PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Kurosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Sparrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kurosawa comes to the cage accompanied by One Mic. Sparrow has chosen He's a Pirate as his entrance music. Takeshi Kurosawa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kurosawa
vs
Sparrow

192 cm
20
195 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

183 cm
27
198 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Takeshi Kurosawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Sparrow!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparrow thows a body shot but no joy.
Kurosawa avoids the body shot from Sparrow.
Sparrow blocks a head kick by Kurosawa.
Kurosawa misses with a body shot
and Sparrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kurosawa throws a low kick, looking for Sparrow's leg but Sparrow calmly moves out of range.
Kurosawa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sparrow will feel that in the morning.
Kurosawa throws a head kick that half lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow scores with a nice head shot.
Sparrow has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sparrow lands the left hand.
Kurosawa needs to keep his hands up - Sparrow had a free shot at his head there.
Sparrow moves out of range as Kurosawa strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kurosawa, right into the meat.
Sparrow lands with a right hand.
Kurosawa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sparrow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kurosawa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Evil Emp-HEAD HUNTERS FIGHTCLUB ELITE in the buildup to the fight.
A cross from Sparrow lands.
Kurosawa misses with a head kick.
Kurosawa scores with a push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurosawa tries a head kick but it misses.
Sparrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sparrow connects with the punch.
Kurosawa scores with a head kick.
Kurosawa moves out of range of the strikes.
Kurosawa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kurosawa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sparrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Kurosawa.
Sparrow loads up on a big right hand but Kurosawa slips the punch.

Kurosawa gets tackled into the cage by Sparrow. Sparrow maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kurosawa prevents Sparrow from breaking the clinch.
Kurosawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sparrow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kurosawa up against the cage.
Sparrow lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sparrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kurosawa scores with a kick to the midsection.
Sparrow is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kurosawa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kurosawa fakes the leg kick and cracks Sparrow in the body.
Sparrow throws a big shot that misses.
Kurosawa misses with a head kick.
Sparrow tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sparrow swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sparrow looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurosawa is just out of range.
Kurosawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sparrow.
Sparrow scores with a nice head shot.
Kurosawa walks into a straight right hand from Sparrow.
Kurosawa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sparrow throws a body punch but Kurosawa moves out of range.
A jab from Sparrow misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa throws a head kick but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kurosawa.
Kurosawa is looking to land body kicks.

Sparrow moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sparrow.
Kurosawa wants to get back to striking at distance but Sparrow won't allow it.
Sparrow stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Sparrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kurosawa scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Sparrow - just one landing.
Sparrow jabs Kurosawa right on the nose. Kurosawa blinks but takes it well.
Kurosawa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Sparrow.
Kurosawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kurosawa tries to work over Sparrow's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow digs a right hand underneath Kurosawa's ribcage. Kurosawa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sparrow as Kurosawa tries to tie him up.

Sparrow breaks from the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Sparrow.
Sparrow jabs Kurosawa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kurosawa scores with a push kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kurosawa, right into the meat.
Sparrow walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kurosawa.
Sparrow bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kurosawa's head.
Sparrow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kurosawa can pounce on him.
Sparrow looks winded!
Sparrow takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kurosawa defending well as Sparrow loads up on a big left hand.
Sparrow has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kurosawa.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Sparrow just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kurosawa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sparrow throws a big shot that misses.
Kurosawa slips a jab from Sparrow.
Takeshi Kurosawa is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Sparrow finds it's target.
Kurosawa lands with a nice body kick.
Kurosawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kurosawa misses with a head kick.
Kurosawa throws a push kick but Sparrow slaps the foot to one side.
Kurosawa tries a head kick but it misses.
Kurosawa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kurosawa scores with a leg kick.
Kurosawa cracks the inside of Sparrow's front leg.
Sparrow throws the left hand but Kurosawa avoids the punch easily.
A solid body kick from Kurosawa.
Sparrow has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kurosawa.
Kurosawa lands with a nice body kick.
Sparrow is breathing heavily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kurosawa. That's going to slow Sparrow down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Kurosawa connects with a solid leg kick.
Kurosawa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Sparrow clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Sparrow.
Sparrow prevents Kurosawa from breaking the clinch.
Kurosawa can't break the clinch.
Sparrow lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Kurosawa manages to pull guard.
Sparrow controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kurosawa has control of Sparrow's left arm, preventing Sparrow from doing any damage.

Kurosawa is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Kurosawa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sparrow defends well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sparrow is working Kurosawa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sparrow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sparrow scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sparrow postures up in Kurosawa's guard and throws a big left but Kurosawa blocks it.
Sparrow scoring with some ground and pound.
Kurosawa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sparrow is controlling him.
Kurosawa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kurosawa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sparrow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kurosawa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sparrow controls the pace.
Sparrow wants to control from the top but Kurosawa keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Sparrow hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Sparrow throws a jab when Kurosawa was well out of range.
Kurosawa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sparrow takes a step back to recover.
Sparrow scores with a jab.
Kurosawa throws a head kick that half lands.
Sparrow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kurosawa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sparrow takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Sparrow gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sparrow controlling the action here for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sparrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sparrow leaning against his opponent.
Sparrow is looking to break free of the clinch but Kurosawa has double underhooks.
Sparrow lands a left hand.
Sparrow wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sparrow takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sparrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kurosawa backwards.
Kurosawa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kurosawa dominated that second round.
That's time! Kurosawa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Sparrow blocks a leg kick.
Kurosawa scoring well with a low kick there.
Kurosawa throws a sloppy head kick and Sparrow moves out of range easily.
Kurosawa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sparrow's calf.
Kurosawa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sparrow takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sparrow lands a right hook to the body.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Kurosawa moved out of range.
Kurosawa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kurosawa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sparrow throws a hook but Kurosawa blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kurosawa goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Kurosawa throws a head kick that Sparrow semi-blocks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Kurosawa misses.

Sparrow clinches up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sparrow as Kurosawa tries to tie him up.
Kurosawa tries to pull guard but Sparrow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Sparrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosawa taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Sparrow.
Kurosawa stalling in the clinch but Sparrow improves position.
A frustrated look appears on Kurosawa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Sparrow.
Sparrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sparrow breaks the clinch.
Kurosawa throws a head kick but Sparrow moves out of range.
Sparrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Kurosawa moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Kurosawa.
Kurosawa takes a swing at Sparrow's ribcage but misses.
Sparrow looks to land a right hand but Kurosawa moved out of range.
Kurosawa moves out of range as Sparrow strikes.
Sparrow misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Sparrow as he connects with a hook.
Sparrow scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sparrow misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Kurosawa.
Kurosawa moves out of range as Sparrow strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sparrow crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kurosawa - the referee stops the clock and Sparrow gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kurosawa. Sparrow manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A leg kick checked by Sparrow.
A punch combination from Kurosawa misses.

Sparrow has managed to clinch.
Sparrow lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kurosawa.
A right hand to the body from Sparrow.
Kurosawa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kurosawa tries to pull guard but Sparrow forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sparrow scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kurosawa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kurosawa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sparrow lands a nice uppercut.
Kurosawa tries to circle away but Sparrow has him pinned against the cage.
Sparrow lands with a short shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kurosawa wants to stall.

Sparrow manages to break the clinch.
Kurosawa throws a head kick that misses.
Sparrow bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sparrow. Kurosawa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sparrow avoids the head kick by Kurosawa.
Nice uppercut lands for Sparrow. That snapped Kurosawa's head back.
Sparrow cracks Kurosawa with a good jab.
Sparrow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kurosawa under the eye.
Takeshi Kurosawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sparrow connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sparrow smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kurosawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sparrow.
Sparrow throws a jab but it's blocked by Kurosawa.
Sparrow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Sparrow.
I think Kurosawa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight for Takeshi Kurosawa!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Takeshi Kurosawa!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Takeshi Kurosawa!

Takeshi Kurosawa wins by unanimous decision!
Takeshi Kurosawa tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.