PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Izakawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaharu Homma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Izakawa
vs
Homma

185 cm
20
198 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

194 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Johnny Izakawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaharu Homma!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izakawa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Homma moves into the clinch.
Homma lands an elbow just above Izakawa 's eye.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Izakawa dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Izakawa blocks an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Homma lands a nice elbow.
Homma throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Izakawa wants to stall.
Izakawa avoids the elbow strike from Homma, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homma.
Homma throws an elbow that misses.
Izakawa goes for a takedown in the clinch but Homma prevents it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Homma.
Nice elbow from Homma.
Izakawa dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma lands an elbow that stopped Izakawa in his tracks for a moment.
Izakawa takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Johnny Izakawa has been cut.
Izakawa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Homma lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Homma.
Izakawa blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma avoids the elbow strike from Izakawa, against the cage.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.

Izakawa gets dropped by a huge elbow on the inside by Homma! He drops to his knees and Homma takes his back! This one might not last much longer!

Izakawa is rocked!
Izakawa is breathing heavily.
Homma keeps control of the position easily here as Izakawa tries to buck him off.
Oh Izakawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Izakawa seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Homma misses with a punch to the head.
Homma missing with strikes from the back.
Homma somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Homma has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Izakawa's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.

Despite being in the dominant position, Masaharu Homma just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Homma clinches up with Izakawa and pushes him back against the cage.
Homma misses with an elbow strike.
Izakawa misses with some punches.
Homma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Homma dodges an elbow strike from Izakawa.
Izakawa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Izakawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Homma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Izakawa lands a nice elbow.
Homma lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masaharu Homma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Izakawa's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Homma throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Izakawa crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Masaharu Homma!