PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Paulsen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Strippekikk. Fujita has chosen Metallica-Enter Sandman as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paulsen
vs
Fujita

205 cm
25
275 lbs
21 - 4 - 1

195 cm
27
278 lbs
13 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
Milwaukee's Best 160 - $89

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Paulsen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazaki Fujita!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujita throws a sloppy body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paulsen misses with a low kick.
Fujita throws a poor cross that misses
and Paulsen counters with a left to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fujita!
Fujita dives in and grabs Paulsen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Paulsen pushes down on Fujita's head and hops out.
Fujita misses with a right hand
and Paulsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good standup being displayed there by Fujita as he connects with a hook.
Paulsen connects with a leg kick. Fujita looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen throws a poor cross that misses
and Fujita counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fujita on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Paulsen. Paulsen obviously looking to wear him down.
Fujita misses with a body shot.
Fujita throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fujita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fujita misses with an uppercut
and Paulsen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fujita thinking.
Jan Paulsen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fujita misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Paulsen counters with a right hand to the body.
Fujita looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulsen throws a hook but Fujita avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujita throws an off balance right hand
and Paulsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paulsen misses with a lunging right hand
and Fujita counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fujita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Paulsen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Paulsen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fujita.
Paulsen scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Paulsen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fujita counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Paulsen. Beautiful body shot.
Paulsen throws a hook but Fujita avoids it easily.
Paulsen lands a nice hook to Fujita's body. Fujita takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Paulsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujita moves away.
Fujita tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paulsen misses with a left hand
and Fujita counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Paulsen thinking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fujita.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Fujita misses
and Paulsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paulsen throws a hook to the side of Fujita's head but Fujita sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kazaki Fujita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujita swings widly with a right hand
and Paulsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Fujita walks into a left hand.
Fujita misses with a kick to the body
and Paulsen counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fujita throws an off balance right hand
and Paulsen counters with a leg kick.
Paulsen jabs Fujita to the body, keeping him at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Paulsen dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Paulsen lands a leg kick that knocks Fujita off balance momentarily.
Paulsen slaps away a takedown attempt from Fujita, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Paulsen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fujita shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paulsen defends it nicely.
Paulsen scores with a shot to the body.
Fujita is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen throws a jab when Fujita was well out of range.
Fujita misses with a lunging right hand
and Paulsen counters with a straight right hand.
Fujita thumps Paulsen with a low kick.
Fujita throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paulsen counters with a low kick, right behind Fujita 's knee.
Paulsen thuds his shin into the meat of Fujita's side.
Fujita takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Paulsen misses the shot to the body.
Paulsen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paulsen throws out a leg kick but Fujita moves out of range and Paulsen only half commits.
Paulsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Paulsen throws a shot to the body.
Fujita throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Paulsen to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita throws a lazy uppercut
and Paulsen counters with a stiff right hand.
A low kick from Fujita misses
and Paulsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Fujita misses with an uppercut
and Paulsen counters with a nice leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Fujita might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Paulsen has got the better of the exchanges.
Paulsen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fujita on the side of the head.
Fujita cracks a nice hook into Paulsen's ribs.
Fujita swings widly with a right hand
and Paulsen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fujita staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Paulsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Fujita is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Fujita misses with a right hand
and Paulsen counters with a stiff right hand.
A solid body kick from Paulsen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulsen throws a low kick but Fujita moves out of range easily.
A lazy left from Paulsen finds it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paulsen throws a looping overhand right but Fujita ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Paulsen dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fujita ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paulsen moves away.
Fujita swings widly with a right hand
enabling Paulsen to counter with a crisp jab.
Fujita misses with a hook to the body
and Paulsen counters with a left to the body.
A leg kick checked by Fujita.
Fujita shoots in but Paulsen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fujita misses with a hook
and Fujita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fujita takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paulsen plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita misses with a right hand
and Paulsen counters with a nice body shot.
Fujita misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paulsen.
Paulsen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fujita's head.
Fujita misses with an uppercut
and Paulsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paulsen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fujita's calf.
Paulsen swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Fujita counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Paulsen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fujita landing with the ground and pound.
Paulsen looking for a sweep. Not yet Paulsen, not yet.
Fujita trying to control but Paulsen is working from the bottom.
Paulsen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fujita can do to turn this around?
Fujita looking to sit in guard and control but Paulsen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fujita lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paulsen!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita looking to finish Paulsen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Paulsen!
Paulsen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fujita working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita avoids the attempt from Paulsen to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fujita controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poor strikes thrown by Fujita there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Kazaki Fujita just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fujita takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paulsen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fujita has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Paulsen.
Fujita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paulsen throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujita.
Paulsen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Paulsen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Paulsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita throws a lazy right hand but Paulsen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Paulsen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fujita rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paulsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paulsen takes a swing at Fujita's ribcage but misses.
Fujita throws a hook but Paulsen avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paulsen. Fujita does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fujita uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paulsen.
Fujita throws a left and a right that both miss
and Paulsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paulsen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fujita.
Fujita misses with a hook
and Paulsen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fujita cracks a nice hook into Paulsen's ribs.
Fujita cracks Paulsen with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita throws a poor cross that misses
and Paulsen counters with a leg kick.
Fujita shoots in for a double leg but Paulsen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fujita misses with a body punch
and Paulsen counters with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Paulsen. That's going to slow Fujita down.
Fujita is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Fujita on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fujita shoots in for a takedown but Paulsen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paulsen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fujita momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita with a lazy takedown attempt
and Paulsen counters with a left and a right that stings Fujita.
Jan Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazaki Fujita.
Paulsen defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fujita.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paulsen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujita misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Paulsen to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fujita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulsen manages to avoid it.
Fujita throws a predictable looking body shot
and Paulsen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jan Paulsen had his way with Kazaki Fujita in that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Paulsen throws a body punch but Fujita moves out of range.
Paulsen lands with a nice body punch.
Paulsen moves out of range as Fujita strikes.
Fujita dips to his left and cracks Paulsen with an uppercut!
Fujita tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Paulsen swivels and escapes.
Jan Paulsen is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujita gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Paulsen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fujita has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fujita is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paulsen. Fujita does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fujita lands a nice shot that snaps Paulsen's head back.
Fujita misses with a lunging right hand
and Paulsen counters with a nice uppercut.
Fujita staying out of range there.
Paulsen looks to land a right hand but Fujita moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fujita punishes Paulsen's body with a nice straight punch.
Paulsen misses with a looping right.
Paulsen throws a wild body kick that Fujita sees coming a mile off.
Fujita darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fujita fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulsen manages to avoid it.
Fujita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Paulsen counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paulsen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Horrible takedown by Fujita or perhaps it was just good defense by Paulsen which made him look bad.
Jan Paulsen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jan Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazaki Fujita.
Paulsen throws a solid leg kick but Fujita takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Paulsen.
Paulsen throws a lazy uppercut
and Fujita counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fujita misses with a hook
and Paulsen finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Kazaki Fujita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Paulsen. Beautiful body shot.
Fujita throws an off balance right hand
and Paulsen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fujita blocks a low kick nicely.
Fujita throws a right hand that misses
and Paulsen counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fujita is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jan Paulsen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Paulsen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 50:42
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 50:43
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 49:43

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jan Paulsen!
Jan Paulsen retains his heavyweight title!