PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kohinata Minoru Ii (ranked 226 p4p, 263 weight class) and Derrick Bradley (ranked 37 p4p, 41 weight class). Bradley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Sudbury Saturday Night. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Minoru Ii
vs
Bradley

185 cm
35
186
21 - 8 - 0

185 cm
34
185
23 - 6 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

NARCOS
Northern Zombie

Conviction
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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 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kohinata Minoru Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Derrick Bradley!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Minoru Ii lands with a hook. Bradley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Bradley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Minoru Ii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A countering left hand to the body from Bradley misses.
Minoru Ii tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bradley was well out of range. Poor timing from Minoru Ii.
Bradley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Minoru Ii with a body shot.
Minoru Ii throws a shot from downtown. Bradley moves away and avoids it.
Bradley flicks out a counter leg kick but Minoru Ii steps away.
Bradley just misses with a punch to the body.
Minoru Ii scores with a nice head shot.
Minoru Ii looks to throw the jab but Bradley is out of range.
Bradley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bradley misses with a lunging right hand
and Minoru Ii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minoru Ii jabs at Bradley's body.
Minoru Ii looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Minoru Ii lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Minoru Ii misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minoru Ii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Minoru Ii swings for the body but Bradley moves out of range.
Minoru Ii with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice uppercut there from Bradley.
Minoru Ii has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Minoru Ii there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bradley misses with a jab to the body
letting Minoru Ii counter with a right hand.
Bradley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bradley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A low kick from Bradley misses
and Minoru Ii counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Minoru Ii rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bradley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Minoru Ii thuds his right hand into Bradley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Minoru Ii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Bradley is rocked!
Bradley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Minoru Ii manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Minoru Ii avoids the body shot from Bradley.

Bradley rushes Minoru Ii and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bradley digs a right hand underneath Minoru Ii's ribcage. Minoru Ii let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bradley has a couple of punches blocked by Minoru Ii.

Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Minoru Ii rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bradley counters with a straight right hand.
Bradley thuds his right hand into Minoru Ii's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Bradley ducks under a wild hook from Minoru Ii.
A nice side step and Bradley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bradley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Minoru Ii.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley connects with a body shot.
Bradley slips a straight right by Minoru Ii.
Minoru Ii misses with a jab to the body

and Bradley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Bradley breaks the clinch.
Minoru Ii looks to land a left hand but Bradley moved out of range nicely.
Bradley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bradley looks to land a right hand but Minoru Ii moved out of range.
Bradley scores with a shot to the body.
Bradley throws a leg kick that is checked
and Minoru Ii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bradley has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Kohinata Minoru Ii seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Minoru Ii throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Minoru Ii throws a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Kohinata Minoru Ii has been cut.
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!
Bradley throws a push kick but Minoru Ii slaps the foot to one side.
Bradley scores with a jab to the body.
Minoru Ii walks into a straight right hand from Bradley.
Bradley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bradley misses with an uppercut.
Minoru Ii takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bradley thows a body kick. Minoru Ii tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bradley lands with an overhand left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Derrick Bradley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kohinata Minoru Ii's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Bradley scores with a jab.
Minoru Ii slips a jab and a cross from Bradley.
A solid body kick from Bradley.
Bradley ducks under a wild hook from Minoru Ii.
Bradley scores with a kick to the body.
Bradley throws an overhand right that lands on Minoru Ii's shoulder, as Minoru Ii tries to avoid the shot.
Bradley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Minoru Ii.
Bradley tries a quick counter leg kick but Minoru Ii is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley misses with an uppercut. Minoru Ii saw that one coming.
Minoru Ii tries to clinch up.
Minoru Ii swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bradley counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley scores with a jab.
Derrick Bradley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Minoru Ii throws out a loose jab but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Bradley misses.
Minoru Ii with a nice cross.
Bradley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bradley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Bradley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bradley prevents a body shot from Minoru Ii.
A right handed body shot lands from Bradley.
Bradley blocks a body shot from Minoru Ii.

Bradley breaks from the clinch.
Minoru Ii throws a sloppy body shot
and Bradley counters with a nice low kick that buckles Minoru Ii's knee momentarily.
Bradley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Minoru Ii.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Minoru Ii misses the target.
Bradley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Minoru Ii lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minoru Ii fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bradley thuds a left hand into Minoru Ii's body.
Minoru Ii defending well as Bradley loads up on a big left hand.
Bradley falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Minoru Ii to counter with a crisp jab.
Bradley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Minoru Ii appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands an overhand right.
Bradley misses with a leg kick.
Minoru Ii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bradley throws a body shot but no joy.
Minoru Ii swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bradley thumps Minoru Ii with a low kick.
Bradley throws a body kick that misses
and Minoru Ii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Minoru Ii lands a big right hand that sends Bradley crashing to the mat! Minoru Ii stays standing though and waves Bradley back to his feet!
Bradley is still on wobbly legs! Can Minoru Ii finish him?
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!
Are you kidding me?! Minoru Ii ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Bradley clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kohinata Minoru Ii!
After winning the bout, Kohinata Minoru Ii thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.