PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rin Itoshiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mariusz Zakrzewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Itoshiki's entrance music is Hito toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru (SZS Mod. Rap ver.). A fine choice. Zakrzewski has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Itoshiki
vs
Zakrzewski

195 cm
28
270 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

178 cm
29
183 lbs
23 - 23 - 3

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rin Itoshiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 23 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mariusz Zakrzewski!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Itoshiki rushes Zakrzewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zakrzewski looks gassed!
Itoshiki misses with a knee to the head.
Itoshiki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Itoshiki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Mariusz Zakrzewski has been cut.
Itoshiki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Itoshiki leaning his opponent against the cage.
Zakrzewski blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Itoshiki drops Zakrzewski with a big knee straight up the middle! Zakrzewski is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Zakrzewski is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Itoshiki moves into the clinch.
Zakrzewski is still on wobbly legs! Can Itoshiki finish him?
Itoshiki jerks Zakrzewski's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Zakrzewski drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Itoshiki goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Itoshiki because Zakrzewski was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Rin Itoshiki!
Rin Itoshiki bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.