PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Narushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryo Narushima has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Narushima
vs
Kennedy

190 cm
23
205 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
216 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Narushima!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, George Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Narushima waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kennedy.
Kennedy lands a leg kick that knocks Narushima off balance momentarily.
A low kick from Kennedy is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Narushima connects with an inside leg kick.
Kennedy defending well as Narushima loads up on a big left hand.
Kennedy blocks a low kick nicely.
A low kick from Kennedy is predictable there

and Narushima counters by clinching up.
Narushima goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Narushima.
Narushima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narushima misses with the head strike.
A short right from Narushima on the inside.
Narushima misses with a body punch.
Kennedy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Narushima is defending well for now.
Kennedy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Narushima is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Narushima lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like George Kennedy has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Narushima tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Narushima stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Narushima lands a right hand.
Kennedy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Narushima.
Narushima misses with a hook to the ribs.
Narushima can't find room to land a body shot as Kennedy controls the action.
Kennedy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kennedy is looking to control Narushima's arms but Narushima gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kennedy has his back to the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kennedy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Narushima's brow.
Narushima lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kennedy tries to pull guard but Narushima forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Narushima lands a right hand.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Narushima blocks an elbow strike.
Narushima has a couple of punches blocked by Kennedy.
Narushima lands a hook that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kennedy tries to pull guard but Narushima holds him up against the cage and eventually Kennedy drops back down to his feet.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kennedy.

It looks like Ryo Narushima has been cut.
A short right from Narushima.
Kennedy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Narushima backwards.
Narushima working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kennedy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Narushima just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ryo Narushima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Kennedy.
Narushima cracks Kennedy with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Narushima.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Narushima.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy working aggressively here.
Narushima scores with a shoulder strike.
Narushima can't find room to land a body shot as Kennedy controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Narushima.
A short right from Narushima on the inside.

Kennedy is rocked!
Narushima throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy is still on wobbly legs! Can Narushima finish him?
Narushima lands a body punch in the clinch.
Narushima unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Kennedy! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Narushima is unloading with more strikes now! Kennedy drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryo Narushima!
Ryo Narushima retains his light heavyweight title!
Ryo Narushima was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.