PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimura Lim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Zaitsu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lim has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Kimura Lim has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lim
vs
Zaitsu

181 cm
20
212 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

215 cm
18
206 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Determined

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kimura Lim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Zaitsu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lim takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lim is breathing heavily.
Zaitsu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Zaitsu throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zaitsu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Zaitsu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lim, pushing him back against the cage.
Lim blocks an elbow strike from Zaitsu.
Zaitsu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Zaitsu.
Zaitsu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zaitsu lands an elbow that stopped Lim in his tracks for a moment.
Lim blocks an elbow strike.
Zaitsu misses with an elbow strike.
Zaitsu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaitsu lands an elbow just above Lim 's eye.
Zaitsu throws an elbow that misses.
Zaitsu is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zaitsu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zaitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim blocks an elbow strike.
Zaitsu lands an elbow just above Lim 's eye.

It looks like Kimura Lim has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zaitsu obliges.
Zaitsu lands a nice elbow.
Zaitsu lands a damaging elbow.
Zaitsu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lim takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaitsu lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Zaitsu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Zaitsu throws an elbow but it misses.
Zaitsu looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaitsu lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Zaitsu.
Zaitsu lands a damaging elbow.
Zaitsu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lim blocks an elbow strike from Zaitsu.
Zaitsu lands an elbow just above Lim 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Zaitsu.

Lim is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaitsu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lim's brow.
Zaitsu lands a damaging elbow.
Oh Lim is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zaitsu controlling the action here for a moment.
Lim seems to have got his legs back now.
Zaitsu lands an elbow inside.
Zaitsu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zaitsu misses with an elbow over the top.
Zaitsu lands an elbow that stopped Lim in his tracks for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaitsu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lim's brow.

Zaitsu lands a vicious elbow to the side of Lim's head that scrambles his senses and sends him wobbling down to the canvas! Zaitsu tries to finish him with strikes but Lim still seems able to defend himself so Zaitsu steps back and lets Lim get back to his feet - he wants no part of the ground game.

Zaitsu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lim, pushing him back against the cage.
Clinched against the cage, Zaitsu lands a big elbow that drops Lim! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Lim is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akira Zaitsu!
A relieved looking Akira Zaitsu thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.