PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier McPherson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Okabi Rarorotieshima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McPherson
vs
Rarorotieshima

187 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

194 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier McPherson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Okabi Rarorotieshima!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rarorotieshima has a takedown stuffed.
McPherson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

McPherson closes the distance and clinches.
Rarorotieshima looking to throw knees to the head but McPherson is blocking nicely.
Rarorotieshima missing with knees to the body.
McPherson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McPherson lands a damaging elbow.
McPherson stops a takedown attempt from Rarorotieshima.
Rarorotieshima wants a takedown.
Xavier McPherson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Okabi Rarorotieshima.
Rarorotieshima tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rarorotieshima can't get the takedown.
McPherson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rarorotieshima.
McPherson with a knee to the head.

McPherson drops Rarorotieshima with a big knee straight up the middle! Rarorotieshima is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Rarorotieshima is rocked!

It looks like Okabi Rarorotieshima has been cut.
Rarorotieshima looks gassed!

McPherson drives through and clinches with Rarorotieshima against the ropes.
Rarorotieshima is still on wobbly legs! Can McPherson finish him?
McPherson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McPherson lands a knee to the head.
McPherson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McPherson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
McPherson has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Rarorotieshima - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from McPherson, and another! Rarorotieshima is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Xavier McPherson!