PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kyotaro Fujita (ranked 6255 p4p, 6040 weight class) and John Nutrion (ranked 611 p4p, 603 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Fujita
vs
Nutrion

190 cm
25
230
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
240
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Basic striking
Fast

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kyotaro Fujita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Nutrion!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nutrion has closed the distance and engaged Fujita in a clinch.
Fujita managing to block the knees to the body from Nutrion.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.
Fujita blocks a body shot from Nutrion.
Fujita is trying to break the clinch but Nutrion is controlling him.
Nutrion tries to work over Fujita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nutrion utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fujita is trying to force a seperation but Nutrion has the dominant position.
Fujita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nutrion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nutrion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita looking to stall.
Nutrion looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch but Nutrion keeps him there for the moment.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutrion throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nutrion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fujita swings wildly with an uppercut but Nutrion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nutrion throws a head punch that misses.
Nutrion with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fujita tries to work over Nutrion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fujita wants to get back to striking at distance but Nutrion won't allow it.
Fujita blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fujita trying to control the position but instead, Nutrion has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fujita into the ropes.
Fujita blocking some punches.
Nutrion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nutrion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fujita.
Nutrion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nutrion missing with knees to the body.
Fujita blocking some punches.
Fujita wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nutrion misses with an elbow over the top.
Nutrion is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fujita is defending well for now.
Nutrion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fujita managing to block the knees to the body from Nutrion.
Fujita is trying to break the clinch but Nutrion has him pressed against the ropes.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.
Fujita blocks the elbow strike.
Nutrion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nutrion keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujita's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutrion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nutrion can't find room to land a body shot as Fujita controls the action.
Nutrion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fujita has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nutrion throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fujita wants to stall.
Nutrion trying to land knees to the body.
Fujita wants to get back to striking at distance but Nutrion won't allow it.
Nutrion tries a body shot but Fujita blocks it.
Fujita wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nutrion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nutrion scores with a shoulder strike.
Nutrion can't find room to land a body shot as Fujita controls the action.
Nutrion misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fujita.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fujita swings wildly with an uppercut but Nutrion uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nutrion misses with some punches.
Nutrion prevents Fujita from breaking the clinch.
Fujita can't find room to land a body shot as Nutrion controls the action.
Nutrion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fujita has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nutrion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fujita on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Nutrion fails to land.
Nutrion tries to throw a body punch but Fujita avoids it by throwing Nutrion back against the ropes.
Nutrion unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fujita lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nutrion is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fujita is defending well for now.
Fujita works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fujita tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Fujita tries to close the distance and clinch but Nutrion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Nutrion gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nutrion misses with the head strike.
Nutrion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.
Fujita can't break the clinch.
Fujita prevents a body shot from Nutrion.
Fujita avoids the elbow strike from Nutrion, against the ropes.
Nutrion working aggressively here.
Nutrion throws a punch but it's blocked by Fujita.
Nutrion cracks Fujita with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Fujita's face as he tries to break the clinch.
John Nutrion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.
Fujita tries to circle away but Nutrion has him pinned against the ropes.
Fujita dodges an elbow strike from Nutrion.
Nutrion creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutrion tries to throw a body punch but Fujita avoids it by throwing Nutrion back against the ropes.
Nutrion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fujita wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nutrion swings wildly with an uppercut but Fujita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nutrion misses with the head strike.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fujita scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nutrion pushes off an throws an elbow but Fujita leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Nutrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fujita wants to get back to striking at distance but Nutrion won't allow it.
Fujita looking to slow down the pace here.
Fujita can't break the clinch.

Fujita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita tries to close the distance and clinch but Nutrion swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nutrion wants to counter with a clinch but Fujita pushes him away.

Nutrion gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fujita blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nutrion misses with a punch to the body.
Fujita misses with a knee to the head.
Nutrion misses with a knee to the head.
Fujita is trying to push Nutrion away but Nutrion has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Nutrion misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fujita wants to break free but Nutrion has control.
Fujita blocks a body shot from Nutrion.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch but Nutrion keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nutrion.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch but Nutrion keeps him there for the moment.
Nutrion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fujita blocks an elbow strike from Nutrion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutrion has a couple of punches blocked by Fujita.
Nutrion swings wildly with an uppercut but Fujita uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nutrion tries a body shot but Fujita blocks it.
Nutrion working aggressively here.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nutrion tries to work over Fujita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nutrion throws a head punch that misses.
Nutrion keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujita's efforts to push away.
Nutrion is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fujita is defending well for now.
Nutrion keeps control of Fujita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fujita tries a body shot but Nutrion blocks it.
Fujita is looking to break free of the clinch but Nutrion has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nutrion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fujita trying to land knees to the body.
Fujita blocks the elbow strike.
Nutrion misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nutrion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nutrion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fujita has had enough of the clinch but Nutrion keeps him there for the moment.
Nutrion tries to work over Fujita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nutrion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fujita's elbow.
Nutrion throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nutrion looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nutrion.

It looks like Kyotaro Fujita has been cut.
Nutrion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nutrion fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Nutrion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kyotaro Fujita's cut.
That's time! Fujita's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Fujita misses with a leg kick.

Nutrion has Fujita up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nutrion misses with a punch to the body.
Fujita managing to block the knees to the body from Nutrion.
Nutrion prevents Fujita from breaking the clinch.
Nutrion throws a punch but it's blocked by Fujita.
Nutrion misses with some punches.
Fujita is trying to break the clinch but Nutrion has him pressed against the ropes.
Fujita managing to block the knees to the body from Nutrion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita managing to block the knees to the body from Nutrion.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.
Nutrion looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fujita is trying to maintain a safe position but Nutrion gets an underhook and turns Fujita into the ropes.
Nutrion prevents Fujita from breaking the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutrion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nutrion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fujita wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nutrion misses with an elbow over the top.
Fujita trying to control the position but instead, Nutrion has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fujita into the ropes.
Nutrion looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Fujita blocks an uppercut.
Nutrion trying to land knees to the body.
Fujita misses with an elbow strike.
Nutrion has a couple of punches blocked by Fujita.
Nutrion misses with a punch to the body.
Fujita blocking some punches.
Fujita blocks a body shot from Nutrion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita avoiding damage as Nutrion throws knees to the body.
Nutrion is working Fujita over against the ropes.
Nutrion avoiding damage as Fujita throws knees to the body.
Fujita wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fujita is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nutrion is keeping busy.
Nutrion tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fujita avoiding damage as Nutrion throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fujita.
Nutrion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nutrion has a couple of punches blocked by Fujita.
Fujita on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nutrion throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nutrion tries to land knees in the clinch but Fujita avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita can't break the clinch.
Fujita misses with an elbow strike.
Fujita looking to stall.
Fujita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fujita is looking to break free of the clinch but Nutrion has double underhooks.
Nutrion tries a body shot but Fujita blocks it.
Nutrion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nutrion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fujita's elbow.
Nutrion has Fujita pressed against the ropes, preventing Fujita from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fujita wants to break free but Nutrion has control.
Nutrion using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fujita has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fujita can't break the clinch.
Fujita prevents a body shot from Nutrion.
Fujita is trying to break free.

That's four 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.
Nutrion missing with knees to the body.
Nutrion tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fujita avoids it.
Nutrion tries to throw a body punch but Fujita avoids it by throwing Nutrion back against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nutrion as Fujita tries to tie him up.
Nutrion tries a knee to the head but Fujita blocks it.
Fujita blocking some punches.
Nutrion working aggressively here.
Nutrion has a couple of punches blocked by Fujita.
Nutrion tries a body shot but Fujita blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nutrion presses Fujita against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nutrion doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fujita tries to break free but Nutrion pushes him back against the ropes.
Kyotaro Fujita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Nutrion is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fujita fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Nutrion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nutrion winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Nutrion!
A relieved looking John Nutrion thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.