PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ville Vallaton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kijiro Kazasuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ville Vallaton could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kijiro Kazasuki's chin.

Vallaton
vs
Kazasuki

190 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ville Vallaton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kijiro Kazasuki!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazasuki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vallaton circles away.

Vallaton drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vallaton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vallaton looking to pass the guard.

Vallaton drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kazasuki looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kazasuki looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kazasuki!
Vallaton tries to bench press Kazasuki off him but Kazasuki keeps the position.
Kazasuki is looking to take a break and control but Vallaton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vallaton tries to buck Kazasuki off but Kazasuki is having none of it.
Vallaton wants to get back to his feet but Kazasuki drags him back down.
Vallaton is looking for a sweep.
Vallaton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kazasuki.
Kazasuki has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Vallaton!
Kazasuki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Vallaton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Vallaton is breathing heavily.

Kazasuki is working for a guillotine from mount but Vallaton frees his head quite easily.
Kazasuki cracks Vallaton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Vallaton is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazasuki with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Vallaton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vallaton tries to hold on but Kazasuki postures up.
Vallaton keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Kazasuki scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Vallaton?
BOOM! Kazasuki connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Kazasuki has hold of Vallaton's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Vallaton manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Vallaton defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Kazasuki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kazasuki with shots to the head and body - Vallaton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Vallaton taking shots to the head.
Vallaton tries to hold on but Kazasuki pushes him away.
Vallaton seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazasuki lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Vallaton manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kazasuki trying to pass the guard but Vallaton defending well.
Kazasuki wants to control but Vallaton is keeping him busy.
Kazasuki uses his free foot to push down on Vallaton's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Vallaton.

Kazasuki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Kazasuki throwing strikes but Vallaton bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Vallaton controls Kazasuki momentarily but Kazasuki frees himself.
Vallaton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vallaton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kazasuki is controlling him.
Vallaton is trying to keep Kazasuki in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallaton has momentary wrist control but Kazasuki slips an elbow through the middle.
Kazasuki lands a couple of elbows.
Kazasuki lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kazasuki wants to control from the top but Vallaton keeps moving.
Vallaton keeping full guard, as Kazasuki tries to pass.
Vallaton manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Vallaton get's back to his feet.

Vallaton closes the distance and clinches.

Vallaton has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Kazasuki is trying to keep an underhook but Vallaton manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vallaton is looking to take a break and control but Kazasuki is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kazasuki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vallaton is looking to stall here but Kazasuki recovers full guard.
Vallaton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazasuki throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kazasuki wants to sweep here but Vallaton controlling him for the moment.
Vallaton trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazasuki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Kazasuki uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Kazasuki has his takedown stuffed
and Vallaton counters with a nice body shot.
Vallaton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kazasuki in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vallaton stuffs the takedown.
Ville Vallaton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kijiro Kazasuki.
Kazasuki doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Vallaton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Vallaton has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kazasuki is proving hard to escape from.

Kazasuki looking for a guillotine here but Vallaton defends easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kazasuki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vallaton is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kijiro Kazasuki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vallaton lands with a nice body punch.

Vallaton moves into the clinch successfully.
Kazasuki fails to pull guard.
Vallaton stops a takedown attempt from Kazasuki.

Vallaton pulls Kazasuki into guard.
Vallaton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kazasuki on the ground.

Vallaton pushes Kazasuki off and scrambles back to his feet.
Kazasuki has his takedown stuffed

so Vallaton counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ville Vallaton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kijiro Kazasuki.
Vallaton works over Kazasuki with some ground and pound from guard.
Kazasuki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vallaton is one step ahead there.
Kazasuki throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kijiro Kazasuki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vallaton throws a big right hand that misses.
Vallaton thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kazasuki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kazasuki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kazasuki breaks from Vallaton's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazasuki lands a big shot there that rocks Vallaton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kazasuki lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kazasuki with shots to the head and body - Vallaton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kazasuki works his way to his opponent's back.
Kazasuki tries to keep control of the position but Vallaton is staying busy.
Vallaton tries to break free.
Vallaton covering up well and avoiding damage.
Vallaton is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Vallaton is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Vallaton tries to escape the position.
Kazasuki doesn't have the hooks in and Vallaton manages to turn into his guard.
Kazasuki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Vallaton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Kazasuki sprawls well initially but Vallaton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kazasuki is looking for a sweep. Vallaton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallaton tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kazasuki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kazasuki is looking for a sweep. Vallaton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kazasuki moves into full guard.
Vallaton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Kazasuki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vallaton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vallaton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vallaton wants to stand but Kazasuki has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kazasuki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Vallaton is pressing down on Kazasuki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kazasuki postures up in Vallaton's guard and throws a big left but Vallaton blocks it.
Kazasuki prevents Vallaton from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kazasuki gets to his feet. Vallaton looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Kazasuki gets the takedown into side control.
Vallaton is looking to reverse the position.
Kazasuki throws an elbow but Vallaton slips to the side and avoids it well.
Vallaton is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kazasuki's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Kazasuki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kazasuki is looking to pass Vallaton's guard but actually Vallaton recovers to full guard.
Kazasuki scoring with some ground and pound.
Kazasuki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Vallaton's head.
Vallaton is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kazasuki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazasuki slips nicely into half guard.
Kazasuki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kazasuki prevents Vallaton from standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazasuki slips a nice elbow through Vallaton's hands, connecting with Vallaton's forehead.
Vallaton looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kazasuki has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Vallaton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kazasuki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Vallaton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vallaton is desperately trying to improve his position but Kazasuki has a good base and remains in mount.
Kazasuki tries to control but Vallaton wriggling away.
Vallaton holds on, trying desperately to control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kazasuki punching from mount but Vallaton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Vallaton is looking to get to half guard.

Kazasuki jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Vallaton manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kijiro Kazasuki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Vallaton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Kazasuki actively working from the bottom here.
Kazasuki won't allow Vallaton to pass to mount.
Kazasuki trying to control here.
Kazasuki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Vallaton's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Vallaton's back!

Kazasuki is persistently looking for the submission but Vallaton is defending it well.

Vallaton preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Kazasuki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Kazasuki lands shots from the back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Kazasuki has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Vallaton has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Will Kazasuki go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazasuki is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Vallaton up.
Kazasuki is working the ground and pound. Can Vallaton escape?

Kazasuki is persistently looking for the submission but Vallaton is defending it well.
Kazasuki punches the canvas rather than the man.
Kazasuki keeps control of the position as Vallaton tries to break free.
Kazasuki is trying to stick to Vallaton's back but Vallaton is turning into Kazasuki. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Kazasuki's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Vallaton.
Kazasuki is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Vallaton trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazasuki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Vallaton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Vallaton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Vallaton stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ville Vallaton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kazasuki feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Kazasuki gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Vallaton shoots in for a takedown but Kazasuki shows good takedown defense.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Kazasuki! Vallaton is backing up but he can't get away as Kazasuki lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Vallaton and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kijiro Kazasuki!