PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saku Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky The Hitman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hitman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All within My Hands kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rocky The Hitman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Katsumoto
vs
The Hitman

180 cm
22
190 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

195 cm
29
218 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Saku Katsumoto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rocky The Hitman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsumoto defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Hitman.
Katsumoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Hitman circles away.
The Hitman stuffs the takedown.
The Hitman shoots in for a takedown but Katsumoto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Hitman with a poor takedown
and Katsumoto counters with a three punch combo that has The Hitman backing up. The Hitman nods at Katsumoto to acknowledge the strikes.
Saku Katsumoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky The Hitman.

The Hitman looking to score a takedown here. Katsumoto is defending well but The Hitman drives through and ends up in Katsumoto's guard.

Katsumoto is looking for a triangle but The Hitman pushes his legs off easily.
Katsumoto controls The Hitman momentarily but The Hitman frees himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Hitman stands and throws Katsumoto's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The Hitman scoring with punches and elbows.
Katsumoto takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Katsumoto is looking to reverse the position.
The Hitman landing strikes.

Katsumoto is rocked!
The Hitman cracks Katsumoto with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! The Hitman immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Katsumoto is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by The Hitman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky The Hitman!
Rocky The Hitman is the new light heavyweight champion!
A less than humble Rocky The Hitman misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.