PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harley Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. One Mic kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bailey
vs
Kurosawa

183 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Atlantis

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harley Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Takeshi Kurosawa!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bailey avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Bailey takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Bailey clinches.

Bailey drags the fight down to the ground.
Bailey seems keen to control Kurosawa's posture.
Kurosawa looking to sit in guard and control but Bailey gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bailey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Kurosawa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bailey gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kurosawa wants to control but Bailey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey winds up and cracks Kurosawa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bailey looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Bailey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kurosawa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey is thwarting Kurosawa's attempts to control the position.
Bailey with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bailey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kurosawa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bailey is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Bailey looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Harley Bailey just wasn't active enough.
Kurosawa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bailey walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kurosawa.
Bailey throws a sloppy head kick
and Kurosawa counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa scores with a leg kick.
Kurosawa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bailey.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kurosawa!
Bailey misses with a wild body shot.
Takeshi Kurosawa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kurosawa scores with a head kick. Bailey tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Bailey is rocked!
Takeshi Kurosawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Kurosawa throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Bailey is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Takeshi Kurosawa!
Takeshi Kurosawa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.