PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Furio Giunta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ikki Minami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giunta comes to the cage accompanied by The Godfather Theme - Fantomas. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Giunta
vs
Minami

174 cm
26
180 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

170 cm
23
183 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Furio Giunta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikki Minami!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giunta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Minami shoots in but no luck this time.
Giunta misses with the combination.
Minami avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Giunta avoids the head kick by Minami.
Giunta lands a lovely overhand right.
Minami throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Minami rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Giunta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice jab there from Minami.
Minami throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Giunta's waist but Giunta gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Minami off to one side.
Giunta is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Furio Giunta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Giunta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Minami misses with a double jab.
Giunta lands a nice shot to the body.
Giunta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Minami on the side of the head.
Giunta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Minami throws a head kick but Giunta moves out of range.
Giunta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Giunta tries a head kick but it misses.
A big right from Minami misses.
Minami throws a head kick that half lands.
Minami shoots in for a takedown but Giunta shows good takedown defense.
Furio Giunta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ikki Minami.
Minami looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giunta misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Giunta does no damage.
Giunta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Minami at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Giunta.
A cross from Giunta lands.

Minami is rocked!

It looks like Ikki Minami has been cut.
Giunta lands a brutal uppercut that launches Minami off his feet! Minami tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Furio Giunta!