PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Goshin Liger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Korouchi Zabuza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Liger
vs
Zabuza

175 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Hilo Nutrition (video proof)
Hilo Nutrition (video proof)

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Goshin Liger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Korouchi Zabuza!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Liger tries to keep at a distance but Zabuza has taken the fight into the clinch.
Liger tries to circle away but Zabuza has him pinned against the cage.
Liger is trying to break the clinch but Zabuza has him pressed against the cage.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liger jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Zabuza walks away with a smile on his face. Liger gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Liger throws a series of punches but Zabuza avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Zabuza drives through and clinches with Liger against the cage.
Zabuza is looking to break free of the clinch but Liger has double underhooks.
Liger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liger is trying to break the clinch but Zabuza is controlling him.
Liger wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Zabuza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zabuza is trying to push Liger away but Liger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zabuza prevents Liger from breaking the clinch.
Liger is trying to force a seperation but Zabuza has the dominant position.
Zabuza missing with knees to the body.
Liger tries a body shot but Zabuza blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Liger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Liger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liger is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zabuza stalling in the clinch but Liger improves position.
Liger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liger tries to circle away but Zabuza has him pinned against the cage.
Zabuza is trying to push Liger away but Liger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Liger tries to break free but Zabuza pushes him back against the cage.
Liger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zabuza is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Liger avoids a wild elbow strike from Zabuza.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Liger keeps control of Zabuza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zabuza is trying to break free.
Liger wants to get back to striking at distance but Zabuza won't allow it.
Liger tries to break the clinch but Zabuza is controlling the position.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liger tries for a takedown but Zabuza manages to get underhooks.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Liger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Zabuza trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zabuza stalling in the clinch but Liger improves position.
Liger tries to circle away but Zabuza has him pinned against the cage.
Zabuza prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goshin Liger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Liger can't break the clinch.
Zabuza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zabuza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liger.
Liger misses with a body punch.
Liger tries to break the clinch but Zabuza is controlling the position.
Zabuza tries to break the clinch but Liger is controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zabuza tries to circle away but Liger has him pinned against the cage.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Zabuza tries to circle away but Liger has him pinned against the cage.
Liger dodges an elbow strike from Zabuza.
Liger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liger has a couple of punches blocked by Zabuza.
Liger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Liger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liger tries to circle away but Zabuza has him pinned against the cage.
Liger wants to get back to striking at distance but Zabuza won't allow it.
Zabuza has Liger pressed against the cage, preventing Liger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Zabuza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zabuza's efforts to push away.
Zabuza misses with an elbow strike.
Liger can't break the clinch.
Zabuza throws an elbow that misses.
Zabuza is trying to break the clinch but Liger has him pressed against the cage.
Zabuza can't break the clinch.
Liger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zabuza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Liger as Zabuza tries to tie him up.
Zabuza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Liger is breathing heavily.
Liger is trying to push Zabuza away but Zabuza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zabuza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zabuza keeps control of Liger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zabuza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Liger has Zabuza pressed against the cage, preventing Zabuza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zabuza wants to get back to striking at distance but Liger won't allow it.
Liger has had enough of the clinch but Zabuza keeps him there for the moment.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Liger is trying to break the clinch but Zabuza is controlling him.
Zabuza is trying to push Liger away but Liger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Zabuza can't break the clinch.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liger tries to break the clinch but Zabuza is controlling the position.
Zabuza keeps control of Liger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch but Liger keeps him there for the moment.
Liger blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Liger changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Zabuza tries to avoid it but Liger manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Zabuza to the ground. Zabuza escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Zabuza instigates a clinch.
Liger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zabuza has him pressed against the cage.

Liger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Liger moves in looking to clinch but Zabuza pushes him off.
Liger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Zabuza.
Zabuza slaps away a takedown attempt from Liger, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Zabuza drives through and clinches with Liger against the cage.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Liger managing to block the knees to the body from Zabuza.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zabuza's elbow.
Zabuza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Liger's efforts to push away.
Liger managing to block the knees to the body from Zabuza.
Zabuza lands a knee to the body.
Zabuza is trying to maintain a safe position but Liger gets an underhook and turns Zabuza into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zabuza tries to break the clinch but Liger is controlling the position.
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch but Liger keeps him there for the moment.
Zabuza tries to break free but Liger pushes him back against the cage.
Zabuza tries to work over Liger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zabuza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zabuza trying to stall but Liger improves his position.
Liger tries to stall but Zabuza uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zabuza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Liger has him pressed against the cage.
Zabuza wants to stall.
Liger is trying to force a seperation but Zabuza has the dominant position.
Zabuza is trying to stall.
Korouchi Zabuza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Liger avoiding damage as Zabuza throws knees to the body.
Zabuza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Liger is defending well for now.
Zabuza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zabuza misses with a knee to the head.
Liger struggles to land a body shot inside as Zabuza controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liger is trying to push Zabuza away but Zabuza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Zabuza breaks from the clinch.
Zabuza goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Liger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Liger fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Zabuza does no damage.
Zabuza swats away the attempt to clinch by Liger.
Liger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Liger swinging wildly here.

Zabuza closes the distance and clinches.
Zabuza is trying to push Liger away but Liger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Liger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zabuza throws an elbow but it misses.
Zabuza trying to control the position but instead, Liger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zabuza into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liger is trying to push Zabuza away but Zabuza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Liger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Zabuza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Liger has Zabuza pressed against the cage, preventing Zabuza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zabuza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liger blocks a body shot from Zabuza.
Zabuza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Liger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zabuza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zabuza working hard to break the clinch.
Liger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liger wants to stall.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the head but Liger blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zabuza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zabuza tries to break free but Liger pushes him back against the cage.
Zabuza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zabuza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Liger drops down looking for an ankle pick but Zabuza pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goshin Liger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zabuza throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Liger doesn't manage to clinch there - Zabuza circles away.
Liger throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Liger on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zabuza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Liger shoots for a double leg takedown but Zabuza sprawls well. He's pushed Liger's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Zabuza lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zabuza stalks Liger and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Liger's face. Liger staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Korouchi Zabuza 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A right-left combo lands from Zabuza.
Liger tries to clinch up.
Zabuza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zabuza swats away the attempt to clinch by Liger.

Zabuza closes the distance and clinches.
Liger keeps control of Zabuza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zabuza blocks a body shot from Liger.
Zabuza gets underhooks to prevent Liger's takedown attempt.
Zabuza tries to break free but Liger pushes him back against the cage.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liger avoids it.
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch but Liger keeps him there for the moment.
Liger avoiding damage as Zabuza throws knees to the body.
Zabuza is looking to break free of the clinch but Liger has double underhooks.
Zabuza missing with knees to the body.
Zabuza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Liger can't break the clinch.
Liger managing to block the knees to the body from Zabuza.
Zabuza is looking to break free of the clinch but Liger has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liger has had enough of the clinch but Zabuza keeps him there for the moment.
Liger is looking to break free of the clinch but Zabuza has double underhooks.
Liger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liger has Zabuza pressed against the cage, preventing Zabuza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zabuza misses with an elbow strike.
Zabuza trying to land knees to the body.
Liger working hard to break the clinch.
Zabuza wants to get back to striking at distance but Liger won't allow it.
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Liger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zabuza keeps control of Liger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Zabuza tries to break free but Liger pushes him back against the cage.
Zabuza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Liger.
Liger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zabuza's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zabuza tries to break the clinch but Liger is controlling the position.
Zabuza prevents Liger from breaking the clinch.
Zabuza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zabuza scores a nice knee to the body.
Zabuza is trying to push Liger away but Liger has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Liger tries to score a body lock takedown but Zabuza shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Goshin Liger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zabuza has had enough of the clinch but Liger keeps him there for the moment.
Zabuza is trying to break the clinch but Liger is controlling him.
Liger keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zabuza's efforts to push away.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Liger blocks the elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Liger looking for a takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zabuza lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Liger misses with a punch to the body.
Zabuza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Zabuza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Liger avoids it.
Zabuza misses with a body punch.
Liger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zabuza tries to break the clinch but Liger is controlling the position.
Liger avoids the elbow strike from Zabuza, against the cage.
Liger wants to break free but Zabuza has control.
Liger avoiding damage as Zabuza throws knees to the body.
Zabuza is trying to break the clinch but Liger has him pressed against the cage.
Zabuza is trying to break the clinch but Liger is controlling him.
Zabuza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Liger has had enough of the clinch but Zabuza keeps him there for the moment.
Liger is looking to break free of the clinch but Zabuza has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liger wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Liger tries for a takedown. No joy.
A knee to the head by Zabuza.
Zabuza wants to stall.
Liger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zabuza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liger.
Zabuza is trying to force a seperation but Liger has the dominant position.
Zabuza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zabuza has Liger pressed against the cage, preventing Liger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Liger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zabuza tries to break free but Liger pushes him back against the cage.
Zabuza tries to land knees in the clinch but Liger avoids the damage to the body.
Liger prevents Zabuza from breaking the clinch.
Goshin Liger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Korouchi Zabuza is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Liger is leaning against Zabuza and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Korouchi Zabuza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zabuza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Korouchi Zabuza!