PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yuji Hioki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rafferty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yuji Hioki looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Hioki
vs
Rafferty

181 cm
18
151 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuji Hioki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryan Rafferty!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafferty looks to score with a jab to the body but Hioki is just out of range.
Hioki looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Rafferty drops Hioki with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hioki looks back up at him and smiles so Rafferty waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Hioki is rocked!

It looks like Yuji Hioki has been cut.
Rafferty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Hioki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rafferty scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hioki doesn't seem bothered though.
Hioki is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Rafferty doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Hioki crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Hioki's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ryan Rafferty!