PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Koji Kimura (ranked 1828 p4p, 1717 weight class) and The Wilson (ranked 216 p4p, 202 weight class). Wilson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Painkiller. Koji Kimura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kimura
vs
Wilson

197 cm
25
259
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
230
10 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Koji Kimura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, The Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Wilson dives in and scores a takedown into Kimura's guard.

Kimura working for a triangle but Wilson defends it easily.
Wilson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wilson slips nicely into half guard.
Ground and pound from Wilson.
Wilson slips a nice elbow through Kimura's hands, connecting with Kimura's forehead.
Wilson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson is keen to just control but Kimura is a slippery customer.
Kimura has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wilson lands a nice short elbow.
Kimura trying to hold on to Wilson's head to control him but Wilson postures up.
Wilson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wilson sitting in half guard here. He lands a big elbow that has hurt Kimura! Oh, Kimura is in big trouble! Wilson lands more strikes and the ref dives in to save him! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). The Wilson!
A pretty intense looking The Wilson took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.