PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mini Bard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jin Kazama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bard comes to the cage accompanied by It's Catching Up (NoMeansNo). Kazama is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mamma said Knock you out. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bard
vs
Kazama

178 cm
22
158 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
148 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mini Bard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jin Kazama!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazama misses the jab.
Bard wants to land a leg kick but Kazama is out of range.
A good leg kick by Kazama.
Kazama scores with a leg kick.
Kazama thows a leg kick but Bard checks it
and Bard counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kazama displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Bard is rocked!

It looks like Mini Bard has been cut.
Kazama blocks a low kick nicely.
Oh Bard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kazama dodges the punch combination from Bard.
Kazama fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bard seems to have got his legs back now.
Bard is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kazama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bard. That did some damage!
Kazama misses with the combination.
Kazama fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazama pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Kazama has closed the distance and engaged Bard in a clinch.
Kazama taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kazama.
Bard tries to land a knee to the head but Kazama blocks with his arms.
Kazama is pushing Bard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kazama looking to throw knees to the head but Bard is blocking nicely.
Kazama tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Bard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Kazama lands.
Bard misses with a double jab
and Kazama counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Bard falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jin Kazama!
Jin Kazama is the new featherweight champion!