PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Starke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yehuda Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Starke
vs
Ozawa

170 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Starke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yehuda Ozawa!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Starke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ozawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Michael Starke has been cut.
Michael Starke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Starke. Those never looked like landing.
Starke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Starke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ozawa.
Starke closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Starke could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ozawa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ozawa throws an overhand right that lands on Starke's shoulder, as Starke tries to avoid the shot.
Starke fails to land with a series of punches.
Starke misses with a few strikes there.
Starke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Starke connects with the punch.
Ozawa slips a jab and a cross from Starke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Starke misses with the combination.
Starke throws a nice looking combination but Ozawa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ozawa slips a jab and a cross from Starke.
Starke swinging wildly here.
Starke misses with a combination
and Ozawa counters with a straight right hand.
Ozawa looks to land a right hand but Starke moved out of range.
Starke misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ozawa misses with a two punch combination.
Ozawa misses the body punch
letting Starke counter with a right hand.
Ozawa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Starke throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ozawa.
Starke is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Starke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Starke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Starke falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ozawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Starke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ozawa misses with a hook.

Ozawa moves into the clinch successfully.
Ozawa stalling in the clinch.
Ozawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ozawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ozawa tries to throw a body punch but Starke avoids it by throwing Ozawa back against the cage.

Ozawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Starke throws a series of punches but Ozawa moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ozawa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Starke.
A jab from Ozawa misses.
Starke throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ozawa moves into the clinch.

Ozawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Ozawa.

Oooooh!!! Ozawa has knocked Starke down with a huge combo! Ozawa steps away and waves a wobbly Starke back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Starke is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ozawa instigates a clinch.
Oh Starke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Ozawa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ozawa flashes Starke a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Starke's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Starke crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Ozawa punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yehuda Ozawa!
A very excited looking Yehuda Ozawa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.