PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daiki Hitoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent Pedersen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Pedersen
vs
Hitoshi

200 cm
24
245 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
243 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Damnfield clothing
[JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kent Pedersen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daiki Hitoshi!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedersen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pedersen tries to clinch up.
Hitoshi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pedersen tries to land a front kick but Hitoshi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Danga de danga de dang - Hitoshi scores with a four punch combination!
Hitoshi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hitoshi misses with a body shot.

Pedersen gets caught napping as Hitoshi dives in and scores a takedown. Pedersen manages to retain guard.
Pedersen has momentary wrist control but Hitoshi slips an elbow through the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hitoshi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pedersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pedersen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hitoshi throwing strikes from guard but Pedersen blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hitoshi is fighting to break Pedersen's control of his arms but Pedersen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hitoshi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitoshi works over Pedersen with some ground and pound from guard.
Hitoshi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pedersen's head.
Pedersen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hitoshi.
Pedersen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hitoshi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hitoshi throwing strikes from guard but Pedersen blocks nicely.
Hitoshi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hitoshi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pedersen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pedersen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hitoshi throwing strikes but missing.
Hitoshi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pedersen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pedersen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hitoshi's guard.

Pedersen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hitoshi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi keeping moving, preventing Pedersen from controlling successfully.

Hitoshi is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Pedersen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hitoshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pedersen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Hitoshi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pedersen!
Pedersen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pedersen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Hitoshi thows a huge punch but Pedersen dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hitoshi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hitoshi wants to pass to mount but Pedersen is defending the position.
Nice strikes from Hitoshi there.
Pedersen is trying to maintain the position but Hitoshi is very close to passing his half guard.
Pedersen wants to get back to full guard.
Pedersen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hitoshi working Pedersen over with strikes.
Pedersen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pedersen trying to control from the bottom.
Hitoshi winds up and cracks Pedersen with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hitoshi connects with a nice short shot to Pedersen's temple.
Hitoshi working the head and body with strikes.
Hitoshi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Pedersen is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oh Pedersen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hitoshi lands a big elbow - Pedersen is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hitoshi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daiki Hitoshi!
Daiki Hitoshi is the new heavyweight champion!
Daiki Hitoshi looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Hi guys, Don't forget to follow my twitter @DaikiHitoshi_MMATycoon and FB Daiki Hitoshi MMA tycoon :D Thanks'.