PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xeus Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taichi Kitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taichi Kitano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Xeus Franklin's chin.

Franklin
vs
Kitano

189 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xeus Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taichi Kitano!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kitano moves into the clinch successfully.
Franklin takes a shot to the head.
Kitano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kitano lands a left hand.
Franklin is trying to pull guard but Kitano has him pressed against the cage.
Kitano scores with a hook to the body.

Kitano drops Franklin onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Franklin is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Franklin is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kitano unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Franklin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kitano is unloading with more strikes now! Franklin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taichi Kitano!
An out of breath Taichi Kitano thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.