PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daisuke Marufuji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amos Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marufuji kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is DJ Krush - Kemuri. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Marufuji
vs
Green

180 cm
23
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

164 cm
24
153 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daisuke Marufuji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amos Green!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marufuji moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marufuji shoots for a takedown but Green saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Marufuji takes one on the button.
Green gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marufuji.
Marufuji fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Marufuji misses.
Marufuji throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marufuji misses with a straight right.
Green throws the left hand but Marufuji avoids the punch easily.
Marufuji walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Green. Marufuji does a little dance to reset his feet.
Green walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marufuji checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Marufuji avoids the body shot from Green.
Marufuji blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Green jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Green misses with a body shot.
Green cracks a nice hook into Marufuji's ribs.
Green moves out of range of the strikes.
Marufuji sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Marufuji lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Green. Those never looked like landing.
Green staying out of range there.
Green takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Green looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Green loads up on a big right hand but Marufuji slips the punch.
Green cracks Marufuji with an open hand slap.
Green walks into a stiff left hand from Marufuji.
Daisuke Marufuji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marufuji throws the left hand but Green avoids the punch easily.
Marufuji connects with a good right hand that stumbles Green. Green circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marufuji connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Green swings for the body but Marufuji moves out of range.
Marufuji throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marufuji moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice sprawl there from Green as Marufuji shoots in.
Green swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Green tests Marufuji's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Green.
Marufuji loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.
Green drops his hands momentarily and Marufuji takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marufuji looks to throw the jab but Green is out of range.
Green stuns Marufuji with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Amos Green is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Green avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Green scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marufuji is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marufuji throws the left hand but Green avoids the punch easily.
Green throws a hook to the side of Marufuji's head but Marufuji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Marufuji.
Green throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A slow jab from Green misses its intended target.
Green takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marufuji slips under a jab.
Marufuji is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Marufuji keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marufuji shoots in for a takedown but Green shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daisuke Marufuji. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Green swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Green looks to throw the jab but Marufuji is out of range.
Marufuji loads up on a big right hand but Green slips the punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marufuji takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Green lands a nice shot to the body.
Green takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Green throws a hook to the side of Marufuji's head but Marufuji sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Green fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marufuji scores with a jab. Green acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marufuji lands a jab to the nose.
Marufuji is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marufuji takes one to the chin there.
Marufuji misses with a hook. Green ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Green thows a left - swing and a miss!
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marufuji was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Marufuji connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marufuji looks to land a right hand but Green moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Daisuke Marufuji will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Marufuji keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marufuji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marufuji is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marufuji is looking to clinch.
Marufuji is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Marufuji is looking to clinch but Green is avoiding it.
A slow jab from Marufuji misses its intended target.
Green misses with a wild body shot.
Marufuji takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marufuji connects with a solid leg kick.
Marufuji looks to score with a jab to the body but Green is just out of range.
Marufuji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Green cracks Marufuji with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Green smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marufuji.
Green uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marufuji.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Marufuji.
Green misses with an uppercut. Marufuji saw that one coming.
Marufuji ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Green scores with a jab. Marufuji acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Green missing with a left hand there. Marufuji was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marufuji misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marufuji takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Green does no damage.
Marufuji bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Green's head.
Green punishes Marufuji's body with a nice straight punch.
Green ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marufuji throws a front kick aimed at Green's knee but Green avoids it well.
Green avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Green lands a nice shot to the body.
Marufuji delivers a nice body kick.
A left lands for Marufuji.
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!
Marufuji avoids the body shot from Green.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Green slaps away a takedown attempt from Marufuji, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marufuji moves in looking to clinch but Green pushes him off.
Green scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marufuji doesn't seem bothered though.
Green throws a lazy right hand but Marufuji sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Green misses the shot to the body.
Green bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Green throws a shot from downtown. Marufuji moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marufuji is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Green.
Green bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marufuji throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marufuji scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Green scores with a body shot.
Marufuji lands an overhand right.
Green looks to land a left hand but Marufuji moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheers as Green lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marufuji doesn't seem phased though.
Green staying out of range there.
Green looks to land a left hand but Marufuji moved out of range nicely.
Marufuji thows a left - swing and a miss!
Green misses with a body shot.
Marufuji misses with an uppercut.
Amos Green seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marufuji has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daisuke Marufuji. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marufuji shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Green sprawls well. Green wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Marufuji gets slowly back to his feet.
Green uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marufuji.
Marufuji is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Green.
Marufuji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Green throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marufuji misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marufuji misses with a hook
and Green counters with a one-two to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marufuji throws a lazy right hand but Green sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donk. Marufuji catches Green right on the button with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Amos Green will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Green misses with a looping right.
Marufuji doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Green thows a body shot but no joy.
Marufuji throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Green on the side of the head.

Green is rocked!
Green uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marufuji.
Green is still on wobbly legs! Can Marufuji finish him?
Green gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Daisuke Marufuji!