PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jin Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hotaru Kurosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mishima comes to the cage accompanied by All I Do Is Win. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mishima
vs
Kurosaki

175 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jin Mishima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hotaru Kurosaki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurosaki is looking to clinch but Mishima is avoiding it.
Kurosaki throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Mishima counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kurosaki's guard now.
Mishima is stalling in the full guard.

Mishima thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mishima wants to control from the top but Kurosaki keeps moving.
Mishima postures up in Kurosaki's guard and throws a big left but Kurosaki blocks it.
Mishima controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mishima postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mishima working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kurosaki's head.
Mishima has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mishima is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kurosaki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mishima. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mishima has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Mishima pushing down on Kurosaki's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mishima seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Jin Mishima has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Mishima lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurosaki tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kurosaki looks winded!
Mishima circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Kurosaki drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Mishima follows Kurosaki to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jin Mishima!
After the big win, Jin Mishima made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Tokyo United Fightwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.