PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Matuszczak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Murosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matuszczak comes to the cage accompanied by Fear of the Dark. Murosaki has chosen Lady Marmalade as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Matuszczak
vs
Murosaki

174 cm
19
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Skin-Clothes Designing

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, Adrian Matuszczak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Koji Murosaki!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matuszczak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Murosaki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Matuszczak to score an easy takedown into full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Matuszczak throws a strike but Murosaki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murosaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Matuszczak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matuszczak seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Murosaki trying to control but Matuszczak is working from the bottom.
Murosaki preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matuszczak is pulling down on Murosaki's head to control his posture.

We're going to have a standup here because Adrian Matuszczak wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Matuszczak dodges the punch combination from Murosaki.
Matuszczak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murosaki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matuszczak throws a looping overhand right but Murosaki ducks down to avoid it.
Matuszczak throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koji Murosaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murosaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matuszczak throws out the jab.
Matuszczak steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murosaki.
Matuszczak slips under a jab from Murosaki.
Murosaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matuszczak moves away.
Matuszczak lands with a shot to the body.
Matuszczak gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Matuszczak uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murosaki.
Murosaki digs a good body shot into Matuszczak's ribs.
Matuszczak slips under a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Murosaki.
Sloppy strikes from Murosaki. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Matuszczak shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Matuszczak showed some decent athleticism there.
Murosaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matuszczak.
Matuszczak throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Matuszczak lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Matuszczak slips a nice elbow through Murosaki's hands, connecting with Murosaki's forehead.
Murosaki regains full guard. Nicely done.
Matuszczak throws a big elbow that misses.
Murosaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Matuszczak loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murosaki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murosaki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Murosaki working a defensive guard here.
Matuszczak is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Matuszczak with a nice head shot there.
Matuszczak throws a big elbow that misses.

Murosaki is looking for a triangle but Matuszczak pushes his legs off easily.
Matuszczak postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Matuszczak wants to pass the guard but Murosaki is keeping the position.
Matuszczak missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matuszczak trying to control the position from guard on top but Murosaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matuszczak working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Murosaki has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Matuszczak should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Murosaki has tightened it up now! Matuszczak should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Koji Murosaki!
Koji Murosaki very nearly forgot to thank Skin-Clothes Designing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.