PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ken Chang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sekirei Musubi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sekirei Musubi has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Chang
vs
Musubi

189 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
201 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Good chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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, Ken Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sekirei Musubi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chang misses with an uppercut.
Musubi scores with a decent looking hook.
Musubi moves away from the strike by Chang.
Chang tries to move into range but Musubi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chang tries to clinch there but Musubi circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Chang misses the target.
A slow jab from Musubi misses its intended target.
Chang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Musubi misses with a hook.
Chang looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Musubi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Musubi thuds his right hand into Chang's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Chang.
Musubi lands a head shot.
Chang feints and then cracks Musubi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Musubi down.
Musubi misses with a combination
and Chang counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Musubi throws a hook to the side of Chang's head but Chang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Musubi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang slips a straight right by Musubi.
An inside leg kick lands from Chang.
Musubi misses with an uppercut. Chang saw that one coming.
Chang is looking to chop away at Musubi's legs.
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi moved away.
Chang attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang tried to score with a low kick but Musubi checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Musubi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Musubi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chang looks to score with a jab to the body but Musubi is just out of range.
Musubi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Musubi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Chang tries to clinch up but Musubi circles away and keeps his distance.
Chang moves out of range as Musubi strikes.
Chang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
Musubi avoids the head kick by Chang.
Musubi misses with a wild body shot.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Musubi.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Musubi.
Musubi lands with an uppercut that bounces Chang off the cage and back into range.
Chang fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chang cracks the inside of Musubi's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang slips under a jab from Musubi.
Chang throws a body punch but Musubi moves out of range.
Chang tries a head kick but it misses.
Chang walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Musubi throws out the jab.
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi checks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Musubi misses the target.
Chang cracks the inside of Musubi's front leg.
Chang throws a low kick but it's checked well by Musubi.
Chang throws a solid leg kick but Musubi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chang.
The fight stays on the outside here - Chang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Musubi lands a jab to Chang's midsection.
Chang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Musubi to score with a decent uppercut.
Chang fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musubi throws a hook but Chang avoids it easily.
Musubi lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang is looking to score with low kicks.
A left lands for Chang.
Musubi throws a good cross that connects.
Musubi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Musubi throws a hook to the side of Chang's head but Chang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Musubi just misses with a punch to the body.
Chang wants to slow Musubi down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Musubi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chang closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Musubi throws a jab but it's blocked by Chang.
Musubi ducks under a wild hook from Chang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sekirei Musubi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Musubi lunges at Chang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chang's hand.
Musubi lands a nice shot to the body.
Musubi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chang thows a leg kick but Musubi checks it
and Musubi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chang thinking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Musubi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Chang throws a low kick, looking for Musubi's leg but Musubi calmly moves out of range.
Musubi takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Chang.
Chang misses with a head kick.
Sekirei Musubi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chang on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Musubi.
Chang throws a leg kick but Musubi checks it.
The fighters circling - Chang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chang gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Musubi.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Musubi throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musubi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chang.
Chang tried to score with a low kick but Musubi checks it.
Chang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Musubi.
Musubi sizes up Chang with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chang needs to keep his hands up - Musubi had a free shot at his head there.
Chang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Musubi.
Musubi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Chang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Musubi finds it's way round the side to connect with Chang's head.
Musubi lands with a nice combination. Chang backs away looking to recover.
Musubi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chang. Chang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Musubi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Musubi throws a shot to the body.
Musubi slips under a jab from Chang.
Chang lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Musubi avoids the head kick by Chang.
Chang slips under a jab from Musubi.
Nice jab there from Musubi.
Chang swings for the body but Musubi moves out of range.
Musubi looks to land a left hand but Chang moved out of range nicely.
Musubi takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
Chang needs to keep his hands up - Musubi had a free shot at his head there.
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi avoids them all with ease.
Chang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chang tries to move into range but Musubi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chang doesn't manage to clinch there - Musubi circles away.
Chang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Musubi missing with a left hand there. Chang was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Musubi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chang on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Musubi.
Nice defenses there by Chang.

Chang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Musubi lands a shot to the body.
Musubi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chang working aggressively here.
Musubi avoiding damage.
Musubi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Chang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Musubi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Musubi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Musubi's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chang tries to land knees in the clinch but Musubi avoids the damage to the body.
Musubi prevents a body shot from Chang.
The referee calls for Musubi to work.
Chang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Musubi is stalling here.
Chang tries to work over Musubi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Musubi dodges an elbow strike from Chang.
A head punch on the inside from Chang fails to land.
Chang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Chang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chang throws a series of punches but Musubi avoids them all with ease.
Chang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Musubi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sekirei Musubi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Chang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Chang misses with a hook. Musubi ducked under it nicely.
Chang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Musubi throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Musubi. Beautiful body shot.
Musubi looks to land a right hand but Chang moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Musubi.
No joy there for Musubi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chang throws a chopping leg kick but Musubi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Musubi lands a right hook to the body.
Musubi throws a hook but Chang avoids it easily.
Musubi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chang.
Musubi misses with a looping left.
Musubi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chang stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Musubi throws a lazy right hand but Chang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musubi throws the left hand but Chang avoids the punch easily.
Musubi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Musubi keeps the fight on the outside.
Chang tries to clinch up.
Musubi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chang momentarily.
Chang wants to land a leg kick but Musubi is out of range.
Chang tries to close the distance and clinch but Musubi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Musubi misses with a body shot.
Musubi stuns Chang with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Musubi lands a jab to Chang's midsection.
Musubi connects with a body shot.
Musubi swings for the body but Chang moves out of range.

Chang darts in and clinches Musubi up against the cage.
Musubi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chang backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Musubi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Musubi avoiding damage as Chang throws knees to the body.
Chang tries to land knees in the clinch but Musubi avoids the damage to the body.
Musubi lands with a left to the head.

Musubi breaks the clinch.
Musubi swings for the body but Chang moves out of range.
Chang avoids the body shot from Musubi.
Some bone on bone action there as Musubi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Chang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Musubi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Musubi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chang sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Musubi as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang tries to land a leg kick but Musubi saw it coming and moves away.
Chang takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Musubi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chang manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Musubi.
Chang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chang throws a jab when Musubi was well out of range.
Musubi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ken Chang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Musubi.
Musubi tests Chang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Musubi throws the left hand but Chang avoids the punch easily.
Chang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Musubi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chang tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Musubi misses with an uppercut.
Musubi throws a shot from downtown. Chang moves away and avoids it.
Musubi lands a nice looking body shot.
Musubi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chang gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Musubi misses with a straight right.
Musubi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chang moves away.
Chang throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chang tries to clinch but Musubi moves out of range.
A big left from Musubi misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chang doesn't manage to clinch there - Musubi circles away.
Musubi slips under a jab.
Sekirei Musubi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Musubi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Musubi checks a low kick from Chang.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sekirei Musubi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Musubi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sekirei Musubi!