PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyyno Janis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazaki Fujita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Janis comes to the cage accompanied by Rubber Johnny. Fujita has chosen Metallica-Enter Sandman as his entrance music. Kazaki Fujita will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Janis
vs
Fujita

175 cm
27
280 lbs
19 - 8 - 1

195 cm
29
278 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pyyno Janis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kazaki Fujita!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujita motions for Janis to come forward. Fujita throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Janis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fujita. That did some damage!
Janis punishes Fujita's body with a nice straight punch.

Janis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Fujita's half guard.
Fujita is looking to control Janis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fujita avoid being mounted?
Janis tries to pass to full mount but Fujita defends it.
Janis is keen to just control but Fujita is a slippery customer.
Fujita wants to control but Janis is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Janis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita is staying active underneath Janis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Janis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Janis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Janis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujita is not content to let Janis control the position.
Janis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fujita keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fujita keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fujita is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Janis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Janis's back!
Fujita has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Janis's body.
Janis biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita controlling well, preventing Janis from escaping the position.
Fujita just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Janis is in bad spot here.
Janis trying to control the action but Fujita just sinks the hooks in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janis rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Fujita wants to pass to mount but Janis is defending the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Janis tries to get to full guard but Fujita has control of the leg.
Janis is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pyyno Janis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Fujita misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Janis.
Fujita swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fujita moves out of range of the strikes.
Fujita misses with a right hand
letting Janis counter with a right hand.
Janis lands a jab to the nose.
Janis misses the shot to the body.
Fujita fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Janis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Janis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pyyno Janis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Janis takes a swing at Fujita's ribcage but misses.
Janis has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fujita.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fujita throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Janis ducks right into an uppercut from Fujita.
Fujita misses with a head kick.
Fujita misses with a looping left.
A shot to the liver by Janis. Beautiful body shot.
Janis shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fujita defends it nicely.
Fujita moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab, jab by Janis - just one landing.
Janis is looking to wear down Fujita with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fujita!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Janis throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Janis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Pyyno Janis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fujita managing to control the position.
Janis pushes down on Fujita's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Janis wants to take a breather but Fujita is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujita wants to control but Janis is keeping busy.
Fujita manages to get to full guard.
Fujita controls Janis momentarily but Janis frees himself.
Janis is fighting to break Fujita's control of his arms but Fujita is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fujita trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kazaki Fujita wasn't active enough on the ground.
Fujita connects with a body shot.
A jab from Fujita misses.
Janis tries a head kick but it misses.
Fujita tries a head kick but it misses.
Janis fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fujita checks it well.
Fujita misses the shot to the body.
Kazaki Fujita seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janis looks to land a right hand but Fujita moved out of range.
Janis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fujita throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kazaki Fujita showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Janis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fujita throws out the jab.
Fujita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fujita misses with a shot to the body
enabling Janis to counter with a crisp jab.
Fujita moves forwards but Janis connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fujita will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Janis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fujita counters with a nice leg kick.
Fujita avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Janis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fujita's sensitive parts.
Fujita lands a leg kick that knocks Janis off balance momentarily.
Janis throws a jab when Fujita was well out of range.
Janis shoots in looking for a takedown. Fujita tries to sprawl out of it but Janis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fujita manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujita lands a glancing blow to the side of Janis's head.
Janis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good work by Fujita as he checks the leg kick.
Janis swings for the body but Fujita moves out of range.
Fujita staying out of range there.
Fujita keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fujita moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Janis just misses with a punch to the body.
Fujita rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Janis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janis shoots in looking for a takedown. Fujita tries to sprawl out of it but Janis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fujita manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Janis misses the jab.
Fujita misses with a wild body shot.
Fujita takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fujita throws a nice head kick!
Nice shot lands for Janis.
Fujita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fujita thows a left - swing and a miss!
Janis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujita moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janis shoots for a double leg takedown but Fujita sprawls well. He's pushed Janis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pyyno Janis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fujita fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Janis.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fujita misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fujita throws a front kick aimed at Janis's knee but Janis avoids it well.
Fujita throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Janis on the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Janis. That's going to slow Fujita down.
Janis looks for a takedown but Fujita sprawls well.
Janis misses with a straight right.
Fujita wants to land a leg kick but Janis is out of range.
Fujita misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujita connects with the punch.
Kazaki Fujita is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fujita bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fujita throws a hook but Janis avoids it easily.
Janis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujita blocks a head kick by Janis.
Fujita cracks Janis with a good jab.
Fujita looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fujita throws a hook but Janis blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fujita connects with the punch.
Fujita moves out of range of the leg kick from Janis.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kazaki Fujita comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fujita has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazaki Fujita!