PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Kawada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yorick Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kawada's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dio - Rainbow in the Dark. Kazuo Kawada has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Kawada
vs
Brown

198 cm
22
220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

182 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kazuo Kawada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yorick Brown!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kawada sizes up Brown with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kawada looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
Brown throws a shot from downtown. Kawada moves away and avoids it.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kawada scores with a nice strike.
Brown bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brown throws a right and a left that Kawada avoids nicely.
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kawada.
Kawada misses with a hook. Brown ducked under it nicely.
Brown looks to land a left hand but Kawada moved out of range nicely.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Kawada misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Kawada.
Kawada slips under a jab.
Yorick Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kawada.
Brown bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kawada is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
Brown throws a leg kick but Kawada checks it.
Kawada throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Kawada is out of range.
Brown misses with a body shot
and Kawada counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from Kawada.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kawada slips under a jab.
Brown slips a jab from Kawada.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Kawada counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
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!
Brown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brown throws a body punch but Kawada moves out of range.
Kawada tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kawada counters with a nice uppercut.
Kawada swinging wildly here.
Brown lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Kawada throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Kawada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brown throws a chopping leg kick but Kawada manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Kawada checks it.
Brown misses with a hook
and Kawada counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kawada missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kawada walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Kawada throws a hook but Brown blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown slips a jab from Kawada.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
A big left from Brown misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Brown lands with an uppercut that bounces Kawada off the cage and back into rage.
Kawada checks a leg kick.
Brown connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brown fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kawada is out of range.
Kawada is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kawada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yorick Brown will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kawada moves away.
Brown throws a leg kick but Kawada moved away.
Kawada takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Kawada misses its intended target.
Brown swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brown throws an off balance right hand
and Kawada counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown throws a hook but Kawada blocks it.
Brown looks for the body kick but Kawada saw that one coming.
Yorick Brown seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kawada with a jab.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Kawada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kawada falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brown counters with a good low kick that Kawada was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kawada misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kawada.
Kawada ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Kawada moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kawada's sensitive parts.
Kawada throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Brown to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brown on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kawada looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
A slow jab from Kawada misses its intended target.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Kawada's head but Kawada sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kawada misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown throws a leg kick but Kawada sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brown misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kawada checks the leg kick.
Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Kawada to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown lands a really nice looking cross but Kawada seems unphased.

Kawada is rocked!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Brown.
Oh Kawada is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown throws an uppercut from hell that sends Kawada clean off his feet! He's out cold! Brown stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yorick Brown!