PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hard Puncher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War drums. Puncher has chosen Let's go dancing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kurosawa
vs
Puncher

173 cm
31
183 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

179 cm
33
178 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

STEEL PENN'S - STEEL TERROR: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Akira Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hard Puncher!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Kurosawa.
Puncher takes a swing at Kurosawa's ribcage but misses.
Puncher lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kurosawa will feel that in the morning.
Kurosawa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Puncher as he jumps to the side.

Kurosawa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Puncher to the mat! Puncher manages to get full guard.
Puncher tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kurosawa wants to pass the guard but Puncher is keeping the position.
Kurosawa stands up over Puncher, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kurosawa stopping the sweep attempt from Puncher.
Kurosawa sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Puncher's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puncher trying to control from the bottom.
Kurosawa wants to pass to mount but Puncher is defending the position.
Puncher has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kurosawa is working away from the top position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kurosawa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Kurosawa is trying to control the action in half guard but Puncher is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Kurosawa seems to be looking for submissions.
Puncher is looking for a sweep. Kurosawa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Puncher is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puncher works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kurosawa wants to control from the top but Puncher keeps moving.
Puncher 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.
Puncher trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kurosawa preventing the sweep.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kurosawa looking to pass the guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Puncher holds on and takes a little breather.
Puncher trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Kurosawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Puncher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries to free his leg and advance position but Puncher is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kurosawa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Puncher. That's going to slow Kurosawa down.
Kurosawa checks a low kick from Puncher.
Kurosawa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puncher counters with a thumping low kick.
Puncher cracks Kurosawa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kurosawa is looking to clinch.
Puncher cracks Kurosawa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Puncher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kurosawa.
Kurosawa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puncher moves out of range of the body kick from Kurosawa.
A good leg kick by Puncher.
Puncher just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Kurosawa.
Puncher misses with a few strikes there.
Puncher lands a leg kick that knocks Kurosawa off balance momentarily.
Puncher swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puncher swings for the body but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Kurosawa walks forward, straight into a front kick from Puncher.
Kurosawa tries for a takedown but Puncher circles away easily
and Puncher counters with a slapping leg kick.
Puncher misses with a body shot.
Puncher tries to work over Kurosawa's front leg with a kick but Kurosawa checks it.
Puncher throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab lands there for Puncher.

It looks like Akira Kurosawa has been cut.
Hard Puncher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puncher throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Puncher dips to his left and cracks Kurosawa with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hard Puncher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akira Kurosawa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kurosawa misses with a kick to the body.
Hard Puncher seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puncher cracks the inside of Kurosawa's front leg.

Kurosawa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Puncher was covering up waiting for the punch and Kurosawa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Puncher wants to sweep here but Kurosawa controlling him for the moment.
Kurosawa pushes down on Puncher's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Puncher wants to control but Kurosawa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Kurosawa trying to pass the guard but Puncher defending well.

Kurosawa is trying to work for a kimura but Puncher is defending well.
Puncher tries to get to full guard but Kurosawa has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa passes to full mount!
Puncher tries to lock up and control but Kurosawa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kurosawa working the ground and pound effectively.
Puncher is looking to improve his position but Kurosawa isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Kurosawa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kurosawa seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Puncher is holding on tight.
Kurosawa wants to control the pace but Puncher is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa raining down shots from the mount!
Kurosawa fails to move to back control.
Kurosawa throws some wild stikes that Puncher manages to avoid easily.
Kurosawa raining down hammerfists from mount.

Kurosawa looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Akira Kurosawa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Puncher is trying to escape the mount.
Kurosawa avoids the attempt from Puncher to control.
Puncher has given up his back here. Will Kurosawa look for the submission or keep pounding away?

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kurosawa is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Puncher has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Kurosawa struggling to keep hold of the position.
Kurosawa lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Kurosawa working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.

Kurosawa is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Puncher is defending well though. Kurosawa let's go of the attempt for now.

Kurosawa tightening his grip on Puncher, looking for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puncher trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

Kurosawa seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Puncher's chin but Puncher turns very nicely into Kurosawa's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Puncher.
Kurosawa 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.

Kurosawa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Puncher defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kurosawa is trying to keep Puncher in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Kurosawa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akira Kurosawa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Puncher defending well as Kurosawa loads up on a big left hand.
Kurosawa misses with a wild combination.
Kurosawa checks a low kick from Puncher.
Kurosawa misses with a takedown attempt - Puncher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Puncher keeps Kurosawa at a distance using the push kick.
Kurosawa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Puncher sprawls well. Puncher wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kurosawa gets slowly back to his feet.
Puncher throws a wild body kick that Kurosawa sees coming a mile off.
Good leg kick by Puncher there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Puncher fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kurosawa.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kurosawa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Puncher is fending him off so far but Kurosawa persists. Nope, Puncher circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Kurosawa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Puncher but Puncher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Puncher connects with a high kick.
Puncher swats away the attempt to clinch by Kurosawa.
Sloppy strikes from Kurosawa. Those never looked like landing.
Kurosawa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Puncher explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puncher.
Kurosawa misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Puncher.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurosawa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Puncher scores with a hook to the body. Kurosawa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Puncher dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kurosawa. That did some damage!
Puncher lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Puncher thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kurosawa if he has to take too many more of those.
Puncher works Kurosawa's body with a nice hook.
Puncher feints and then cracks Kurosawa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kurosawa down.
Puncher swings for the body but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Puncher connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kurosawa momentarily.
Puncher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kurosawa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Puncher swings for the body but Kurosawa moves out of range.
Puncher misses with a head kick.
Puncher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puncher looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosawa is just out of range.
Puncher throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kurosawa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kurosawa fails to land the takedown.
Kurosawa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Puncher as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puncher throws out a powerful jab.
Puncher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puncher is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kurosawa rather than just go for the knockout.
Kurosawa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Puncher scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Puncher chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Puncher lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puncher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kurosawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puncher.
Puncher misses with the combination.
Kurosawa throws a jab but it's blocked by Puncher.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puncher misses with a body shot.
Puncher lands a nice hook to Kurosawa's body. Kurosawa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Kurosawa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kurosawa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Puncher pinned against the cage. Puncher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kurosawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A left lands for Puncher.
Puncher throws a half hearted mid kick.
A punch combination from Kurosawa misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puncher fakes the leg kick and cracks Kurosawa in the body.
Puncher connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kurosawa momentarily.
Kurosawa steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Puncher. That one must have hurt.
Puncher fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kurosawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hard Puncher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Puncher has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hard Puncher!
A victorious Hard Puncher thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.