PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Malfacine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tokugawa Kazunari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malfacine comes to the cage accompanied by His Own Fight Video. Kazunari has chosen The Seeker as his entrance music. Tokugawa Kazunari has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Malfacine
vs
Kazunari

165 cm
25
148 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

160 cm
23
143 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Malfacine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tokugawa Kazunari!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Malfacine rushes Kazunari and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Malfacine gets through Kazunari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Malfacine scores with a shot to the side of Kazunari's head.
Kazunari scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Malfacine drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kazunari takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kazunari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kazunari has Malfacine pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Malfacine manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Malfacine swings wildly with an uppercut but Kazunari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malfacine lands a damaging elbow.

Malfacine gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kazunari manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Malfacine manages to get himself to full guard.
Malfacine is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazunari controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kazunari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kazunari got a little sloppy there for a moment and Malfacine has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kazunari has managed to get both his arms back between Malfacine's legs - danger averted.
Kazunari lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Malfacine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazunari.
Kazunari postures up.
Malfacine wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Malfacine isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kazunari stacks Malfacine on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kazunari!
Kazunari lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kazunari sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Malfacine is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kazunari trying to control the position but Malfacine is working away.
Malfacine manages to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kazunari moves nicely into side control.
Malfacine manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kazunari passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Malfacine!
Malfacine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazunari with the ground and pound from mount.
Malfacine sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Malfacine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kazunari's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kazunari's back!
Kazunari has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Malfacine.
Kazunari tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Malfacine unloading with bombs!
Kazunari tries to lock up and control but Malfacine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Malfacine can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kazunari is looking to escape.
Malfacine with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malfacine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kazunari is working to get back to half guard.
Kazunari slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Malfacine is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kazunari defends it well.
Kazunari is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Malfacine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Malfacine's back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kazunari doesn't have the hooks in and Malfacine manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bruno Malfacine will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kazunari lands a really nice looking cross but Malfacine seems unphased.
Kazunari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malfacine manages to avoid it.
Kazunari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malfacine manages to avoid it.
Kazunari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Malfacine throws a hook but Kazunari blocks it.
Kazunari checks a leg kick.
Malfacine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malfacine connects with a body shot.
Malfacine throws an off balance right hand
enabling Kazunari to counter with a crisp jab.
Kazunari lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kazunari swinging wildly here.
Kazunari stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Kazunari wants it to stay on the feet.
Kazunari scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfacine throws a lazy uppercut
and Kazunari counters with a leg kick.
Malfacine will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malfacine moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kazunari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malfacine moves away.
Malfacine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tokugawa Kazunari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malfacine fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Malfacine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Malfacine takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kazunari jabs at Malfacine's body.
The fighters circling - Malfacine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malfacine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kazunari sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kazunari digs a good body shot into Malfacine's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazunari throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Malfacine on the side of the head.
Kazunari is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Malfacine.
Kazunari slips under a jab from Malfacine.

Kazunari looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Malfacine!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Malfacine taking shots to the head.
Kazunari connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Malfacine is squirming around, avoiding Kazunari's attempts to control the action.
Malfacine tries to lock up and control but Kazunari gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Kazunari looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Malfacine wants to hold on but Kazunari pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine working to try and regain half guard.
Kazunari unloading with bombs!

Kazunari working for a guillotine from mount but Malfacine is in no mood to give up.
Kazunari putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Malfacine is rocked!
Malfacine is in a horrible position here. Kazunari smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oh Malfacine is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kazunari lands a nice shot to the head.
Malfacine is squirming around, avoiding Kazunari's attempts to control the action.
Malfacine is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazunari looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Malfacine covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tokugawa Kazunari!
During a confident post fight interview, Tokugawa Kazunari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.