PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazuya Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mishima comes to the cage accompanied by Tekken. The key to victory for Kazuya Mishima has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Mishima
vs
Houzo

181 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 9 - 0

177 cm
22
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuya Mishima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maek Houzo!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mishima tries to clinch up but Houzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Mishima looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Mishima lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mishima.

Houzo gets the takedown into side control.
Houzo is chipping away with strikes.
Mishima taking a bit of punishment here - Houzo scoring with strikes.

Mishima is rocked!
Houzo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Mishima some visible discomfort.
Oh Mishima is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houzo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mishima down.
Houzo working the head with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Houzo working the ground and pound.
Houzo is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Houzo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Houzo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Houzo is chipping away with strikes.

Houzo tries for a kimura but Mishima is defending well.
Mishima tries to escape but Houzo is in control.
Mishima takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Houzo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Houzo scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mishima takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Houzo lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houzo working the head and body with strikes.
Houzo tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mishima's legs.
Houzo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Houzo working the ground and pound.
Houzo lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mishima is trying to get back to half guard.
Houzo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mishima wants to get back to his feet but Houzo drags him back down.
Mishima takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Houzo advances to full mount.
Mishima is trying to escape the mount.
Houzo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Houzo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Houzo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Mishima that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Houzo is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houzo with good strikes from the mount here!
Mishima's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Houzo lands a big shot there that rocks Mishima but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Houzo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Mishima is wriggling around trying to escape.
Houzo with the ground and pound from mount.
Houzo connects with a bit shot that sees Mishima covering up! More strikes from Mishima and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Houzo is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maek Houzo!