PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Hric (ranked 7071 p4p, 6873 weight class) and Kenta Kusunoki (ranked 636 p4p, 628 weight class). Kusunoki comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wicked Side of Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kenta Kusunoki acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hric
vs
Kusunoki

205 cm
19
208
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
205
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomas Hric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenta Kusunoki!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Hric scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Kenta Kusunoki has been cut.
Tomas Hric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Kusunoki pushes Hric up against the cage in a clinch.

Kusunoki breaks the clinch.
A jab from Hric misses.
Kusunoki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hric moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hric throws a jab when Kusunoki was well out of range.

Kusunoki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Hric manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Kusunoki keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Hric's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kusunoki's coach down at Advanced Fitness Inc. was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kusunoki's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.

Kusunoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hric misses with a combination

and Kusunoki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kusunoki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kusunoki prevents Hric from getting back to his feet.
Kusunoki not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hric wants to stand and escape but Kusunoki is having none of it.
Hric utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hric keeping moving, preventing Kusunoki from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hric misses with a few strikes there.
Hric tests Kusunoki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Hric.
Kusunoki slips under a jab from Hric.
Kusunoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hric.
No joy there for Hric, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kusunoki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hric defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kusunoki moves out of range as Hric strikes.
Hric scores with a one two! Kusunoki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kusunoki tries to clinch there but Hric circles away.

Kusunoki manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hric on his heels. He'll look to pass Hric's guard now, I'm sure.

Hric has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Kusunoki is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kusunoki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kusunoki is struggling to control the position.

Kusunoki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hric works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Kusunoki is rocked!
Kusunoki backs away from a small jab... but Hric lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Kusunoki crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Hric with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Tomas Hric!