PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Katsu Kazuhiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yunus Ebon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuhiro comes into the arena with BUSHIDO blaring out of the sound system. Yunus Ebon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kazuhiro
vs
Ebon

178 cm
19
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

KAISER
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Katsu Kazuhiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yunus Ebon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ebon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kazuhiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Ebon rushes Kazuhiro and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kazuhiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kazuhiro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ebon lands a left hand.
Kazuhiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ebon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ebon lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kazuhiro.
Ebon throws a head punch that misses.
Ebon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kazuhiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ebon working aggressively here.
Kazuhiro is trying to maintain a safe position but Ebon gets an underhook and turns Kazuhiro into the cage.
Kazuhiro works on Ebon's body with a couple of short punches.
Kazuhiro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Ebon lands a left hand.
Ebon lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ebon fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazuhiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kazuhiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kazuhiro taking a breather.
Ebon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazuhiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kazuhiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ebon has a couple of punches blocked by Kazuhiro.
Ebon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kazuhiro fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ebon working aggressively here.
Kazuhiro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kazuhiro drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ebon gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ebon throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazuhiro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ebon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kazuhiro tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ebon smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Katsu Kazuhiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ebon clinches up with Kazuhiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Ebon misses with the head strike.
Ebon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ebon misses with some punches.
Kazuhiro blocking some punches.
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!
Ebon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kazuhiro backwards.
I was talking to Kazuhiro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ebon swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazuhiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kazuhiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ebon misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ebon has a couple of punches blocked by Kazuhiro.
Good body shot from Kazuhiro.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ebon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kazuhiro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ebon backwards.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ebon throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazuhiro.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kazuhiro blocking some punches.
Ebon gets through Kazuhiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ebon misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Ebon fails to land.
Ebon has a couple of punches blocked by Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ebon prevents it.
Kazuhiro pushes Ebon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Ebon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ebon misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazuhiro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ebon throws a punch but it's blocked by Kazuhiro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ebon.
We've been informed that Ebon has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ebon has a couple of punches blocked by Kazuhiro.
Ebon misses with the head strike.
Kazuhiro taking a breather.
Ebon being controlled against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kazuhiro.
Kazuhiro lands a shot to the body.
Kazuhiro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kazuhiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kazuhiro lands a nice uppercut.
Kazuhiro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ebon misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kazuhiro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ebon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yunus Ebon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ebon moves to clinch but Kazuhiro breaks away
and Kazuhiro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yunus Ebon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ebon tries to clinch up
and Kazuhiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ebon moves to clinch but Kazuhiro breaks away
and Kazuhiro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ebon darts in trying to clinch
and Kazuhiro counters with a left and a right that stings Ebon.
Yunus Ebon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kazuhiro connects with a right hand. Ebon shakes it off.
Ebon tries to clinch up.

Ebon drives through and clinches with Kazuhiro against the cage.
Ebon misses with some punches.
Ebon misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ebon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ebon misses with a punch on the inside.
Ebon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ebon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Ebon fails to land.
Kazuhiro leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ebon misses with the head strike.

Kazuhiro gets control of Ebon's arms and successfully pulls guard. Kazuhiro will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Kazuhiro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kazuhiro wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Ebon with a flurry of punches that miss.

Kazuhiro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ebon can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kazuhiro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ebon.

Kazuhiro is looking for a triangle but Ebon pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ebon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ebon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Kazuhiro has his feet on Ebon's thighs here. He's pushed Ebon off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Ebon screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Katsu Kazuhiro!
After the fight, Katsu Kazuhiro was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.