PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brody Savanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyo Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosaki is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Different Sense - Dir En Grey. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Savanis
vs
Kurosaki

175 cm
32
185 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

190 cm
28
203 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brody Savanis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyo Kurosaki!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki loads up on a big right hand but Savanis slips the punch.
Kurosaki misses with a takedown

and Savanis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kurosaki is refusing to be controlled, as Savanis sits in half guard.
Kurosaki is trying to maintain the position but Savanis is very close to passing his half guard.
Savanis trying to control the action but Kurosaki is working from the bottom.
Kurosaki tries to roll over but Savanis keeps him under control.
Kurosaki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kurosaki keeping moving, preventing Savanis from controlling successfully.
Kurosaki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Savanis manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savanis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kurosaki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Savanis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kurosaki.
Savanis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kurosaki postures up in Savanis's guard and throws a big left but Savanis blocks it.
Kurosaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kurosaki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Savanis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kurosaki throws an elbow that misses. Savanis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kurosaki's guard. Nice move by Savanis!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki keeping moving, preventing Savanis from controlling successfully.
Savanis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kurosaki is pulling down on Savanis's head. It's preventing any offense from Savanis, at least for the moment.
Kurosaki wants to sweep but no luck.
Kurosaki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Savanis!
Poor strikes thrown by Kurosaki there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Savanis somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Savanis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kyo Kurosaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Savanis drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Savanis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kurosaki is keeping the position for now.
Savanis showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Savanis trying to control but Kurosaki is working from the bottom.
Savanis controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki is pulling down on Savanis's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Brody Savanis just wasn't active enough.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki slaps away a takedown attempt from Savanis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Savanis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Savanis misses.
Kurosaki throws a leg kick which misses Savanis's front leg but catches the back leg as Savanis tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Savanis - just one landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
Savanis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kurosaki lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brody Savanis will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Horrible takedown by Savanis or perhaps it was just good defense by Kurosaki which made him look bad.
Savanis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kurosaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Savanis.

Kurosaki shoots in and bounces Savanis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Savanis keeping moving, preventing Kurosaki from controlling successfully.
Kurosaki is working Savanis over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kurosaki throws an elbow that misses. Savanis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kurosaki's guard. Nice move by Savanis!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosaki pulls Savanis in close to prevent any damage.
Kurosaki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Savanis trying to control but Kurosaki is working from the bottom.
Savanis tries to free his leg and advance position but Kurosaki is retaining full guard.
Kurosaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Savanis's guard.
Kurosaki throwing strikes but missing.
Kurosaki trying to control but Savanis is working from the bottom.
Kurosaki throws an elbow that misses. Savanis uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kurosaki's guard. Nice move by Savanis!
Kurosaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savanis trying to control the position from guard on top but Kurosaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kurosaki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kurosaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Savanis might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kurosaki looking to control.
Kurosaki pulls Savanis in close to prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kyo Kurosaki wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kurosaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki lands a nice shot to the body.
Kurosaki throws a jab when Savanis was well out of range.
Savanis takes one to the side of the head.
Kurosaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Savanis counters with a left and a right that stings Kurosaki.
Kurosaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savanis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Savanis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kurosaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kurosaki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Savanis misses with a wild combination.
Kurosaki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Savanis's waist but Savanis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kurosaki off to one side.
Kurosaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savanis avoids the body shot from Kurosaki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kurosaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Savanis fails with a takedown attempt.
Savanis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kurosaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Savanis scrambles back to his feet.
Savanis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kurosaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Savanis.
An inside leg kick from Kurosaki misses.
Kurosaki blocks the body kick.
Savanis is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savanis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brody Savanis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Savanis misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyo Kurosaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Savanis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kurosaki.
Savanis lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kurosaki tries a low kick but Savanis avoids it.
Savanis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kurosaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kurosaki lands the left hand.
Savanis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Savanis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kurosaki's calf.
Kyo Kurosaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kurosaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Savanis throws a head kick but Kurosaki moves out of range.
Kurosaki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Savanis defending well as Kurosaki loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savanis throws a half hearted mid kick.
Savanis throws the left hand but Kurosaki avoids the punch easily.
Kurosaki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice uppercut there from Kurosaki.
Kurosaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Savanis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kurosaki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kurosaki 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 Savanis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Savanis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Savanis throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kurosaki tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Savanis is in Kurosaki's guard.
Kurosaki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Savanis trying to control but Kurosaki is working from the bottom.
Kurosaki has control of Savanis's left arm, preventing Savanis from doing any damage.
Kurosaki wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kurosaki swinging wildly here.
Savanis comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kurosaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Savanis stuffs the takedown.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kurosaki throws an off balance right hand
and Savanis counters with a left and a right that stings Kurosaki.
Savanis walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That kick from Kurosaki tenderised Savanis's leg. Savanis is trying to keep his angry face on.
Savanis lands a right hook to the body.
Savanis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savanis fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kurosaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kurosaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Savanis is just out of range.
Savanis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Savanis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kurosaki throws a right hand that Savanis ducks under and follows up with a left that Savanis also avoids with ease.
Kurosaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kurosaki shoots in looking for a takedown. Savanis tries to sprawl out of it but Kurosaki keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Savanis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Savanis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kurosaki circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brody Savanis. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Kurosaki.
A looping hook to the body misses from Savanis. Kurosaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kurosaki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kurosaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savanis moves away.
Kurosaki misses with a wild body shot.
Savanis scores with a three punch combo!
No joy there for Savanis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savanis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kurosaki.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kurosaki lands with a straight right. Savanis didn't see that one coming.
Savanis looks to land a combination but Kurosaki avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kurosaki.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kyo Kurosaki.
Well Kurosaki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyo Kurosaki!
A relieved looking Kyo Kurosaki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.