PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, In Flames - Colony. On his way into the cage it seems that Itagaki Fukuzawa has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Itagaki Fukuzawa seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Fukuzawa
vs
Draclau

170 cm
26
153 lbs
17 - 5 - 0

168 cm
34
143 lbs
27 - 7 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draclau takes a swing at Fukuzawa's ribcage but misses.
Fukuzawa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Draclau's head backwards.
Draclau ducks under a wild hook from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draclau.
Fukuzawa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've been told by Fukuzawa's head coaches at Seventh House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Fukuzawa throws a solid leg kick but Draclau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fukuzawa.
Draclau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Draclau throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fukuzawa counters with a two punch combo.
Fukuzawa lunges at Draclau with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Draclau's hand.
A clash of legs there as Draclau blocks the low kick.
Fukuzawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fukuzawa lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fukuzawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Draclau looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Draclau looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fukuzawa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sloppy strikes from Fukuzawa. Those never looked like landing.
Draclau ducks under a wild hook from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa misses with a double jab.
Draclau thuds his shin into the meat of Fukuzawa's side.
Draclau stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fukuzawa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fukuzawa throws a head kick that misses.
Draclau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa cracks the inside of Draclau's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Draclau avoids the head kick by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Draclau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Fukuzawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Draclau lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Draclau lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Draclau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fukuzawa throws a front kick aimed at Draclau's knee but Draclau avoids it well.
Draclau moves out of range as Fukuzawa strikes.
Fukuzawa throws a push kick but Draclau slaps the foot to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Draclau.
Fukuzawa fails to land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Draclau as he connects with a hook.
Fukuzawa misses with a double jab
and Draclau counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa moves out of range as Draclau strikes.
Draclau throws a wild body kick that Fukuzawa sees coming a mile off.
Draclau misses with the body kick
and Fukuzawa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fukuzawa blocks a low kick nicely.
Fukuzawa swings for the body but Draclau moves out of range.
Draclau misses with a looping left.
Draclau cracks Fukuzawa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Draclau scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fukuzawa throws a front kick aimed at Draclau's knee but Draclau avoids it well.
Draclau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Draclau has Fukuzawa up against the cage in a clinch.
Draclau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fukuzawa backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa looking to slow down the pace here.
Fukuzawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draclau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Fukuzawa tries a body shot but Draclau blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Draclau fails to land.
Draclau is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Fukuzawa is defending well.
Draclau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Draclau blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Draclau lands a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fukuzawa looking to throw knees to the head but Draclau is blocking nicely.
Fukuzawa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fukuzawa lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Itagaki Fukuzawa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fukuzawa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fukuzawa, right into the meat.
Alphons Draclau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draclau throws out a powerful jab.
Draclau throws a lazy uppercut
and Fukuzawa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fukuzawa throws a solid leg kick but Draclau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fukuzawa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fukuzawa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Draclau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fukuzawa scores with a jab.
Draclau throws a head kick that misses.
Draclau misses with a low kick as Fukuzawa jumps back.
Fukuzawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draclau misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa walks into a straight right hand from Draclau.
Draclau throws a low kick but Fukuzawa moves out of range easily.
Fukuzawa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fukuzawa misses with a low kick.
Fukuzawa moves out of range of the body kick from Draclau.
Draclau throws a leg kick
and Fukuzawa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Draclau swats away the attempt to clinch by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Draclau manages to avoid it.
Draclau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A nice combination there by Draclau.
Draclau throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Draclau throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa swings widly with a right hand
and Draclau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Draclau clinches with his opponent.
Fukuzawa is trying to stall.
Fukuzawa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fukuzawa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Draclau.
Fukuzawa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Draclau avoids it.
Fukuzawa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fukuzawa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Draclau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fukuzawa backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau prevents a body shot from Fukuzawa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Draclau misses with a punch to the body.
Draclau lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fukuzawa trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Fukuzawa fails to land.
Draclau pushes Fukuzawa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fukuzawa throws a head punch that misses.
Itagaki Fukuzawa has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Draclau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fukuzawa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Draclau lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Draclau managing to block the knees to the body from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Draclau.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draclau tries for a takedown but Fukuzawa manages to get underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa tries to work over Draclau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draclau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Draclau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fukuzawa backwards.
Fukuzawa avoids the elbow strike from Draclau, against the cage.
Fukuzawa missing with knees to the body.
Fukuzawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Draclau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fukuzawa leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fukuzawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fukuzawa prevents a body shot from Draclau.
Draclau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Fukuzawa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Itagaki Fukuzawa will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Draclau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Draclau checks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fukuzawa 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 Draclau has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Draclau and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fukuzawa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Draclau moves to clinch but Fukuzawa breaks away
and Fukuzawa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Draclau misses.
Itagaki Fukuzawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Fukuzawa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Draclau.
Draclau takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fukuzawa misses with a leg kick.
Draclau jabs at Fukuzawa's body.
Draclau will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Draclau tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fukuzawa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Draclau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Draclau fails to land with a series of punches.
Fukuzawa feints and then cracks Draclau's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Draclau down.
Draclau lands a leg kick that knocks Fukuzawa off balance momentarily.
A low kick from Draclau is predictable there
and Fukuzawa counters with an inside leg kick.
Fukuzawa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Draclau. Draclau obviously looking to wear him down.
Fukuzawa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fukuzawa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draclau slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A solid body kick from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa misses with a body kick.
Fukuzawa lands with a nice combination. Draclau backs away looking to recover.
Fukuzawa ducks under a wild hook from Draclau.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Fukuzawa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fukuzawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Draclau misses with a wild combination.
Draclau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fukuzawa circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Draclau finds it's way through Fukuzawa's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fukuzawa moves out of range as Draclau strikes.
Fukuzawa avoids the body shot from Draclau.
Alphons Draclau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fukuzawa throws a lazy head kick
and Draclau counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fukuzawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Draclau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Draclau throws a poor cross that misses
letting Fukuzawa counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fukuzawa. Draclau does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa misses with a kick to the body.
Draclau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fukuzawa misses with a double jab.
Fukuzawa cracks Draclau with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Draclau throws the left hand but Fukuzawa avoids the punch easily.
Fukuzawa avoids the body shot from Draclau.
Draclau closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fukuzawa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Draclau fails with the takedown.
Fukuzawa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Draclau has time to react.
Fukuzawa walks into a straight right hand from Draclau.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draclau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fukuzawa circles away quickly and effectively.
Draclau works the jab nicely.
A head kick misses from Fukuzawa.
Draclau misses with a body punch
and Fukuzawa counters with a two punch combo.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fukuzawa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fukuzawa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fukuzawa lands with a nice body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa walks into a left hand.

It looks like Itagaki Fukuzawa has been cut.
Draclau throws a body punch but Fukuzawa moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fukuzawa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fukuzawa checks a leg kick.
Itagaki Fukuzawa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fukuzawa misses with a wild body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alphons Draclau.
Well Fukuzawa 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alphons Draclau!