PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kai Ichigo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kranc Squirel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Ichigo
vs
Squirel

178 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kai Ichigo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kranc Squirel!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squirel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No luck for Ichigo with that takedown attempt.
Squirel throws a nice looking combination but Ichigo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Squirel.
Some wild striking there from Squirel.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Squirel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Squirel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Squirel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ichigo.
Ichigo shoots and misses
and Squirel counters with a series of strikes. Ichigo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ichigo looks to land a body kick but Squirel moved away.
Squirel throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirel fails to land with a series of punches.
Ichigo dodges the punch combination from Squirel.
Squirel throws a series of punches but Ichigo avoids them all with ease.
Squirel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ichigo eats them both and turns towards Squirel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A combination from Squirel does no damage.
Ichigo misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Ichigo.
Ichigo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Squirel counters with a three punch combo that has Ichigo backing up. Ichigo nods at Squirel to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kai Ichigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ichigo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ichigo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Squirel misses with a series of wild punches.
Squirel looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Squirel. Those never looked like landing.
Kranc Squirel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Ichigo throws a right and a left that Squirel avoids nicely.
Ichigo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Squirel but Squirel pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Squirel throws a one two combo.
Ichigo has his takedown stuffed
and Squirel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ichigo with a poor takedown
and Squirel counters with a series of strikes. Ichigo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ichigo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichigo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Squirel swivels and escapes.
Squirel throws a series of punches but Ichigo moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Ichigo.
Ichigo shoots in for a takedown but Squirel shows good takedown defense.
Ichigo misses with a head kick.
Ichigo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Squirel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ichigo circles away quickly and effectively.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Squirel tries to bum rush Ichigo with a series of wild strikes but Ichigo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ichigo fails with a takedown attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Squirel checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirel looks to land a combination. Ichigo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ichigo shoots in for a double leg but Squirel sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ichigo misses with a takedown
and Squirel counters with a three punch combo that has Ichigo backing up. Ichigo nods at Squirel to acknowledge the strikes.
Ichigo feints and then cracks Squirel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Squirel down.
Squirel slaps away a takedown attempt from Ichigo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Squirel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kranc Squirel dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A big left from Ichigo misses.
Ichigo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Squirel counters with a two punch combo.
Ichigo throws a right hand that Squirel ducks under and follows up with a left that Squirel also avoids with ease.
Squirel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ichigo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Squirel counters with a series of strikes. Ichigo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ichigo shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kai Ichigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Squirel lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Squirel throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Squirel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ichigo has his takedown stuffed
and Squirel counters with a three punch combo that has Ichigo backing up. Ichigo nods at Squirel to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirel throws a series of punches but Ichigo moves out of range.
Ichigo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Squirel misses with a few strikes there.
Horrible takedown by Ichigo or perhaps it was just good defense by Squirel which made him look bad.
Squirel misses with the combination.
Ichigo fails to land the takedown.
Ichigo fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirel tries to bum rush Ichigo with a series of wild strikes but Ichigo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ichigo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Squirel lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Squirel stuffs the takedown.
Ichigo throws a push kick but Squirel slaps the foot to one side.
Sloppy strikes from Squirel. Those never looked like landing.
Squirel misses with a double jab.
Squirel is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ichigo is looking to chop away at Squirel's legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichigo tries a low kick but Squirel avoids it.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Squirel counters with a three punch combo that has Ichigo backing up. Ichigo nods at Squirel to acknowledge the strikes.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Squirel counters with a two punch combo.
No luck for Ichigo with that takedown attempt.
Squirel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Ichigo shoots in and bounces Squirel off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Squirel wants to stand but Ichigo is controlling the position.
Squirel is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ichigo dives into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ichigo in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ichigo cracks Squirel with a big right hand but Squirel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ichigo moves into full mount!
Ichigo landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ichigo looking to finish Squirel with some ground and pound. This is bad for Squirel!
Ichigo unloading with bombs!

Ichigo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Ichigo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

No luck for Ichigo with that takedown attempt.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Ichigo tries to land a leg kick but Squirel saw it coming and moves away.
Squirel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ichigo misses with a takedown
and Squirel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Squirel goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Squirel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ichigo.
Squirel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ichigo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Squirel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squirel blocks a head kick by Ichigo.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Squirel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kai Ichigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Squirel fails to land with a series of punches.
Squirel throws a series of strikes that have Ichigo backpedaling.
Ichigo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Squirel counters with a series of strikes. Ichigo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ichigo fails with the takedown
and Squirel counters with a two punch combo.
Squirel throws a nice looking combination but Ichigo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Squirel tries to bum rush Ichigo with a series of wild strikes but Ichigo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squirel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ichigo.
Squirel pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ichigo back to the cage. Squirel follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt - Squirel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ichigo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ichigo tries for a takedown but Squirel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ichigo dodges the punch combination from Squirel.
Kai Ichigo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ichigo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Squirel tries to avoid it but Ichigo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Squirel to the ground. Squirel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ichigo throws a jab but it's blocked by Squirel.
Ichigo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Squirel misses.
Ichigo misses with the combination.
Ichigo misses with a takedown attempt
and Squirel counters with a left and a right that stings Ichigo.
Ichigo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Ichigo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ichigo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Squirel circles away quickly and effectively.
Squirel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ichigo circles away quickly and effectively.
Ichigo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squirel throws a right and a left that Ichigo avoids nicely.
Ichigo tries a head kick but it misses.
Squirel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ichigo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Squirel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Squirel checks a leg kick.
Squirel avoids the head kick by Ichigo.
A nice combination there by Squirel.
Squirel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Squirel avoids the head kick by Ichigo.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kranc Squirel.
I think Squirel 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kranc Squirel!
After the fight, Kranc Squirel was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.