PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jin Sen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franjy Izgrate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sen's entrance music is Let It Rock. A fine choice. Izgrate has chosen Sail as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sen
vs
Izgrate

194 cm
25
217 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
216 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Convicted
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jin Sen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franjy Izgrate!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Izgrate swings for the body but Sen moves out of range.
Sen connects with a looping right hand.
Sen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Izgrate's sensitive parts.
Izgrate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sen scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Sen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sen throws a lazy right hand but Izgrate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good leg kick by Sen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jin Sen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Izgrate takes one to the side of the head.
Izgrate slips under a jab.
Sen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Izgrate.
Sen misses with a leg kick.
Sen throws the left hand but Izgrate avoids the punch easily.
Izgrate misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Izgrate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Izgrate misses with a wild combination.
Sen tries to score with a low kick but Izgrate moves his leg out of the way.
Sen misses with a double jab
and Izgrate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Izgrate slips a jab and a cross from Sen.
Sen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Izgrate is able to avoid easily.
Sen throws a head kick that misses
and Izgrate counters with a three punch combo that has Sen backing up. Sen nods at Izgrate to acknowledge the strikes.
Sen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sen misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Sen.
Izgrate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Izgrate moves out of range as Sen strikes.
Sen lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Franjy Izgrate has been cut.
Sen tries to bum rush Izgrate with a series of wild strikes but Izgrate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Izgrate misses with a hook.
Izgrate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Izgrate counters with a two punch combo.
Sen throws a big shot that misses.
Izgrate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Izgrate checks a leg kick nicely.
Izgrate misses with a few strikes there.
Sen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Izgrate is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sen throws a wild body kick that Izgrate sees coming a mile off.
Sen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Izgrate looks gassed!
Sen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Izgrate.
Izgrate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sen.
Sen misses with a body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sen throws a shot from downtown. Izgrate moves away and avoids it.
Sen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sen throws a nice head kick!

That has opened up Franjy Izgrate's cut even more.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sen.
Sen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sen connects with a looping right hand.

The cut above Franjy Izgrate's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sen scores with a leg kick.
Sen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jin Sen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sen misses with a double jab
and Izgrate counters with a nice body shot.
A punch combination from Sen misses.
Sen lands a jab to Izgrate's midsection.
Sen throws a leg kick which misses Izgrate's front leg but catches the back leg as Izgrate tries to avoid it.
Sen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Sen.
Sen tries to bum rush Izgrate with a series of wild strikes but Izgrate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Izgrate's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jin Sen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franjy Izgrate's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Izgrate throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sen counters with a three punch combo that has Izgrate backing up. Izgrate nods at Sen to acknowledge the strikes.
Izgrate's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A cross from Sen lands.

Franjy Izgrate's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Izgrate takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Izgrate tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sen throws a nice head kick!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Franjy Izgrate's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jin Sen!
Jin Sen retains his light heavyweight title!