PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Legionarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masaru Hirai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legionarius kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Drowning Pool - Let the bodies hit the floor. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Legionarius
vs
Hirai

185 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Legionarius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masaru Hirai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirai throws a head kick that misses.
Legionarius scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Legionarius lands a right hook to the body.
Legionarius scores with a nice strike.
Hirai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hirai goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Legionarius misses with a wild body shot.
Hirai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hirai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Legionarius has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Masaru Hirai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hirai misses with a takedown

and Legionarius counters with a single leg into guard. Hirai didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legionarius is stalling in the full guard.
Legionarius is standing up over Hirai. Hirai looks to escape but Legionarius dives into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hirai down.
Hirai takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legionarius lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hirai down.
Legionarius cracks Hirai with a big elbow.
A lull in the action here as Legionarius stalls from top position.
Legionarius has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legionarius slows the pace down.
Hirai is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Hirai looks gassed!
Hirai seems a little lost for a moment, as Legionarius dominates the positioning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Legionarius. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Legionarius lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legionarius happy to just control the position for now.
Legionarius scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Legionarius scores with a couple of short elbows.
Legionarius is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Legionarius in side control lands a decent elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hirai takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessio Legionarius dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Legionarius scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Legionarius scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Legionarius shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Legionarius unloading with bombs!
Hirai is trying to stand up.
Legionarius controlling from the full mount.
Legionarius postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hirai looks a forlorn figure.
Hirai is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legionarius controlling from the full mount.
Legionarius lands with some strikes.
Hirai wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius looking to control and managing it successfully.
You get the feeling that Hirai really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hirai is bucking up trying to escape but Legionarius cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Legionarius is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Legionarius is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hirai can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius landing strikes, looking to finish!
Legionarius putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Hirai is rocked!
Legionarius softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Hirai is out cold! Legionarius jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alessio Legionarius!