PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jun Mizuno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Rojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rojo has chosen You're Going Down as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mizuno
vs
Rojo

194 cm
19
280 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

193 cm
33
265 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Knox Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Mizuno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Rojo!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojo throws a combination. Mizuno tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Jun Mizuno has been cut.
Rojo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mizuno is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Mizuno misses with a body kick.
Rojo throws a right and a left that Mizuno avoids nicely.
Rojo scores with a one two! Mizuno had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mizuno throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rojo!
Mizuno throws a front kick aimed at Rojo's knee but Rojo avoids it well.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mizuno!
Rojo throws a head kick that misses.
Mizuno throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mizuno slips a straight right by Rojo.
Mizuno checks a leg kick nicely.
Mizuno moves out of range as Rojo throws a body kick.
Mizuno dodges the punch combination from Rojo.
Mizuno throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rojo looks winded!
A good leg kick by Mizuno.
Mizuno connects with an inside leg kick.
Mizuno moves in looking to clinch but Rojo pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mizuno throws a jab but it's blocked by Rojo.
Crunch! Mizuno slams his shin into Rojo's torso.
Mizuno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rojo works Mizuno's body with a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mizuno looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mizuno lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rojo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mizuno - the referee stops the clock and Rojo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mizuno. Rojo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mizuno is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mizuno keeps Rojo at a distance using the push kick.
Mizuno throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mizuno blocks a head kick by Rojo.
Rojo looks to land a body kick but Mizuno moved away.
Mizuno cracks the inside of Rojo's front leg.
Mizuno throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Miguel Rojo has been cut.
Mizuno delivers a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno throws a jab but it's blocked by Rojo.
Mizuno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mizuno.
Rojo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mizuno.
Mizuno lets loose with a powerful body kick. Rojo will feel that in the morning.
Mizuno lands a head kick!
Rojo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mizuno.
Mizuno goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Mizuno clinches.
Mizuno crunches a lovely knee into Rojo's ribcage.
Mizuno landing knees to the head.
Mizuno scores with a knee to the head.
Mizuno with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mizuno tries a knee to the head but Rojo blocks it.
I was talking to Mizuno's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mizuno misses with a knee to the head.
Mizuno wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mizuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno misses with a knee strike.
Mizuno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mizuno landing knees to the head.
Rojo landing knees to the body.
Rojo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rojo stalling in the clinch but Mizuno improves position.
Mizuno scores a nice knee to the body.

Mizuno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mizuno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rojo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crunch! Mizuno slams his shin into Rojo's torso.
Mizuno tries to close the distance and clinch but Rojo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rojo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mizuno. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rojo connects with a jab.
Mizuno thows a body kick. Rojo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mizuno dodges the punch combination from Rojo.
Mizuno moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rojo.
Mizuno doesn't manage to clinch there - Rojo circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Rojo. That snapped Mizuno's head back.
Mizuno tries to clinch but Rojo moves out of range.
Mizuno throws a head kick that misses.
Mizuno moves in looking to clinch but Rojo pushes him off.
Mizuno looks to land a body kick but Rojo moved away.
Mizuno throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Rojo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mizuno pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rojo avoids the head kick by Mizuno.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mizuno misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mizuno tries to clinch there but Rojo circles away.
Rojo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mizuno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rojo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Mizuno dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mizuno is looking to land body kicks.
Mizuno lands with a nice body kick.
Mizuno misses with a leg kick.
Rojo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mizuno throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mizuno darts in trying to clinch
and Rojo counters with a body kick.
Mizuno wants to clinch up but Rojo keeps it at a distance.
Mizuno looks to land a body kick but Rojo moved away.
Rojo avoids a kick to the body.
Rojo swinging wildly here.
Rojo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mizuno looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rojo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rojo lands a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mizuno wants to clinch up but Rojo keeps it at a distance.
Mizuno throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rojo's head.
Rojo misses with a few strikes there.

Mizuno darts in and clinches Rojo up against the cage.
Mizuno misses with a knee to the head.
Rojo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mizuno is defending well for now.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rojo avoids it.
Knees to the body from Mizuno.
Rojo is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mizuno scores a nice knee to the body.
Mizuno misses with a knee strike.
Mizuno tries a knee to the head but Rojo blocks it.
Mizuno working Rojo over with knees to the body.
Mizuno misses with a knee to the head.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mizuno breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizuno thows a body kick. Rojo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mizuno defending well as Rojo loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno scores with a nice strike.
Jun Mizuno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mizuno tries to clinch there but Rojo circles away.
Mizuno throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mizuno pushes Rojo away with a front kick.
Mizuno throws a head kick that Rojo semi-blocks.
Mizuno scores with a push kick.
Rojo misses with a body kick.
Mizuno throws a sloppy head kick and Rojo moves out of range easily.
Mizuno tries to clinch but Rojo is having none of it.
Rojo swings for the body but Mizuno moves out of range.
Rojo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rojo throws a body punch but Mizuno moves out of range.
Mizuno bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mizuno scores with a nice body kick.
Mizuno fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno tries to clinch there but Rojo circles away.
Mizuno scores with a push kick.
Miguel Rojo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mizuno scores with a nice body kick.
Mizuno throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mizuno is looking to slow Rojo down with leg kicks.
Mizuno scores with a push kick.
Mizuno lands a head kick!

Mizuno closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Mizuno.
Mizuno scores with a knee to the head.
Mizuno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Mizuno pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mizuno lands with a slapping head kick.
Mizuno tries to clinch there but Rojo circles away.
Mizuno blocks a jab.
Mizuno is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rojo can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Mizuno.
Mizuno misses with a hook. Rojo ducked under it nicely.
Mizuno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rojo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mizuno throws a nice head kick!
Mizuno looks to throw a body kick
and Rojo counters with a three punch combo that has Mizuno backing up. Mizuno nods at Rojo to acknowledge the strikes.
Mizuno jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rojo tries a head kick but it misses.
Rojo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
No joy there for Rojo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rojo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rojo counters with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Mizuno there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mizuno is looking to land body kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jun Mizuno dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Rojo blocks a head kick by Mizuno.
Rojo throws an overhand right that lands on Mizuno's shoulder, as Mizuno tries to avoid the shot.
Rojo lands a two punch combo.

Jun Mizuno's cut is getting worse.
Mizuno explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Rojo misses with a hook. Mizuno ducked under it nicely.
Rojo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mizuno throws a sloppy head kick and Rojo moves out of range easily.
Mizuno wants to land a leg kick but Rojo is out of range.
Rojo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rojo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mizuno throws the kick towards the body but Rojo avoids it.
Rojo avoids a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rojo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rojo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rojo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rojo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Mizuno slams his shin into Rojo's torso.
Mizuno throws a hook to the side of Rojo's head but Rojo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rojo lands with a kick to the temple. Mizuno shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mizuno tries to clinch up.
Rojo ducks under a wild hook from Mizuno.
Rojo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mizuno avoids the body shot from Rojo.
Rojo lands a right hook to the body.
Rojo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mizuno is looking to clinch.
Mizuno doesn't manage to clinch there - Rojo circles away.
Mizuno wants to clinch.
Rojo swats away the attempt to clinch by Mizuno.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mizuno, right into the meat.
Rojo scores with a shot to the body.
Mizuno scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mizuno moves into range and clinches up with Rojo.
Mizuno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rojo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mizuno scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Mizuno.
Mizuno lands a good knee to the midsection. Rojo won't want to take too many of those.
Mizuno connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rojo's face.
Rojo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Mizuno.
Mizuno misses with a knee to the head.
Rojo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuno misses with a knee to the head.

Rojo breaks from the clinch.
Rojo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mizuno looks to land a body kick but Rojo moved away.
Rojo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Rojo tries to keep at a distance but Mizuno has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rojo avoiding damage as Mizuno throws knees to the body.
Mizuno landing knees to the head.
Mizuno managing to block the knees to the body from Rojo.
Mizuno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rojo blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Rojo.
A body shot lands from Rojo.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rojo.
Mizuno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rojo tries to land a knee to the head but Mizuno blocks with his arms.
Mizuno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojo scores with a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Rojo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mizuno pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rojo is out of range and Mizuno settles back down.
Rojo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rojo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mizuno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rojo lands the left hand.
Mizuno tries to clinch up.
Mizuno tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miguel Rojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rojo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mizuno throws a body kick that misses
and Rojo counters with a three punch combo that has Mizuno backing up. Mizuno nods at Rojo to acknowledge the strikes.

Mizuno is rocked!
Rojo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mizuno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rojo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mizuno misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jun Mizuno is winning the standup battle so far.

Mizuno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rojo, pushing him back against the cage.
Jun Mizuno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jun Mizuno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rojo tries to circle away but Mizuno has him pinned against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jun Mizuno showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mizuno 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jun Mizuno!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jun Mizuno waved his t-shirt featuring Knox Energy's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Miguel Rojo had this to say: 'I did what I could do. He's the better fighter.'.