PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tony Chu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daiju Kikuchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Chu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daiju Kikuchi's chin.

Chu
vs
Kikuchi

172 cm
26
147 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

165 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Chu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daiju Kikuchi!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kikuchi at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chu. Kikuchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chu misses with the combination.
A low kick from Chu is predictable there
and Kikuchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kikuchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Chu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Chu.
Kikuchi avoids the body shot from Chu.
Chu swings for the body but Kikuchi moves out of range.
Kikuchi is looking to chop away at Chu's legs.
Chu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tony Chu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chu throws a sloppy head kick and Kikuchi moves out of range easily.
A lazy body kick from Chu
enabling Kikuchi to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kikuchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good work by Kikuchi as he checks the leg kick.
Chu connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kikuchi jabs at Chu's body.
Chu swings for the body but Kikuchi moves out of range.
Chu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kikuchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chu thows a body shot but no joy.
Kikuchi defending well as Chu loads up on a big left hand.
Chu slips a jab from Kikuchi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kikuchi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chu is looking to wear down Kikuchi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kikuchi throws a series of punches but Chu avoids them all with ease.
Kikuchi staying out of range there.
Chu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chu throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kikuchi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chu.
Chu is looking to clinch.
Chu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kikuchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kikuchi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chu fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chu takes the fight into the clinch.
Chu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kikuchi throws a punch but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu tries to work over Kikuchi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chu is leaning against Kikuchi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chu misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Kikuchi.
Kikuchi misses with some punches.
Kikuchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chu.
Chu can't find room to land a body shot as Kikuchi controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Kikuchi.
Kikuchi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chu misses with a knee strike.
Chu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kikuchi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kikuchi backwards.
A right hand to the body from Kikuchi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kikuchi avoiding damage as Chu throws knees to the body.
Kikuchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chu can't find room to land a body shot as Kikuchi controls the action.
Kikuchi pushes Chu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chu stalling in the clinch but Kikuchi improves position.
Kikuchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chu misses with a knee strike.
Chu misses with a knee to the head.
Chu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chu is looking to control Kikuchi's arms but Kikuchi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chu has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Chu.
Chu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kikuchi is working Chu over against the cage.
Chu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kikuchi.
Chu misses with a knee to the head.
Chu is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kikuchi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kikuchi.
Kikuchi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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 Tony Chu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kikuchi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kikuchi doesn't seem bothered though.
Chu closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chu tries to land a leg kick but Kikuchi saw it coming and moves away.
Chu misses the shot to the body.
Chu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chu blocks a head kick by Kikuchi.
Kikuchi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chu. Chu obviously looking to wear him down.
Chu tries a head kick but it misses.
Kikuchi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Chu misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chu misses with a leg kick.
Kikuchi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kikuchi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kikuchi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chu is out of range.
Chu misses with a low kick.
Kikuchi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kikuchi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Chu. Chu obviously looking to wear him down.
Chu looks to score with a jab to the body but Kikuchi is just out of range.
Chu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kikuchi.
Kikuchi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a low kick as Kikuchi jumps back.
Kikuchi throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Kikuchi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chu doesn't seem phased though.
Tony Chu is winning the standup battle so far.
Chu lands a jab to the head.
Chu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kikuchi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chu throws a leg kick
letting Kikuchi counter with a right hand.
Kikuchi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kikuchi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Chu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chu thumps Kikuchi with a low kick.
Kikuchi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The fighters circling - Chu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chu tries to clinch but Kikuchi is having none of it.
Chu tries to bum rush Kikuchi with a series of wild strikes but Kikuchi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chu misses with a low kick.
Kikuchi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice jab there from Kikuchi.
Chu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chu moves out of range of the body kick from Kikuchi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a hook. Kikuchi ducked under it nicely.
Chu connects with a leg kick. Kikuchi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Chu.
An inside leg kick from Chu misses.
Kikuchi works Chu's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chu misses with a head kick.
Kikuchi lands a right hook to the body.
Kikuchi throws a body punch but Chu moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kikuchi connects with a crisp jab.
Kikuchi avoids the head kick by Chu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tony Chu will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kikuchi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chu.
An inside leg kick from Chu misses.
A shot to the body from Chu misses
and Kikuchi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chu's knee momentarily.
Chu throws out a powerful jab.
Kikuchi misses with a looping left.
Chu is looking to clinch.
Chu looks to clinch
and Kikuchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Kikuchi moves out of range of the body kick from Chu.
Kikuchi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kikuchi misses with a head kick.
Kikuchi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chu. That's going to slow Kikuchi down.
Chu throws a low kick but Kikuchi avoids it.
Good work by Kikuchi as he checks the leg kick.
Chu moves out of range of the strikes.
Chu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A head kick by Chu misses
and Kikuchi counters with a body kick that stops Chu in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Chu misses with a wild body shot.
Chu feints and then cracks Kikuchi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kikuchi down.
Chu tries to land a body kick
and Kikuchi counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a body shot
and Kikuchi counters with a huge head kick that drops Chu! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daiju Kikuchi!
A victorious Daiju Kikuchi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.