PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Krisu Leepen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuken Yanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Leepen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Prodigy - . Ryuken Yanagi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Leepen
vs
Yanagi

176 cm
28
163 lbs
7 - 10 - 1

175 cm
27
165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Krisu Leepen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuken Yanagi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leepen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yanagi shoots in and drives through. Leepen sprawls well.
Leepen throws a hook but Yanagi blocks it.
Leepen slaps away a takedown attempt from Yanagi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leepen. Yanagi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leepen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yanagi.
Yanagi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Leepen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Krisu Leepen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuken Yanagi.
Leepen lands with a shot to the body.
Horrible takedown by Yanagi or perhaps it was just good defense by Leepen which made him look bad.
Leepen misses with a body shot.

Yanagi closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Leepen did well to prevent Yanagi getting side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yanagi is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Leepen!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor strikes thrown by Yanagi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Yanagi with a couple of short strikes.
Leepen squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Yanagi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Leepen wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Yanagi.
Yanagi thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Leepen can't escape the position.
Yanagi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Leepen hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leepen is in a horrible position here. Yanagi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Leepen is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Yanagi! That's really hurt Leepen and he's turned his back - Yanagi keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Yanagi jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryuken Yanagi!
A less than humble Ryuken Yanagi misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.