PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Waru Kuzuri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feyd Rautha Harkonnen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kuzuri
vs
Rautha Harkonnen

163 cm
23
135 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
152 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Waru Kuzuri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Feyd Rautha Harkonnen!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuzuri misses with a lunging right hand
and Harkonnen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kuzuri misses with a straight left.
Harkonnen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kuzuri blocks the body kick.
Waru Kuzuri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Kuzuri misses its intended target.
Harkonnen ducks under a wild hook from Kuzuri.
Harkonnen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kuzuri looks to throw the jab but Harkonnen is out of range.
Kuzuri moves out of range of the body kick.
Kuzuri swings away with a body shot that misses
and Harkonnen counters with a head kick.
Harkonnen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice body kick there by Kuzuri.
Kuzuri throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Harkonnen forces Kuzuri back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Harkonnen misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harkonnen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kuzuri is defending well for now.
A nice left hand lands by Kuzuri.
Kuzuri lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harkonnen backwards.
Kuzuri struggles to land a body shot inside as Harkonnen controls his hands.
Harkonnen tries to stall but Kuzuri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kuzuri tries to work over Harkonnen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Kuzuri breaks the clinch.
Kuzuri tries to score with a low kick but Harkonnen moves his leg out of the way.
Kuzuri punishes Harkonnen's body with a nice straight punch.
Kuzuri dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kuzuri scores with a jab to the jaw.
Kuzuri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harkonnen manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Kuzuri there.
Kuzuri swings for the body but Harkonnen moves out of range.
Harkonnen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kuzuri misses with a body punch
and Harkonnen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuzuri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harkonnen manages to avoid it.
Harkonnen slips a straight right by Kuzuri.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuzuri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Kuzuri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Harkonnen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuzuri finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Harkonnen throws a low kick, looking for Kuzuri's leg but Kuzuri calmly moves out of range.
Harkonnen throws a series of punches but Kuzuri moves out of range.
Harkonnen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kuzuri misses with a looping left.
A shot to the body from Kuzuri misses
and Harkonnen counters with a body kick that stops Kuzuri in his tracks momentarily.
Kuzuri throws a front kick that sends Harkonnen stumbling back into the cage.
Kuzuri misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harkonnen throws the kick towards the body but Kuzuri avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Kuzuri. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kuzuri.
Harkonnen throws a shot from downtown. Kuzuri moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Kuzuri.

Harkonnen is rocked!
Harkonnen walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Harkonnen limp body while Kuzuri jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Waru Kuzuri!
Waru Kuzuri retains his featherweight title!
Waru Kuzuri really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.