PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shunsui Kyoraku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerron Nimoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Kyoraku
vs
Nimoh

190 cm
22
204 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

193 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Trill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsui Kyoraku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerron Nimoh!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kyoraku has Nimoh up against the cage in a clinch.
Nimoh wants to get back to striking at distance but Kyoraku won't allow it.
Nimoh misses with an elbow strike.
Kyoraku displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nimoh up against the cage.
Kyoraku misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nimoh.

Kyoraku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nimoh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jerron Nimoh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kyoraku walks into a left hand.

Kyoraku takes the fight into the clinch.
Nimoh lands with a left to the head.
Kyoraku lands a right hand.
Kyoraku managing to block the knees to the body from Nimoh.

Nimoh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nimoh scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kyoraku gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kyoraku lands a right hand.
Nimoh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyoraku.
Kyoraku pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nimoh stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nimoh tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyoraku avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Kyoraku - that landed with a thud.
Kyoraku swings wildly with an uppercut but Nimoh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nimoh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nimoh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nimoh pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nimoh stalling against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kyoraku.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nimoh - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Come on Kyoraku - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nimoh lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nimoh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kyoraku is defending well for now.
Nimoh tries a body shot but Kyoraku blocks it.
Kyoraku is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nimoh is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kyoraku keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nimoh's efforts to push away.
Nimoh lands a nice uppercut.
Nimoh gets through Kyoraku's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nimoh breaks from the clinch.
Nimoh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kyoraku.
Nimoh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kyoraku. That's going to slow Nimoh down.
Kyoraku pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kyoraku feints and then cracks Nimoh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nimoh down.
Nimoh loads up on a big right hand but Kyoraku slips the punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kyoraku lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nimoh has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kyoraku lands a hook to the side of the head.

Kyoraku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nimoh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Kyoraku instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kyoraku prevents Nimoh from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nimoh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nimoh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Come on Kyoraku - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kyoraku blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nimoh tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyoraku avoids the damage to the body.
Nimoh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nimoh pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nimoh pushes off an throws an elbow but Kyoraku leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nimoh can't break the clinch.
Nimoh is looking to break free of the clinch but Kyoraku has double underhooks.
Kyoraku lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nimoh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kyoraku is keeping busy.
Nimoh prevents a body shot from Kyoraku.
Nimoh gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jerron Nimoh will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A combination from Nimoh does no damage.
Kyoraku dodges the punch combination from Nimoh.
Nimoh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Kyoraku drives through and clinches with Nimoh against the cage.
Nimoh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kyoraku avoiding damage as Nimoh throws knees to the body.
Kyoraku dodges an elbow strike from Nimoh.
Nimoh lands a nice elbow.

Nimoh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kyoraku looks to land a combination but Nimoh avoids it well.
Nimoh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nimoh tries to score with a low kick but Kyoraku moves his leg out of the way.
Nimoh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kyoraku forces Nimoh back against the cage and clinches.
Kyoraku lands a right hand.
Kyoraku takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nimoh misses with an elbow strike.
Kyoraku is leaning against Nimoh and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nimoh tries to work over Kyoraku's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nimoh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kyoraku can't find room to land a body shot as Nimoh controls the action.
Kyoraku lands a nice uppercut.
Nimoh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kyoraku blocks an elbow strike from Nimoh.
Nimoh wants to get back to striking at distance but Kyoraku won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kyoraku throws an elbow but misses.
Nimoh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nimoh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kyoraku's brow.
Kyoraku misses with a punch to the body.
Kyoraku avoiding damage as Nimoh throws knees to the body.
Nimoh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyoraku blocks an elbow strike.
Kyoraku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nimoh working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nimoh pushes off an throws an elbow but Kyoraku leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kyoraku stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nimoh takes an elbow to the temple.
Nimoh letting Kyoraku take a breather here.
Kyoraku misses with a body punch.
Nimoh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Nimoh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kyoraku missing with a left hand there. Nimoh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Kyoraku closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kyoraku as Nimoh tries to tie him up.
Nimoh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nimoh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nimoh has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kyoraku lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nimoh or not.
Kyoraku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kyoraku tries a body shot but Nimoh blocks it.
Kyoraku lands with a short shot to the head.
Kyoraku works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nimoh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kyoraku has him pressed against the cage.
Nimoh tries to break free but Kyoraku pushes him back against the cage.
Nimoh looking to stall.
Kyoraku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nimoh wants to break free but Kyoraku has control.
Kyoraku misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyoraku lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nimoh backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nimoh working hard to break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kyoraku - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kyoraku misses with an elbow over the top.
Nimoh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nimoh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kyoraku's defenses.
Nimoh tries to break the clinch but Kyoraku is controlling the position.
Kyoraku has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kyoraku lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nimoh backwards.
Nimoh lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Nimoh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kyoraku blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyoraku softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nimoh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Still in the clinch, Kyoraku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nimoh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyoraku.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Shunsui Kyoraku will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nimoh connects with a single shot there.
Nimoh misses with a two punch combination.
Kyoraku uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nimoh.
Nimoh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kyoraku.

Kyoraku takes the fight into the clinch.
Nimoh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Kyoraku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kyoraku moves into range and clinches up with Nimoh.
Kyoraku managing to block the knees to the body from Nimoh.
Nimoh throws a head punch that misses.
Kyoraku throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nimohs head.
Kyoraku just leaning against Nimoh, taking a breather.
Nimoh is trying to push Kyoraku away but Kyoraku has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nimoh is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nimoh throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kyorakus head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyoraku lands a shoulder strike.
Kyoraku misses with an elbow strike.
Nimoh tries a body shot but Kyoraku blocks it.
Nimoh misses with a body punch.

Kyoraku breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice shot lands for Kyoraku.

It looks like Jerron Nimoh has been cut.
Kyoraku slips under a jab from Nimoh.
Kyoraku uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nimoh has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kyoraku misses with a straight left.

Kyoraku moves into the clinch.
Kyoraku blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kyoraku stalling the fight.
Kyoraku misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nimoh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kyoraku's brow.
Nimoh throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nimoh throws an elbow that misses.
Nimoh pushes Kyoraku back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kyoraku struggles to land a body shot inside as Nimoh controls his hands.
Nimoh missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Nimoh fails to land.
A hook to the body from Kyoraku.
A right hand to the body from Kyoraku.
Nimoh wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nimoh blocks a body shot from Kyoraku.
Nimoh creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nimoh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nimoh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kyoraku escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kyoraku is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nimoh.
Nimoh misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kyoraku gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nimoh content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nimoh is trying to push Kyoraku away but Kyoraku has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nimoh blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nimoh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kyoraku's brow.
Nice body punch from Kyoraku.
A body shot lands from Kyoraku.
Kyoraku prevents Nimoh from breaking the clinch.
Nimoh throws an elbow but it misses.
Kyoraku digs a right hand underneath Nimoh's ribcage. Nimoh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kyoraku lands a body shot.
Kyoraku lands a shot to the body.

Nimoh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shunsui Kyoraku is winning the standup battle so far.

Kyoraku gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nimoh misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kyoraku breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nimoh throws an overhand right that lands on Kyoraku's shoulder, as Kyoraku tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nimoh misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kyoraku counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nimoh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Kyoraku fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nimoh, pushing him back against the cage.
Nimoh lands a damaging elbow.
Kyoraku has Nimoh pushed against the cage.
Kyoraku dodges an elbow strike from Nimoh.
Kyoraku scores with a hook to the body.
Shunsui Kyoraku has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nimoh swings wildly with an uppercut but Kyoraku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kyoraku throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kyoraku lands a nice uppercut.
Nimoh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nimoh missing with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shunsui Kyoraku showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kyoraku has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shunsui Kyoraku!