mizuno's head but Mizuno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mizuno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mizuno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mizuno slips under a jab from Cena.
Cena will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cena throws a jab when Mizuno was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena avoids the head kick by Mizuno.
Mizuno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cena can do to turn this around?
Cena lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mizuno circles away quickly and effectively.
Cena circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cena moves out of range of the body kick from Mizuno.
Mizuno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mizuno.
Mizuno lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cena will feel that in the morning.
Mizuno misses with a head kick.
Cena shoots in for a takedown but Mizuno shows good takedown defense.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Cena moves out of range as Mizuno throws a body kick.
Cena shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mizuno as he jumps to the side.
Mizuno connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mizuno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Felix Cena is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mizuno throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cena checks it well.
Mizuno misses with a body kick.
Cena looks to land a right hand but Mizuno moved out of range.
Cena changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mizuno tries to avoid it but Cena manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mizuno to the ground. Mizuno escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jun Mizuno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Cena.
Mizuno throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mizuno feints and then cracks Cena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cena down.

Mizuno instigates a clinch.
Mizuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cena avoids it.
Mizuno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mizuno looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.
Mizuno looking to throw knees to the head but Cena is blocking nicely.
Cena on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cena blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno lands a nice knee to the body.
Cena managing to block the knees to the body from Mizuno.
Mizuno throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizuno lands a nice knee to the body.
Mizuno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mizuno landing knees to the head.
Mizuno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mizuno tries a knee to the head but Cena blocks it.
Cena has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mizuno seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cena can turn it around.
Cena wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mizuno tries to land knees in the clinch but Cena avoids the damage to the body.
Mizuno tries a knee to the head but Cena blocks it.
Mizuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mizuno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mizuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mizuno trying to land knees to the body.

Cena breaks from the clinch.
Cena uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cena takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mizuno darts in trying to clinch
and Cena counters with a three punch combo that has Mizuno backing up. Mizuno nods at Cena to acknowledge the strikes.
Mizuno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jun Mizuno is winning the standup battle so far.
Cena blocks a leg kick.
Cena throws out a loose jab but Mizuno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cena thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mizuno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Mizuno dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cena misses with a body shot.
Cena misses with a left hand

and Mizuno holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cena wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cena is trying to break the clinch but Mizuno has him pressed against the cage.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cena has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cena has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cena managing to block the knees to the body from Mizuno.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mizuno obliges.

Cena breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena misses with a series of wild punches.
Cena takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mizuno wants to clinch.
Mizuno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cena manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cena shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Cena was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cena working the ground and pound but Mizuno is defending the strikes.
Cena misses with the ground and pound.
Mizuno is trying to get back to half guard.
Cena throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Cena creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
An elbow from Cena crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cena lands a nice forearm strike.
Mizuno is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cena off and has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena avoids the strikes from Mizuno.
A lull in the action here.
Cena is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Mizuno.
Cena covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Cena is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Mizuno.
Mizuno missing with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
I really don't envy Cena right now.
Mizuno struggling to keep hold of the position.
Mizuno throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Cena is keeping busy.
What can Cena do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Mizuno continues to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mizuno throwing sloppy strikes.
Mizuno trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Cena just trying to survive but Mizuno is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Mizuno tries to get the hooks in deep but Cena pushed the leg off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Felix Cena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jun Mizuno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mizuno controlling well, preventing Cena from escaping the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jun Mizuno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mizuno, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jun Mizuno!
Jun Mizuno took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Kore Fight Nutrition [TG] for their support in the buildup to the fight.