PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koji Masunari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Merle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Merle's choice of entrance music: "Ladies and Gentleman" by Saliva. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Masunari
vs
Merle

175 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

165 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koji Masunari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Merle!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Masunari there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Merle cracks Masunari with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Masunari throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Michael Merle has been cut.
Masunari misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Masunari lands a head kick. Merle smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Merle is rocked!
Masunari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Merle looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Masunari lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masunari.
Whack! Masunari lands a heavy head kick that drops Merle. The ref tackles Masunari to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Merle was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Koji Masunari!